Category Archives: Pool Closing and Winterizing

Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool Closing and Winterizing

Cover Pumps — An Essential Element For Winter Pool Covers

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What happens over the course of the Fall, Winter, and early Spring as rain and melting snow accumulate on top of your swimming pool’s winter cover?  If you have a mesh winter pool cover, then that water drains through and should not collect over time.  But, if you have a solid material winter pool cover with no drain panels, then the water that accumulates on the pool cover has no place to go.  As water continues to collect, it grows heavier and heavier, pulling the winter cover out from under its anchors and down into the pool.  Not only does this situation make Spring clean up a headache, but water that collects on the winter cover and freezes has the potential of damaging the cover’s material.  Using a cover pump will prevent these problems.

Cover pumps, which come in automatic or manual varieties, are a recommended addition to any pool owner’s plan for winterizing the swimming pool.  Attach a standard garden hose to the cover pump and place it in the center of your pool’s winter cover.  The cover pump removes water as it accumulates.  Additionally, cover pumps can be used any place that water accumulates, including basements and boats.

Pool and Spa Chemicals, Pool Closing and Winterizing

Winterizing Kits are Easy Solution

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Does the phrase “closing your pool for the winter” send chills down your spine or make you want to hire a pool maintenance service?  Winterizing kits can help you streamline this process because they have everything you need to close your pool included in terms of chemicals.  Most  kits are formulated for specific pool sizes – just order the kit to fit your pool.

Two types of kits, a chlorine based kit and a non-chlorine based kit

Winterizing Pool Chemicals

are available for you to choose from.  These kits should have Terminator algaecide,  Super Rust & Scale, and  Burst Shock included in them.

Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool Closing and Winterizing, Pool Opening

Leaf Nets in Autumn Make Spring Clean Up a Snap

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Once the weather grows cooler and pool owners decide to close the swimming pool for the winter, the most common procedure is to cover the pool with a winter pool cover.  Soon enough, Autumn leaves drop from the trees surrounding the covered pool, and they cascade gracefully through the air and settle gently on top of the pool cover…only to be forgotten until it is time to think about opening the pool again after the long winter months are over.  Those lovely Autumn leaves spend the winter decaying on top of the winter pool cover, and they make the removal of said pool cover a sloppy, dirty, heavy mess.  How does a pool owner prevent this problem and save some time during the Spring or Summer re-opening of the pool?  With a leaf net, of course.

A leaf net is a mesh cover designed to go on top of the winter pool cover until all the leaves and other debris have fallen from the surrounding trees.  Before the first hard frost, the leaf net should be removed by slowly dragging it off of the winter cover.  The leaves and other debris are removed with the leaf net.  At this point, leaves can be easily removed from the leaf net and added to the compost pile.  The leaf net should then be dried completely and stored in a cool, dry place until next Autumn.

Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool Closing and Winterizing

Super Strong Winter Pool Covers

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When choosing an in-ground or above ground winter pool cover, most people  will consider quality along with  price.  An  in-ground winter cover  constructed of  high-grade woven polyethylene will give you the quality and durability you are looking for.  The super-strong woven strands of this type swimming pool cover will give you unsurpassed quality along with an affordable price range.   It should also be triple-laminated with a specially designed inner scrim that is extremely tough.  Premium coating is U.V.-protected to shield a cover from the damaging effects of sunlight.  Make sure the pool cover comes with loops every four feet to secure water bags, and strong corner grommets that allow for extra anchoring options in windy areas.

Arctic Armor In ground Winter Pool Cover