When I was growing up, my dad's method for "closing" the pool was to cover it in the fall, ignore it for the winter and allow it to get completely green, then fix it in the spring. I guess it worked OK in that the pool survived and it was fine during the summer.
Our new pool was completed as summer ended and so far, I've been maintaining it like it was still summer. I just read the section of the TFP ebook about closing for the winter and wondered what the reasons are. If it's only to protect against freezing, is it not common to winterize a pool if the water temp doesn't get to freezing levels? If I understood the procedure correctly, it sounds like you only drain the pool to just below the skimmer level. What do you do about the water chemistry over the winter since the water is not circulating?
For those who keep their pools running all winter, do you cover them and maintain the chemicals, but not sweep during the winter?
Thanks,
Matt
Our new pool was completed as summer ended and so far, I've been maintaining it like it was still summer. I just read the section of the TFP ebook about closing for the winter and wondered what the reasons are. If it's only to protect against freezing, is it not common to winterize a pool if the water temp doesn't get to freezing levels? If I understood the procedure correctly, it sounds like you only drain the pool to just below the skimmer level. What do you do about the water chemistry over the winter since the water is not circulating?
For those who keep their pools running all winter, do you cover them and maintain the chemicals, but not sweep during the winter?
Thanks,
Matt