Recent content by $teveMoney

Even though the air would be blowing out of the returns, wouldn’t -some- water still get in while I’m trying to cap it? Should I use any special kind of cap if it’s submerged? What about water level relative to skimmer. Should I still be below skimmer, so no water remains in it? with this...

I’m warming up to this idea but I’m still not putting together the pieces. How would I achieve this? Last year I drained water, and blew from my skimmer. I air locked my main drain, and it was easy to know I got all the water out of my jets since they were above the water line. If I don’t...

Closing Pool in Cleveland Ohio You guys helped me out a lot last year, thank you. Last years post above.. I have auto cover. Is it necessary for me to drain below the return jets? I have a cyclone blower, and I’m wondering if I can fully blow those out without draining them. Thanks!!

Hi all, I have a Pentair offline chlorinator, and I want to decommission it. Unfortunately the tubes are all dry rotted, I broke the actual unit, and I want to see if there’s a quick way to cap / plug these. Or do I need to think about replacing the PVC?

Working great! Thank you. Couple more questions: Should I close all valves to returns, from skimmer, etc? When I opened the pool, only the drain valve was shut and the rest were open. Was I supposed to blow with the heater/filter caps off?

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. So you recommend doing all the blowing poolside, from the skimmer? Got it. When you say add the antifreeze to each line, I assume you mean into the skimmer, and into the return lines? (Accessed after the heater)?

-25K gallon -In ground -Vinyl liner -Raypak heater -Hayward Cartridge Filter -1 skimmer, 1 drain -2 return jets -Cyclone blower (3hp) -Automatic rolling cover Hello all - I need some sanity checks like everyone else on closing my pool. Mainly looking for advice on -where- to blow out...

Very true. I’ve started trying to understand rotating my water in an 8 hour period, but the tape measure for head room will need to wait until tomorrow to validate these settings. Optimization tomorrow! That might warrant a new post… :) In the mean time, here are my takeaways from anyone...

Relieving the pressure and disconnecting the piping from the filter was the key point I needed. Managed to use all existing plumbing. We’re rocking and rolling. Thank you all, this is my first post in this community and you guys have been awesome. I hope to help some future newbies like...