Suggestion on Closing Above Ground Pool

[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!