Pool Closing Chemicals???
- Thread starter JPMorgan
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Aside from being cheaper to drain/fill and other considerations, I've always wondered how commercial pools avoid popping out of the ground when drained for the winter, or having freeze/thaw damage without the weight of the water/ice in place. Anyone have insight to this?
The water is lowered, but not completely drained in the fall when the pool is closed. The pool is drained, cleaned and refilled when opened in the spring.
Our neighborhood pool is closed and opened for several years now without draining it. They do use a SWCG though.
Yes..... for that size pool it definitely makes sense save the water. I always did that with my 20,000 gallon residential pool. However, as others have noted above..... a 60,000 gallon "commercial" pool is a little bit of a different animal when it comes to salvaging the water or replacing it each year. My understanding is that the larger the pool, the more sense it makes to just empty, clean and refill. Plus, the costs to save the water can be unpredictable vs. the cost of draining and refilling.... essentially the cost of the water only (plus basic chemicals, of course).
