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Again, I appreciate the advice. The plan for the pool closing and winter maintenance is coming together nicely. I'll bet a roof rake would work. Connecticut has had some wicked (15 years of proximity to Massachusetts has caused that word to slip into my vocabulary) winters, so I'll need to be...

Very good information, SwimCMP! The cover pump we use (a Rule... so don't get me started...) is supposed to be freeze-happy, though certainly not freeze proof. That should take care of melted snow, I suppose. How do you guys remove snow from the cover? Shovel off the end and open the cover a...

All, Over the past five years, we've winterized our pool here in Connecticut by draining the water level down and putting some form of cover over it. Last year, it was a semi-porous mesh. The years prior, it was your basic tarp which ended up being mostly porous after a few years. But in all...

All, I'm just about to pull the trigger on closing the pool (yes, I'm very late!) and wonder if there's an alternative to lowering the water level to below the tile and skimmer line. The above ground guys use pillows to keep the ice from pushing the walls of their pools apart, so I wonder if...

Re: Closing: Vantage in-floor cleaning system, skimmer, drai Thanks, Dave! Yeah, I'm learning, no doubt! I think I will take the hybrid, extra-cautious approach and use both plugs, antifreeze and blowing. I finally managed to make the plugs fit. It turns out that wing nuts are very difficult...

Re: Closing: Vantage in-floor cleaning system, skimmer, drai Time to add some information. Tip #1 from stupid first-time-pool-closer: Don't blow out the lines of the in-floor cleaning system without ensuring that the water level is below the level of the horizontal runs of the system. I got...

All, I am a first time closer, and I'm somewhat under the gun to close as I'm in northeast Connecticut. Hard freezes are on the way. The pool guys have closed me in prior years, so I know what I encounter when I open in the spring. I'm using an air compressor which claims 40cfm@40psi to do the...