Hi all! I'm a new pool owner and with the help of this site, have been successful in opening and maintaining the pool all summer long. Closing the pool, however... has intimidated the heck out of me, and honestly I've been procrastinating it. I was going to use this long holiday weekend to try and tackle the job. However, I've been monitoring weather and for weeks it was predicted to be warm here (northern Alabama) this weekend. Then, last night I was noticing that temps are going to be dropping into the twenties starting tomorrow night. So, I went from having 4-5 days to figure out how to close up the pool in 50-70 degree weather (lows and highs), no now having about 24 hours before temps drop to 20-45 degrees for the next 7-8 days. After that the temps jump back up. But, I don't know if I need to do something today... or if I don't do anything and it will all be okay. If the pump is running, will this keep the water from freezing? or should I do something today to prevent problems? What can/should I do at this point to keep my equipment from being damaged by these cold temps? Thanks in advance for your help.
Need advice!! Was going to close my pool next week, now arctic blast is dropping temps in two days. What can I do?
- Thread starter libertyfordean
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,107
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Keep the pump running 24/7.
Depending on how cold it gets and for how long, you may want to tent the equipment and put an incandescent light bulb under it.
Winterize your pool ASAP.
Read...
www.troublefreepool.com
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Depending on how cold it gets and for how long, you may want to tent the equipment and put an incandescent light bulb under it.
Winterize your pool ASAP.
Read...
The Physics of Freezing and Freeze Protection
Recently, there have been a lot of questions from those living in moderate climates about using automatic freeze protection or running pumps to prevent freezing and what a pool owner should do when temperatures drop so I thought it might be useful to have a thread which dealt with the issue from...
www.troublefreepool.com
Closing Pool for Winter - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
thanks, Allen. The lowest it is supposed to be at night is 25. Daytime will be in low to mid 40s. These temps are supposed to last for 6 days, starting tomorrow. My thought was, running water is harder to freeze, but wasn't sure if I needed to worry about it at these temps. It sounds like if I keep the pump running I should be good... at least good enough to figure out how to winterize my stuff. I appreciate your response.Keep the pump running 24/7.
Depending on how cold it gets and for how long, you may want to tent the equipment and put an incandescent light bulb under it.
Winterize your pool ASAP.
Read...
The Physics of Freezing and Freeze Protection
Recently, there have been a lot of questions from those living in moderate climates about using automatic freeze protection or running pumps to prevent freezing and what a pool owner should do when temperatures drop so I thought it might be useful to have a thread which dealt with the issue from...
Closing Pool for Winter - Further Reading
Running your pump 24/7 will work. Make sure that you have an active flow in all your pipes.