Build Your Own Pool Houston

We got a MASSIVE FREEZE incoming!

We have you covered with a quick winterization guide. Protect your pool, protect your equipment!!

Winterizing Your Pool

Cold winter temperatures can damage your pool and your equipment. Prevent damage from the cold with these simple winterizing steps!

1. Clean your pool
You should run your filter, skim the surface of the water, scrub the sides and floor, and vacuum the walls. Your pool water and pool walls should be free of debris. Remove your skimmer baskets.

2. Test and balance your pool water
Add the appropriate amount of phosphates, algaecides, or a winterizing chemicals kit to your water. Finish by shocking your pool water after the last chemical treatment has safely dissolved. With all your chemicals added, run your pump for a normal 8 hour cycle. This ensures everything is mixed throughout the pool water.

3. Clean out your filter
Spray clean your cartridges and grids. Backwash your sand or DE until it’s clean.

4. Turn off the power supply to your pool. Also turn off any pool timers

5. Lower the water level in your pool to below the skimmer inlet and return lines
You can wait for the water within the lines to dry, or you can choose to have them blown dry. It’s recommended to leave blowing out the lines to either a professional or someone experienced with blowing out lines. The procedure can damage pool equipment or lines if done incorrectly.

6. Drain all of your pool equipment
To do this remove all of the drain plugs from your equipment. Replace salt cells with bypass-cells and drain/disconnect booster pumps. This step also includes adjusting all your valves to either a winterized setting or in between settings so they are partially open. This reduces freezing damage if water gets into any lines.

7. Winterize the pool plumbing
After water has either dried or been blown out of the lines, install winterizing plugs into your return and skimmer lines. Finish by adding non toxic pool antifreeze into the lines.

8. Add water back into the pool, approx. 4”-6” below skimmer inlet

9. Remove non permanent fixtures and accessories
Remove things like : ladders, hoses, floats, toys, your pool cleaner. Consider removing any handrails, diving boards, pool slides, anything that may touch or get in the way of your winter cover.

10. Finally, install air pillows and a sturdy winter cover over your pool

Things to keep in mind :
You will have to check your pool at least every 2-3 weeks. Just take a peek under the cover and see if the water is still clear and if the pool walls are still clean.

If you live in a non freezing area, you only have to go up to step 3! However, you will need to run your pump once a day for around 2-4 hours, and you will want to have a cover over the pool. If there is a chance of freezing, keep your pump running for that extra cold duration. The moving water will be less likely to freeze. (You may consider temperature sensors to keep your pump on near freezing temperatures.)

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