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I have to drain quite a bit of water each winter to winterize my pool, so using pucks is the way I bump up the CYA to start off the year (knowing that it will lower the pH (but then I use Borax to increase it back up). So as long as you know what you are doing and when to stop that seems most...

Sounds good! Thanks for the info/feedback! Yeah I think this year with COVID I am itching more than most years to get things open.

For future winters, would you put a black tarp on the water when it freezes to aid with the inevitable thawing process?

I have a ~16ft x 32ft in ground vinyl pool and I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada where temperatures reach -40C = -40F in the winter. Because of these impressively low numbers I drain the pool below the skimmer and below the return lines (have to drop the water level ~3ft to do this). I...

Hello all, this is my first year with a pool and I am so glad that I found TFP! It has taught me so much and made caring for my pool so much easier (and cheaper) than all the horror stories that I heard before purchasing our house with the pool. I have done a ton of reading on these forms and...