So my PB is coming out to close us up for our free closing and they say to add my winterizing kit one day before they come to close. I assume this is the bio guard kit since that is all they push in the store. It’s arctic blue (read copper?) algaecide and what looks like trichlor. I assume just raising up to slam levels will be satisfactory correct? I am in MN so the water will be cold when I add the chlorine and it was under 60 when I opened it this year. I assume I should be good to go? Anything else I should be aware of? Thanks for a great first season!
Winterizing Kit?
- Thread starter lmisko
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,942
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
From this article -- Pool School - Closing an In Ground Pool
Balance - I bring PH to between 7.4 and 7.6 and make sure TA and CH are not too far out of line. This is generally easy as everything pretty much remains balanced all the time.
SLAM - Two or three days before closing, I bring the pool up to shock level and hold it there until FC holds overnight (which it generally does right off on the first night). Then I let the chlorine level fall about half way back to normal levels, typically another day and a half.
Please do not use the algaecide they are pushing.
Take care.
Balance - I bring PH to between 7.4 and 7.6 and make sure TA and CH are not too far out of line. This is generally easy as everything pretty much remains balanced all the time.
SLAM - Two or three days before closing, I bring the pool up to shock level and hold it there until FC holds overnight (which it generally does right off on the first night). Then I let the chlorine level fall about half way back to normal levels, typically another day and a half.
Please do not use the algaecide they are pushing.
Take care.
As mknauss mentioned, do not use the algaecide with the copper in it. Upon closing, it is either PolyQuat 60 algaecide or higher chlorine levels, one or the other. Only time we ever recommend algaecides is during the closing procedure, but only one kind. Take care and good luck.
Very good. Thank you both for the reply. I will pick up some polyquat 60 for the closing instead of their bioguard stuff.