First time closing myself

[bigredcummins]

Greetings all,

I purchased a house last year (located in Michigan) that has an inground pool (18x36) with a Hayward Sand filter, one skimmer and two return jets. I hired someone to close it last year but will be doing it myself this year for obvious reasons I will not mention. I have been reading threads and researching closing options, and have some questions. My main question relates to how I can close the pool without draining it down below the jets.

1. I have seen these one-way valves that replace the return jets (eyeballs) - Do they work? And if so, can the pump blow them out or do you need to use a blower from the skimmer? (I do not have a blower box but do have powerful shop vacs). Oh yea, I did purchase a Aqua-dor cover for the skimmer last year.

2. Where do you poor the antifreeze in, in order to get it into the return lines? I am sure the guy did not do this last year, other than maybe pouring it into the filter cartridge near the sand filter. is that good enough?

3. I don't recall him blowing out the drain line at the bottom of the pool. Perhaps he pour some antifreeze in somewhere, but in all, he only used 1 gallon for everything.

Any advice or suggestions are most certainly welcomed! Thank you!

 

[GuinnessPhish]

just curious....


how much did it cost to close your pool?


$325 to close and $325 to open here in Northern Virginia.

 

[bigredcummins]

$280 but I had to do all of the prep work (balance, shock, vacuum, pump it down, fill it up). I am a do-it-your-selfer but wanted to try to pick up some pointers last year.

 

[Janelle]

Just curious, I also live in Michigan and this will be my first time closing pool. When are you planning on closing your pool?

 

[jblizzle]

Ideally you should close when the water stays below 60 degrees ... it should not be based on a date:
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[bigredcummins]

I believe last year we closed it around Sept 25. But Like the last person posted, needs to be cool so the water temp is below 60.

 

[pwrstrk]

Yep the cooler the water the better.

 

[zea3]

This thread went a little off topic, so lets see if we can get back on course. Members please start a new thread if you have a question so the original poster's questions don't get overlooked and remain unanswered. Zea 3

Greetings all,

I purchased a house last year (located in Michigan) that has an inground pool (18x36) with a Hayward Sand filter, one skimmer and two return jets. I hired someone to close it last year but will be doing it myself this year for obvious reasons I will not mention. I have been reading threads and researching closing options, and have some questions. My main question relates to how I can close the pool without draining it down below the jets.

1. I have seen these one-way valves that replace the return jets (eyeballs) - Do they work? And if so, can the pump blow them out or do you need to use a blower from the skimmer? (I do not have a blower box but do have powerful shop vacs). Oh yea, I did purchase a Aqua-dor cover for the skimmer last year.

2. Where do you poor the antifreeze in, in order to get it into the return lines? I am sure the guy did not do this last year, other than maybe pouring it into the filter cartridge near the sand filter. is that good enough?

3. I don't recall him blowing out the drain line at the bottom of the pool. Perhaps he pour some antifreeze in somewhere, but in all, he only used 1 gallon for everything.

Any advice or suggestions are most certainly welcomed! Thank you!