Someone in my Nextdoor app suggested trying to break the ice and placing partially filled water jugs in to help the water continue to circulate. Any thoughts on this? The pump quit and I was able to realize some of the water from the pump. But the knob was frozen at the bottom of the sand filter. So we weren't able to let any water out of there.
Break the ice and put filled water jugs in...?
- Thread starter canjones
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,426
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Makes no sense to me.
Once your pump quits pull drain plugs from pump, filter, and heater if you can and remove your skimmer basket and put some half empty water bottles or pool noodles in your skimmer.
Once your pump quits pull drain plugs from pump, filter, and heater if you can and remove your skimmer basket and put some half empty water bottles or pool noodles in your skimmer.
- Jun 7, 2017
- 9,990
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Water freezing in your pool generally will not hurt anything. Water freezing in your skimmers, lines and equipment will break things. Water needs room to expand when it freezes. Your pool has a giant open area above the water for ice to expand into. Your pipes and equipment do not have this void. Put a gallon empty jug in your skimmer is about all you can do since you did not winterize your pool. Hopefully you do not lose any equipment or suffer any pipe damage.
thefloatqueen
Bronze Supporter
Looks like you have a vinyl pool according to your signature. NEVER break ice if you have a vinyl liner!! It can tear it pretty easily.
EDIT: Did not realize this was in the AGP section. Obviously all of our pools have vinyl liners lol. But what I said still stands — DO NOT EVER break or mess with the ice with a vinyl liner!!