Hoping to avoid some of the mental anguish and damage to pool equipment we faced this past winter. Considering two options:
A) Winterizing the pool for the first time
or
B) Leaving the pool open until it looks like the Arctic is going to return to Tulsa and planning to drain everything then.
Last year, we tried to keep everything going by keeping the equipment pad heated and all of the pumps running. Fear of a power failure kept us up for days on end just checking to see if pumps were still running on the hour and on day 9 or 10 everything started to freeze up anyway so we lost that battle. We were able to drain all of the equipment and put pool noodles in the skimmer before everything froze solid but we did get cracked above ground pipes and a valve. Just wondering what the consensus is on the best plan for this winter. To close or not to close? By the way, we are moving across town and the new pool doesn’t have an attached raised spa so draining all of those above ground pipes will be easier. Don’t own a pool cover, though.
A) Winterizing the pool for the first time
or
B) Leaving the pool open until it looks like the Arctic is going to return to Tulsa and planning to drain everything then.
Last year, we tried to keep everything going by keeping the equipment pad heated and all of the pumps running. Fear of a power failure kept us up for days on end just checking to see if pumps were still running on the hour and on day 9 or 10 everything started to freeze up anyway so we lost that battle. We were able to drain all of the equipment and put pool noodles in the skimmer before everything froze solid but we did get cracked above ground pipes and a valve. Just wondering what the consensus is on the best plan for this winter. To close or not to close? By the way, we are moving across town and the new pool doesn’t have an attached raised spa so draining all of those above ground pipes will be easier. Don’t own a pool cover, though.