Hey everyone!
This place has been very helpful for me over the last year.
I live in north Georgia - Woodstock area. I called a couple of local pool maintenance places a few months ago and asked them about closing our pool, and both said that fully closing and covering a pool in georgia is actually pretty rare - most people just put a net over it for fall to catch the leaves and leave it open through the winter, switching off the salt cell and manually adding chlorine makes it easier to maintain chemicals and makes for much easier 'opening' again in spring. We're also only running the pump for 6 hours a day to turn the water over and keep it somewhat filtered.
So thats what we're doing - have the net over it, all good.
However tonight and a few nights this week the temperature is dropping to freezing (32). Is there anything I should be doing to prep for this? Should the plumbing be flushed out, or should the pump be on (I know water in motion requires a much lower temperature to freeze?) The conversation I had with the guys didnt go into detail about what to do in the middle of winter, just that it's not necessary to fully close and cover. If I don't need to do anything for the temperatures this week, what should I be doing if it drops 10 below in the middle of winter?
This place has been very helpful for me over the last year.
I live in north Georgia - Woodstock area. I called a couple of local pool maintenance places a few months ago and asked them about closing our pool, and both said that fully closing and covering a pool in georgia is actually pretty rare - most people just put a net over it for fall to catch the leaves and leave it open through the winter, switching off the salt cell and manually adding chlorine makes it easier to maintain chemicals and makes for much easier 'opening' again in spring. We're also only running the pump for 6 hours a day to turn the water over and keep it somewhat filtered.
So thats what we're doing - have the net over it, all good.
However tonight and a few nights this week the temperature is dropping to freezing (32). Is there anything I should be doing to prep for this? Should the plumbing be flushed out, or should the pump be on (I know water in motion requires a much lower temperature to freeze?) The conversation I had with the guys didnt go into detail about what to do in the middle of winter, just that it's not necessary to fully close and cover. If I don't need to do anything for the temperatures this week, what should I be doing if it drops 10 below in the middle of winter?
