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Do you all wait until the water is 60F before closing? Seems like a lot of work still when no one is using the pool. Last two seasons the pool store closed us earlier.

The pool guys tell me to keep the water level at mid skimmer to support the auto pool cover. The skimmer plug won’t fit in my skimmer as it is tapered. Looks like I just need to curl a few pool noodles in the bottom of the skimmer and weight them down with a bottle of bleach or whatever fits in...

What about the skimmer plug (not the gizmo) that seal on the front face of the skimmer, are those wortha shot. I am probably other thinking this, every pool owner I talk to in the area just pulls plugs and turns everything off. Thanks!

They did not intstall plugs or a gizmo last time. They did pour some anti-freeze in the skimmer and then filled the empty bottle with some water and placed it in the skimmer upside down. Maybe I can reach out to them and ask why they dont blow out the lines. Thank you for your posts!

It does snow and freeze here in the winters.

Hello Love this forum! You ALL have gotten me up to speed in caring for and maintaining my pool myself, i really appreciate it! I rarely need to ask questions, as I can usually find the answers in the forum. Closing my inground pool is a bit more specific and so I'd like to ping the community...

oh wow, pools are way more complicated than they appear to be! Thanks!

Hi I am new to the forum and pool ownership. No idea how old our pool is, the pump was made in 2015, but the pool seems older than that. I see this algae spot under the spillover wall of our spa, which I can clean up with bleach and a brush, but why is it growing there and how do I fix that? Is...

thank you thank you! there is so much information here!!!!

Hi I live in Albuquerque NM and am new to TFP and pool chemistry.. This is my second pool season ever, and I have tons of questions... Our inground plaster pool is about 18000 gallons, with a sand filter and single speed pump. The water is always crystal clear, so I thought this chemistry thing...