Recent content by Aleksey

As long as there isn’t any water displacement and the ice doesn’t move after it latches on to the strainer cap, you should be fine. So just make sure you’re not losing any water during the winter/spring and thawing time. 👍

@chi-chi I originally wanted to do what Charliej did, but the tophat plug didn’t stay on as securely as I had wanted it to. Not only that, but keeping the strainer screwed on was the reason my pool liner tore up. The ice grabbed on to the strainer cap, and pulled it down when There was water...

@chi-chi I don’t have any photos, but I surely can take some. Basically I pushed the tophat plug into the hole from inside the pool to the outside. The wide round base of the plug is pretty much flush against the pool wall in the inside of the pool. Hope that makes sense.

Sorry I’ve gone MIA from this thread. Work has kept me busy and away from pool duty. Now that I have some more time off, I’ve listened to all of your advice and suggestions and tried to apply it to my situation. 1) I drained the pool about 2-3 inches below the jet (into the pool). 2) Chemicals...

Winterizing your pool….. naturally it is the hot topic of the current season. So here I am jumping on the bandwagon along with everyone else trying to figure out the best approach. Given my history on winterizing methods, I’d say I still need to figure some things out….see photo below ...