winter

When I close my pool I use these winter plugs with the blow-thru valve in them. I am looking for an adapter, fitting, hose (ect.) that I can screw onto to top of the threaded stem with a seal so I can use these plugs while trying to find a leak in the plumbing. The external threads on the stem...

Hi. This is my first month of usage with a brand new tub and it has increased my energy usage by 870kw. Yep you read that right. It's a Tuff Spas TT-250 hooked up to 220v with Full Foam and I paid for additional "Extreme" foam in addition. I keep at a 103 and it is defaulted to two 2 hour filter...

Hi All! Do I need to add any chemicals to my Intex 15’ round above ground pool during the winter? To close it, I just plugged all the hose holes, removed the filter and skimmer, shocked with liquid chlorine and covered with a thick black pool cover. Any other suggestions are welcome!

first off, thanks to all of the members and contributors to this forum! we're brand new pool owners with no experience managing a pool and the articles and forum topics that i've read so far have been really informative and helpful....now on to my first (and definitely not last :)) question...

Hey all, new to the forum but loving it so far. Wife talked me into an 18 ft AGP up here in Canada. Been enjoying it the last few weeks but it's already starting to cool off here in the great white north so I'm starting to get the prep work done and materials in order to close the pool in a...

Greetings from Montana- My name is Christian and my wife is Fran. I have been on a journey in terms of pools. When I was young, we lived in Los Angeles and had a kidney shaped in ground pool where I learned to swim at quite a young age, say 2 or 3yo. I will give you a bit of history as to...

I just discovered that my covered for winter 15x30 semi inground pool lost most of its water. The liner is over 8 years and I believe it's best to replace. I would like to hold out for spring to replace. If I brace the walls with cross beams (2x4) in (I shape) side to side, in multiple...

I have 25 acre field behind my house. I can’t get the winter cover to not catch the wind in the winter. Has anyone used the hurricane pocket cover before? It has a center drain and don’t really want the water draining in my pool. I’ve drained the pool in the past but think I’ll leave it this...

HI I am researching potential probs for a gunnite pool shoot scheduled for this weekend (Dec 17) from a reputable pool contractor. That said, the contractor subs out this part of the pool build project. I am a landscape designer and in this case acting as GC for the project as well. My instincts...

I have a VS pump. I run it all summer at 2400rpm during the day and 1600rpm at night. Never had any problems or education on what rpm I should really be using so have been happy with those settings. All summer I rarely if ever will see air bubbles in my pump basket or in my filter housing. When...

This will be my first year winterizing a pool. I have kept my pool crystal clear all year using liquid chlorine and the occasional muratic acid. My pool also has about 30 ppm of borates in it. My question is when closing for cold Ohio winters should I add anything to keep the algae away or will...

Hello all, I am in Northern California. Bought a house with a pool spring of 2021. I noticed a 1/2 inch a day pool leak during the summer and got a Leak Detection company locate the leak in my light fixture. It took the Leak Detection 3 visits to find the leak, which cost me about $1k. My pool...

I was looking for a recommended blog or something that gives advice on closing my pool for winter, but all I could find are influencers who wanted me to buy stuff. I also thought there might be a pinned thread in this forum, but there doesn't seem to be. My pool has the following traits I think...

So I’ve got a 16 foot prism frame intex pool. I’m still undecided on whether or not to leave it up and winterize or take it down for the winter. What is everyone’s experience in cold climate cities. I know that the manufacturer says to take down in cold climate but they also say taking down runs...

So my liner has a bunch of leaks (I think it was too big depth and the prior owners glued it to the pool walls about 6 inches from the bottom - its got a wierd horizontal wrinkle there, and when I look behind it it's stuck to the wall at regular intervals...) and the wall has rusted and has a...

New pool owner here. I have a Bestway ABG vinyl pool, 24 ft. With summer coming to an end here in IA soon, I am now wondering what to do in winter with it? I really do not want to take it down and put it away. I'd rather not drain 13k gallons of water if it can be helped. I'm looking for best...

We have an above ground 16 x 32 pool that we have built a 2' deck around three sides as well as a larger deck on one end with a slide, etc. We need to order a custom pool cover that will go over the decking and wrap down three sides to attached to hooks with grommets. Anyone have a...

Hello all, I am new to this site and joined to learn some tips and tricks as here and there we struggle with our pool. We got ours about 3 years ago however, our liner only lasted a couple years. We would love to keep it up year round as it can be a hassle to pull down, etc.. We were wondering...

Hey everyone. Feeling a bit overwhelmed. I just had a CircuPool RJ60 installed (converting to a SWG) and at the same time the pool guy said I have mustard algae growing. I thought it might have just been pollen but I really knew it wasn't :/ but my water is only 45 degrees so how can it be...

Hello everyone! My wife Kim and I are new pool owners. We were gifted a Coleman 16’x48” used above ground pool last summer and we love it! Sadly with the NY winters not being very kind to us combined with our complete lack of knowledge of proper winterizing, we ran into a big issue. The pool...

Hello everyone! My name is Aleksey. My wife Kim and I were given a second hand Coleman 16’ x 48” above ground pool last summer. We enjoyed every waking moment of it, but being completely unfamiliar with pools, we sure made some mistakes along the way...with plenty more to come...

Well Texas, that was fun wasn’t it? While there’s still some poor weather down south, things are looking up. We’ve noticed over the last few days many of yinz down south aren’t used to what we up north call “Winter.” We’ve compiled a list of some very simple tips and tricks to help you out as...

Hi, I am in DFW area, temperature was below 10 degree and our power went out overnight(pump was running all the time before outage) I realized outage in the morning, i shut the pump power from breaker, i opened the drain plug of the pump strainer pot and put it back very loose so the water can...

This is my first pool in a house I just bought... So I know very little about this stuff. Any help is much appreciated for this Houston newbie... I read that to prepare for the winter storm I should leave the pump and waterfall running to prevent water from freezing in the pipes and...

The title says it all: I'm very stressed about my inground pool/spa combo (spa is attached), given that it's likely we'll set an all time low temp for the area overnight tomorrow. I'm running both main and aux pumps continuously (have freeze protection enabled), but have a question regarding...

I guess we pushed the limits on liner life too much! Even though we’ve never had any rips, tears, or other liner issues before now, we noticed the water level dropping and pulled back the winter cover to see GIANT rips in the vinyl all over the deep end of the pool (20x40’ with 8’ deep end)...

Our pool started leaking when we put the winter cover on. It has the Pacific Pools construction with vinyl liner, polymer walls and "K brackets" supporting the walls, and a sand bottom. We were loosing about 1/2 inch per day, but now that there is only about a foot of water in the shallow end...

Hi all, new here and new pool owner! Recently bought a home with an in-ground pool (around 16 x 40ft, 25,000 gallons). The vinyl liner clearly needs to be replaced but we were planning to wait another year. However, I lowered the water in the shallow end a few weeks to patch a small hole, and...

We replaced our 18'x33' (48" or 52" depth) above ground pool this spring with a new 54" deep pool. The previous pool seemed pretty old, came with the house (we've had it 3 years) and to make a long story short… the side blew out over the winter. 1.) Is this safety cover ok to be installed on...

Quick backstory: This house was purchased three years ago and the 50 year old pool's surface was in disrepair. We hired a local pool installer company who prepped and painted the surface with this: Ramuc Type EP Epoxy Pool Paint. After our second Michigan winter with this paint job, the paint...