This will be my first closed for this pool. I'm looking at winterize kit and the biggest one is for 30,000 gallons. Do I just buy 3 or should I buy every thing separately?
Closing pool for 100,000 gallons
- Thread starter Marty D
- Start date
- Mar 24, 2014
- 2,455
- Pool Size
- 32000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool SJ-55
What's in the closing kits? I personally have ever used a "closing kit", I just wait until the water is below 60F. The forum suggests that Polyquat 60 is good insurance but I've never bothered and have always pulled the cover off in the spring with crystal clear water.
Some folks will take it up to SLAM level for a few days before they close. Since closing shouldn't happen until after the water reaches at least 60 degrees, chlorine usage will be low and the threat of algae is much reduced.
We live in Long Island New York. I want to close it before the leaves start falling. Mid September close and we don't open till June. That's 9 months closed. Long time. The pool service we had, when they open it the pool water was so green you couldn't see the bottom. I never saw them put anything in before they closed it. They would just run my filters 24-7 for 7 days. It would look good. Took a beating on my two filters that were $400 bucks. I will read on hear what they say to do. I had pools all my life. When I opened the pool the water was sparkling clean.
- Mar 24, 2014
- 2,455
- Pool Size
- 32000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool SJ-55
Do you put a cover over it in the winter? I hear you about the leaves, I am practically in the middle of the woods and every fall it seems nature picks a day to start dumping leaves, almost like a switch has been thrown. I put the cover on that day, but leave one corner near a return un-secured so I can peel it back for testing and additions. At this point between the cooling temps and the loc-loop cover, chlorine consumption drops to almost 0. Sometime between then and the possibility of freezing temps I close it. (baskets out, filter drained, circuit breaker off, etc). Then sometime in March (before the water temp gets to 60 - this is the important part) I open.
What did you do to your pool today? - Page 72 Note the date.
In upstate New York you can probably close a little sooner and open a little later but 60F is the number you are looking for, don't worry about what the calendar says.
What did you do to your pool today? - Page 72 Note the date.
In upstate New York you can probably close a little sooner and open a little later but 60F is the number you are looking for, don't worry about what the calendar says.
Marty:
How big is your pool? You write 100,000 gallons. A 30*60*' deep is around 100,000 gallons, if you are around 8' deep. Are you sure you have 100,000 gallons?
Do not worry about closing kits. Waste of money. Bring the pool up to shock level about 3 days before the closing. Then allow your levels to drift down and do not add anymore. Purchase enough Poly-Quat non-foaming, non metallic for your pool. Put in pool and allow to circulate for 24 hours.
Now you are ready to close. If you close early before the leaves come, what type of cover do you have? Is it a solid or a mesh cover? There are a few steps you can take that will reduce the likelihood of opening up to a green pool if you close early. Thanks!
How big is your pool? You write 100,000 gallons. A 30*60*' deep is around 100,000 gallons, if you are around 8' deep. Are you sure you have 100,000 gallons?
Do not worry about closing kits. Waste of money. Bring the pool up to shock level about 3 days before the closing. Then allow your levels to drift down and do not add anymore. Purchase enough Poly-Quat non-foaming, non metallic for your pool. Put in pool and allow to circulate for 24 hours.
Now you are ready to close. If you close early before the leaves come, what type of cover do you have? Is it a solid or a mesh cover? There are a few steps you can take that will reduce the likelihood of opening up to a green pool if you close early. Thanks!
Cover is a mesh cover. It's new had it custom made this year. Everyone said to use the mesh due to the size of this pool. She holds 100,000 to 118,000 of water. Tell me more about Poly-Quat??
How deep is your pool and is it a rectangular pool? I usually purchase Kemtek PolyQuat 60 on Amazon. Also, what exactly are you using to clear the lines?
If you close early, purchase some inexpensive tarps from Wal-Mart. Cover them over the pool, but leave enough space in between coverings so water can get back in the pool. If you cover enough of the pool, so sunlight does not enter through the mesh cover, you will have great success. Once November rolls around, then you can remove the extra tarps. In the spring, you can place back on once the weather becomes hot enough. This should only be for about 45 days at most. The extra $30 in tarps is worth not having to SLAM a pool of this size.
We do this with friends and always have success closing in September and opening up a few weeks before the holiday. Also, please explain how you will be closing the pool? Just curious? Thanks!
If you close early, purchase some inexpensive tarps from Wal-Mart. Cover them over the pool, but leave enough space in between coverings so water can get back in the pool. If you cover enough of the pool, so sunlight does not enter through the mesh cover, you will have great success. Once November rolls around, then you can remove the extra tarps. In the spring, you can place back on once the weather becomes hot enough. This should only be for about 45 days at most. The extra $30 in tarps is worth not having to SLAM a pool of this size.
