New pool owner. Do I even need to winterize where I live?

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Aries_1

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Jul 14, 2020
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Wichita falls, TX
New pool owner here, looking for some opinions. The previous owner had the house for 2 years, and was clueless about pool maintenance. They ruined the protective pool safety cover and replaced it with a blue bubble-wrap solar cover. I know that they never winterized the pool for the last two years. My question is this: if I continue the trend to not winterize, will I be damaging my pool?

About the pool:
Inground
18000gal
Vinyl liner
SWG
Solar cover (blue bubble-wrap style)
1hp pump

About the location:
North Texas (northwest of Dallas)
Average high in the coldest month is 54, average low 33.
We get about 1-2 days of snow per year.
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If you don't winterize, you are just going to need to ensure that you keep the water flowing through the pipes during the occasions where it gets cold enough to be in danger of freezing. Below a certain water temperature ( I think 60?) your SWG will no longer generate chlorine and you will have to supplement with LC.
 
In the Dallas area it is the norm to not winterize, you just make sure and have freeze protection running through your automation, or at least run the pump when its going to freeze.

You are a little north of me, but not a drastic change in climate. That said, I'm sure there is no harm in winterizing, but it surely is easier to just have the pump come on when the temps are below 32.
 
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