products needed to close pool

[poolhelp101]

this will be my first year to close my pool myself and it has also been my first year to use BBB.. so i will need your guidance to do this when the time comes, but right now, would the experts or someone please tell me what products i am going to need to close the pool. i live in a small town and if i am going to need poly q. or anything i can buy like at walmart or kmart, i would appreciate your letting me know as i have noticed that items such as these are going fast at my locations. i have an inground pool, vinyl liner, 21,000 gallons of water. please advise me on this.
thank you.

[CarlD]

Here's how I close my pool:

I get it very, very clean and the water balanced and shock it up to 15ppm, using ordinary bleach.

Then I add one quart of polyquat 60%, any brand and wait 24 hours.

Then I test my water, and shock it up to 15ppm again, with ordinary bleach.

Then I close. I lower the water below the skimmer, and the returns, plug the returns, cap the skimmer and freeze my B*** off plugging the low drain, unless I chicken out and put on a wet suit.

I disconnect all the plumbing, drain it, and put it in the basement, including the pump. I drain the sand filter, leave the bottom drain plug off, pull the six-way valve and put in the storage/shipping positioner, cover it with a couple of plastic bags, and duct tape it.

Then I cover the pool with a mesh safety cover.

Every spring I open to clear water with lots of dust/pollen on the bottom. No algae.

Since you have an inground you'll have to blow out the lines, fill them with pool-safe antifreeze or they'll crack. I've never done that so I don't know how.

[poolhelp101]

thank you very much for these directions.
that doesn't sound too hard to do...can you believe i have paid 300.00 for many years to close my pool? and i know they never done half the things you do. as i get ready to do this, i know i will have questions about these steps...and i hope you will bear with me as i will probably ask dumb questions. right now i will get to my walmart and buy the polyquat before that gets gone and more bleach. thank you again and i hope you will help me when i start to close. thanks!

[CarlD]

I forgot: I do pull out my drop-in wedding cake steps and the ladder. I have solar panels so I have to blow them out. I don't need anti freeze in them.

I also wash and dry my solar cover before folding it up and storing it in my shed.

I'm not ready to think about closing! Not when we get triple digit heat every day this week!

[poolhelp101]

i'm no where near ready to close either. triple digits here too. just when you live in a very small town like me...you gotta buy what you need while it's still available. thanks for all the info Carl.

[clayw1963]

Carl D,
How large is your pool? Is that quart of polyquat based on pool size? Should more or less be added based on pool size?

[LynnR]

ok it has been awhile since I was here.Things are going great with my BBB pool. .I have been thinking about how to close the pool for the winter,so here goes, what exactly is poly quat? Where do I find this? I feel really stupid now.Thought I was learning a little.Thanks for all your help.