I recently bought a new house pool (IG vinyl, NY/USA), and last winter when we were going through the inspection process it had a submersible pump under the mesh safety cover with a flexible drain hose going into the garden. When we closed the pool this year, the tech said that is was completely unnecessary and I could hook it up myself it I really wanted to. The tech worked for the pool builder, so I didn't balk.
I've owned a pool before, and I've never used a pump in the winter, everything was fine. BUT this new pool is surrounded by a brick deck, and there is no real coping, just brick. My worry is that if the water level is high enough to get under that brick coping, and it freezes, it may cause the brick to heave and possibly crack (or crack mortar).
Am I over-thinking this?
Thanks!
Here is a picture:
Thanks!
I've owned a pool before, and I've never used a pump in the winter, everything was fine. BUT this new pool is surrounded by a brick deck, and there is no real coping, just brick. My worry is that if the water level is high enough to get under that brick coping, and it freezes, it may cause the brick to heave and possibly crack (or crack mortar).
Am I over-thinking this?
Thanks!
Here is a picture:
Thanks!