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You should tell us how you really feel about winter 🥶

You know we will start complaining in June that our pools are like a hot tub and we need to figure out how to cool them off.

You Canadians and your stupid polar vortex iceberg glacier polar bear igloo tundra Artic winters!

When I first posted this question/thread, I didn't even think about being out of town this weekend when temps are supposed to be the lowest. I am just going to take out the plugs and let the water down into the pipes so all water is underground. My original question is now answered: no risk if...

Public enemy #1 ... He can take his weather forecast and shove it!

The forecast has improved since my original post but still cold enough to take precaution. I am going out of town this weekend when the coldest temps set in so I am just going to shut off the pump, drain all the equipment, and put a tarp over everything. I am not going to do a full "winter...

People up north: "no big deal" People down south: "its going to be how cold?!?!?"

We are supposed to get a polar vortex end of next week with temps in Memphis forecast to get as low as 10 degrees a couple nights. I'm currently doing my annual AA treatment for iron stains so I've already "opened" my pool. If I have no heater, should I be concerned with such extremely low...

Syrr, I am in Germantown too and should be 5 minutes away. Let me know when you plan to open Pandora's Box and I will swing by to check it out. :) Whatever your pool water looks like, there have always been worse examples. I even saw pictures of someone's abandoned pool with cattails growing on...

Consider buying a mesh leaf net to use during the fall and winter. The rain water will just go into the pool and you just pull off the net whenever you see leaves start accumulating. Or just put a tarp over the pool. I have a bunch of trees on my property and cover with my winter tarp as soon as...

Start with the solar cover before considering anything else. With the amount of sunshine in AZ, I bet it would even warm up your pool by 5-10 degrees in winter if your pool gets sunshine all day. You may be able to spend just $200 on the solar cover to get you swimming 3-4 weeks sooner than you...

I do not have a solar heater because every time I start researching the solar panels, I always run into the problem of "where am I going to put them?". Location on your property or roof should be the first consideration and I have a lot of trees in my back yard which restricts my potential...

The only way to keep water out of the main drain is to have an empty pool. If everything else is dry and capped, you are good.

Why wouldn't you just go ahead and exchange some water to get the cya level to the proper range? You don't want to have your cya that high because it can lock up the chlorine. If you get a good test kit then you will be able to test the chlorine up to approximately 50. You will also no longer...

No clue about temp making any difference. Ph level will make a big difference as the iron has to precipitate out of the water. The only problem is a high pH will make it precipitate faster and increases the likelihood of staining on pool surfaces. The flow rate through the polyfil seems to be an...

The main thing is surface area with the polyfil strands. With a high flow of water, the numerous micro surfaces allow the iron to precipitate. My skimmer basket is always the first thing to show iron stains each year. My fiberglass steps and plastic surfaces on my Polaris are the 2nd things to...

I would not wait until spring. The vinyl is much more flexible when it is warm and sitting all winter with wrinkles it's going to cause creases. Give this guy some flexibility but I would get it fixed before you close the pool for the winter. As mentioned, who knows if he's going to be still in...

Thanks for the suggestions and I will have to play around with it when I get some time. I may wait until I do a deep clean of the sand filter when I have the valve assembly removed. This pin has been slowly moving out over a couple years. Question: I was told years ago by a PB to only rotate...

How clean is your pool throughout the week? If you only want your pool to be spotless right after the weekly vacuuming, then do what you are doing. If you want it to be 99% spotless all the time 7 days a week, get your Polaris fixed. I run my Polaris on a timer and normally 4-6 hours per day...

Anyone know how to get this metal pin in the multiport valve handle back into place? I guess after years of turning in the same direction, it is starting to slip out. The spring is so tight that even tapping it with a hammer or rubber mallet isn't getting it to move.

First off, please include details in your signature about your pool to enable people to get better context. How bad is your algae? Just some spots on the floor or a full swamp? A picture would help. The moment the bleach leaves the factory, it starts to degrade ever so slightly. The heat will...

Just keep blowing up his phone and try calling from a different number. The communication was the biggest problem I had with our installer/PB as I would call him multiple times per week and rarely get in touch with him. When I would talk to him, he would say he would call me back the next day...

Where did your CYA go in the first place? CYA of zero is likely why you ended up with a green pool in the first place. A few days of neglect and your FC disappeared quickly allowing the algae to take hold. Since your pool is getting very clear, probably good to bring up your CYA to 20-30 and...

Living so far south, you should have no problems with cold water in August. Is the pool in the shade most of the day? It could just be the small size of your pool not retaining heat as much during days without intense sun/heat. SOLAR COVER will solve your problems of cold water in summer. If...

I have many large trees around my pool which late in the summer are under heat stress and are constantly shedding leaves into the pool. It isn't realistic to empty my skimmer basket 3 times per day and if I don't empty it for several days, it will get pretty full. So I know the FC is going to...

I use this propane fogger with the Black Flag insecticide. During the summer months, I normally go out early Saturday mornings to fog all the bushes and trees around my back yard and all around my pool/patio furniture. Just make sure the wind is calm and it doesn't matter what time of day you...