Winterize your Pool!

Cooler days are here!  And now is the time to winterize your swimming pool. Here are some tips for you do-it-yourself-ers:

Make sure water chemistry is balanced to protect the surface from staining and etching.

Keep your water clear and blue for next season with a winterizing chemical kit.

Protect your pool from damage caused by freezing! Lower the wate rlevel  to below the skimmer, blow out the water from plumbing lines and plug the end of each line.

Fill the skimmer line with antifreeze and place a skimmer guard in the skimmer to prevent costly damage from ice forming

Use a cover to keep debris out of your pool. Research pool covers to determine which is best suited to your pool type & shape.

Drain all water from your filter equipment. After draining, turn it on briefly to ensure all water is out of the veins of the impeller. Do not run for more than a second or two to avoid burning out the seal.

Ensure that all chemicals have run out of your feeder—leaving chemicals for the winter can cause damage. Drain your chemical feeder, automatic cleaner pump and any other equipment that has water in it.

We recommend closing your swimming pool BEFORE the leaves start blowing around! But even though that’s already started to happen, it’s not too late to protect your pool. Generally, plan to close your pool when the night time temperatures start to dip reliably into the 40's and the daytime temperatures range in the 60's to low 70's. Much sooner than that and you risk an algea bloom (don’t worry, I think we are out of that danger by now). Much later and you could be fishing out a ton of leaves, but if you don’t do it at all, or do it incorrectly, you could risk not having a working pool system next spring.