To make a long story short, my in-ground plaster pool is currently closer to a pond than a pool given the amount of algae in it. I wanted to find out if it's safe to completely drain the pool for winter and leave it empty til spring, at which point I would pressure wash, refill, and reopen. All of the resources I've found deal with winterizing, but considering I live in Los Angeles, freezing pipes and equipment are non-issues, but I also don't want to unwittingly do more costly damage due to ignorance.
I had always assumed it was a bad idea (for the health of the plaster) to completely drain the pool for any extended period of time, but I'm also very new to pool ownership and recognize that my knowledge gaps are likely abundant. I have zero desire to go through the algae eradication process (again) and maintain the pool (both the cost and the actual labor) through a season when we aren't even using it.
Advice and/or links to other articles would be very much appreciated! Thanks!
I had always assumed it was a bad idea (for the health of the plaster) to completely drain the pool for any extended period of time, but I'm also very new to pool ownership and recognize that my knowledge gaps are likely abundant. I have zero desire to go through the algae eradication process (again) and maintain the pool (both the cost and the actual labor) through a season when we aren't even using it.
Advice and/or links to other articles would be very much appreciated! Thanks!