Hello All,
Ok so this was my first full season using TFP, so I would kind of like to get the closing right also. I have read the pool school closing article and some closing threads on here. Here is what I normally do (with some questions sprinkled it), want to see if I am missing anything here and also how to get my darn cover to last more than 1 season:
1) Make sure pool is balanced properly
2) Bring water up to SLAM level-
Question:is this just a one time add to get it to that FC level or am I maintaining and passing OCLT?
3) Question: Before covering, do I let the water drift down to the "target range" FC level, stay at SLAM level, or something else?
4) Last thing I add before shutting it down for the season is polyquat 60
5) put cover over the simmer mouth (skimmer we have has a plastic snap on cover so we do not need to drain water level down below skimmer)
6) Unhook/cap off all plumbing
7) open the drain cap on the bottom of my sand filter to drain the water-a few days later when I know it is as empty as it can be, i store it in the shed
8) inflate 2 black inner tubes stack on top of each other and tie together and float to center of pool with long enough cord to tie in 3 spots to outside of pool so float stays centered Amazon.com: Tube In a Box the Original Swim and Snow Tube, 45" XL: Garden & Outdoor
9) put cover on over pool, tie down with cable and winch and also use cover clips
10) I pump water off of my winter cover religiously over the winter
A couple other things:
As I have been reading this forum, I see that a few have mentioned to close the pool when the water temp gets down to 60. There is no way I have ever done that. Is this necessary? I also open the pool later than most (mid June in NJ) and am sure the temp is higher than that
In the Pool School "winterizing your pool" article, it mentions to remove the multi port spider gasket-what is that? Am i taking something off of the filter?
How do I properly clean our solar cover for storage? I have always just used regular detergent dish soap and a bucket or water, then rinsed it off, let dry and fold to store
thanks
John
Ok so this was my first full season using TFP, so I would kind of like to get the closing right also. I have read the pool school closing article and some closing threads on here. Here is what I normally do (with some questions sprinkled it), want to see if I am missing anything here and also how to get my darn cover to last more than 1 season:
1) Make sure pool is balanced properly
2) Bring water up to SLAM level-
Question:is this just a one time add to get it to that FC level or am I maintaining and passing OCLT?
3) Question: Before covering, do I let the water drift down to the "target range" FC level, stay at SLAM level, or something else?
4) Last thing I add before shutting it down for the season is polyquat 60
5) put cover over the simmer mouth (skimmer we have has a plastic snap on cover so we do not need to drain water level down below skimmer)
6) Unhook/cap off all plumbing
7) open the drain cap on the bottom of my sand filter to drain the water-a few days later when I know it is as empty as it can be, i store it in the shed
8) inflate 2 black inner tubes stack on top of each other and tie together and float to center of pool with long enough cord to tie in 3 spots to outside of pool so float stays centered Amazon.com: Tube In a Box the Original Swim and Snow Tube, 45" XL: Garden & Outdoor
9) put cover on over pool, tie down with cable and winch and also use cover clips
10) I pump water off of my winter cover religiously over the winter
A couple other things:
As I have been reading this forum, I see that a few have mentioned to close the pool when the water temp gets down to 60. There is no way I have ever done that. Is this necessary? I also open the pool later than most (mid June in NJ) and am sure the temp is higher than that
In the Pool School "winterizing your pool" article, it mentions to remove the multi port spider gasket-what is that? Am i taking something off of the filter?
How do I properly clean our solar cover for storage? I have always just used regular detergent dish soap and a bucket or water, then rinsed it off, let dry and fold to store
thanks
John
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