We do this with friends and always have success closing in September and opening up a few weeks before the holiday. Also, please explain how you will be closing the pool? Just curious? Thanks!
First I'm going to vacuum pool. Drop water but still leave enough water to run pump. Get it up to a high level with clor. Taps and a few gallons of shock. Run pool pump. Last add Poly-Quat 60. Run pump again. Drain water to 5 inch below returns. Then use my basement vacuum and plow all lines. Plug them. Take filters out and clean. Put everything in shed. They get my 200 lb custom cover but I will lay indoor outdoor rug all along the pool bricks. Some how get help putting this 80 X 55 foot cover on. Who asked about size of pool ? It's 65 x 35 with to French ends with a 10 foot deep end half way size of pool with a 12x4 sitting spa. I didn't added the two French ends and sitting spa to size.
Wow, the pool sounds beautiful! Can you send over some pictures? 10' deep sounds fun as well.
. I will read Poly-Quat. How many should I buy so I have enough? Going with 100,000 gallons. It's a mesh cover. That cover cost me $5200. It's so big and heavy I don't know how I'm going to install it. The guy who made it said to buy indoor outdoor rug and lay it all around bricks. I have a question on that. If I lay the rug first 3 ft. X 20 ft. Is it going to move on me when I try to lay this cover?
1 Quart for 20 gallons. $5,200 for this cover is a good price. Why outdoor rug? What bricks? Do you have anchors for the mesh safety cover? Or is this not a safety cover?
As someone who has used a 30 x40 tarp (lighter) and laid out a 30'x 52' vinyl dome (if you count half the sidewall coverage, and weighing about twice as much as yours) I'll predict two things right now:
1. No, the indoor/outdoor carpet will NOT stay in place. If you want to ay the carpet under to prevent debris from getting in between the stones, you'll have to do that after you have it unfolded into place and anchored somewhere.
2. You would benefit from at least 1 Able-bodied assistant as that will be like wrestling a drunk sumu
With that said, if its a safety cover (as opposed to my vinyl dome, which can't drag on ground for fear of puncture) here's what I would try:
A. Strap the cover vertically and horizontally to an appliance dolly to get it into position at end of pool.
B. unfold width wise and Center as able.
C. Temporarily secure end straps to raised bolts with bungee hooks - this is just to give you adjustment room until you snug it down correctly.
D. Walk it out over the water, each side incrementally, until you can use the water to support its weight.
E. secure far end straps, then return to starting end straps, then side straps.
Just some thoughs for your planning purposes
1. No, the indoor/outdoor carpet will NOT stay in place. If you want to ay the carpet under to prevent debris from getting in between the stones, you'll have to do that after you have it unfolded into place and anchored somewhere.
2. You would benefit from at least 1 Able-bodied assistant as that will be like wrestling a drunk sumu
With that said, if its a safety cover (as opposed to my vinyl dome, which can't drag on ground for fear of puncture) here's what I would try:
A. Strap the cover vertically and horizontally to an appliance dolly to get it into position at end of pool.
B. unfold width wise and Center as able.
C. Temporarily secure end straps to raised bolts with bungee hooks - this is just to give you adjustment room until you snug it down correctly.
D. Walk it out over the water, each side incrementally, until you can use the water to support its weight.
E. secure far end straps, then return to starting end straps, then side straps.
Just some thoughs for your planning purposes
. The outdoor rugs lays at the edge of the pool. Reason for this is when snow and ice and then rain, if the cover gets heavy it can rip at the bricks. This pool has about 8 curves. You ask how the cover anchors? There are over 20 anchor screws that is into the brick work. You screw them up for cover and down for pool use. You meant 20,000 gallons per. Qt. ?
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More pictures Here is a picture of when we open the pool when paying $100 a week for service and $500 to open pool. I fired that guy.
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More pictures Here is a picture of when we open the pool when paying $100 a week for service and $500 to open pool. I fired that guy.
What about the liquid non freeze to put in pipes? If I'm blowing the water out of all the pipes, do I need to still use it?
Amazing? You know what my electric bill was for one month? With pool running 12 hours a day. Using the electric heater for 6 days. Maybe the AC was on also. $850 bucks. I cut down the pool pump to 8 hours a day. Only turned on heater when kids were here. Maybe 3 days the heater was on. $659. Wife is not happy
Pool has cement walls. Why the guy use vinyl liner? I never meet the owner of hose as this was a bank sale.
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