Suggestion on Closing Above Ground Pool

[AnnaE]

Daisy11,

Thanks for your reply. I'm so glad you told me that the mesh cover will do the same as the solid winter cover -- that's what we suspected too. I really don't get a lot of leaves, so we'll just leave it uncovered all winter.

We will also take your suggestion and drain it below the skimmer. Over the weekend, we had so much rain that it is sitting very close to the rails. My husband is draining most of that rain water today. We had an algae bloom too unfortunately, so we're doing the shock, brush, shock treatment now before we close the pool. Hopefully, we'll get it back to stable by this weekend. I'd like to close the pool this weekend. The kids haven't been in the pool since they started school 3 weeks ago.

[CarlD]

Hmmmm.

Put a horse in the pool.

Then, when you want to close, just pull the plug!


(Sorry--national silly season is upon us. It ends Nov 4th! )

[virangos]

I've covered my pool for the last 3 years and I tend to agree with the cover it till the leaves are done and then uncover it. This way you can still add bleach if you need to and circulate the water with a submirsabel pump. I see your in Ill. I remember some pretty warm spells late in the year so alge could still be a problem.

The cover is nice because it keeps the light alge needs to grow down to a minimum.

Don't know if this helps you any, just adding my 2 cents.

[AnnaE]

Thanks Virangos. It does help. We didn't buy a leaf net, but I think we're okay because we don't have too many leaves. We'll just scoop it out as we see them. You're right about the Illinois weather. We've been in the 80's this week. We have not closed our pool yet because of that. We'll probably drain below the skimmer once the warm weather has subsided and then unhook everything and do the usual closing procedure except covering.

I like to be able to add bleach since it won't be covered.

Thanks again!