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There’s been tons of news, but one piece at a time. Stephanie and I are planning a new home purchase at the end of June, and it has an inground pool. So, being the novice pool operator, I decided to do some web searches on pool maintance. So, here are some links that I found that I want to record and keep handy for when the pool isn’t quite so clear.
- Pool Maintenance
- Troubleshooting Guide
- Pool Maintenance Tips
- Maintaining Your Pool
- More Maintenance Tips
- The FROG – a mineral-based filtration system
So, there you have it. Next time, I might have some pictures to post. But, I still have to unzip and post some pictures from Peter’s first birthday party … I keep getting complaints that the zip is too big. At 32 MB, it is.
Ihave an inground pool and cannot find any info on line on how to close it for the winter. I know about putting the chemicals in, but what do you do to the filter? I think it has to be drained some how.
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Lisa, what we did was to use a small portable pump to pump out the water so that the level was below all of the intakes. Ours has one jet, and one intake, and two skimmers. The skimmers are near the top and the jet/intake are about 2 feet down from the top. We ran a hose from the pump out to our street. That’s probably not the best thing to do – perhaps, if it’s feasible, run the hose to a basement drain or something similar. It took us two full days to pump out that 2 feet of water in our 20′ by 40′ pool.
You have to do this so that the water drains out of those lines. If it’s left in over the winter, the water freezes and expands, cracking the pipes. Very bad! We also put a wet/dry vacuum line to the skimmer lines and sucked out as much water as we could. There will probably still be some left in the skimmer lines, so add some pool anti-freeze (found at the pool store) and then we put something called a “Gizmo” which is like a plug. It fits into the skimmer line and plugs it up so no rain gets into the lines. Add a little anti-freeze around the Gizmo too, that way it keeps a nice air-tight seal.
On a side note, there are pool guys out there who specialize in closing pools for folks. They’ll be glad to go through all the steps and explain it for you.
Good luck!