Hi all,
I live in Atlantic Canada. Heater has been off for 3 weeks now (crappy weather this September). I am still running the SWG and watching my water levels to keep my CSI between 0 and -0.3 and intend to maintain this until the very last minute. Water is currently 58 degrees.
I will be doing my closing procedure in late October (fiberglass pool). Last year (my first winter with the pool) I did not use a cover but I also did not make a huge effort to clean the leaves out of the pool after the fall. I cleaned the bulk but some stayed in to be removed in the spring (a mistake) - it needed a big SLAM in the spring, although I attribute that to waiting too long to start chlorinating the pool after it thawed out. I now have a better grip of sanitation and its importance even when not swimming.
This year I plan on keeping it crystal clean and keeping any organics out as much as possible until the freeze. Do I still need a winter cover? Note that I do not want a winter cover for safety - the pool area is closed/fenced in and we don't go there in the winter.
I just want to be sure I will be getting a lot of benefit for the expense and hassle of setting up the water bags, pumping out the water above the cover in the spring, etc. There is only 1 tree within 30 feet of the pool. Only stuff that gets in the pool is airborne dirt/dust plus a few leaves blowing in here and there.
I live in Atlantic Canada. Heater has been off for 3 weeks now (crappy weather this September). I am still running the SWG and watching my water levels to keep my CSI between 0 and -0.3 and intend to maintain this until the very last minute. Water is currently 58 degrees.
I will be doing my closing procedure in late October (fiberglass pool). Last year (my first winter with the pool) I did not use a cover but I also did not make a huge effort to clean the leaves out of the pool after the fall. I cleaned the bulk but some stayed in to be removed in the spring (a mistake) - it needed a big SLAM in the spring, although I attribute that to waiting too long to start chlorinating the pool after it thawed out. I now have a better grip of sanitation and its importance even when not swimming.
This year I plan on keeping it crystal clean and keeping any organics out as much as possible until the freeze. Do I still need a winter cover? Note that I do not want a winter cover for safety - the pool area is closed/fenced in and we don't go there in the winter.
I just want to be sure I will be getting a lot of benefit for the expense and hassle of setting up the water bags, pumping out the water above the cover in the spring, etc. There is only 1 tree within 30 feet of the pool. Only stuff that gets in the pool is airborne dirt/dust plus a few leaves blowing in here and there.
