After the plumbing has been blown out and is properly winterized with antifreeze, you will then need to winterize the filter system and equipment. A professional pool company would also winterize the filter equipment area for you as well. This will insure that all of the water is out of the plumbing, filter system itself, pump and motor, auto chlorinators, salt systems, and heaters. Water will freeze in any of those areas and can cause major issues and un-needed expenses come spring!
Re-attach your winter cover
The last step you will need to do is to properly install your winter safety cover. If you are in need of a new safety cover, Aqua Palace carries several different types and we can find the perfect one for your pool. Safety covers give you the ability to walk out across them without any fear of falling in. That way, if your children or pets happen to run out across it, they will be secure. There are 3 different types of safety covers:
- Mesh Safety Covers allow any rain and snow to go directly into the pool water as well as some debris. Using this type of cover will more than likely cause a green swamp for you to clean up in the spring time, although there is no water on top of the cover, which makes it easier and faster to take the cover off.
- Solid Safety Covers are made of a reinforced material with either an automatic cover pump or mesh drain panels, to eliminate the weight of the water and snow over the winter. This cover protects your pool from large debris entering. You are most likely to open to a crystal clear pool with this type of cover, especially if you use the automatic cover pump, which will pump the water off into your yard and not into the pool.
- Defender Mesh Safety Covers are still a mesh cover, but are stranded much tighter to still allow the water to drain thru but not any of the debris or sunshine. The darker color of the materials used on this cover eliminates sunlight from penetrating underneath the cover, which causes algae to form.
Once your cover has been properly secured with the springs and anchors all the way around the pool, you are ready to start the count down until next spring!
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A little preventive maintenance will save you headaches later on.As always, it’s either pay now or pay later. Usually, if you pay now, it’s easier on your pocketbook than if you pay later. In the long term, a little preventive maintenance upfront pays off huge dividends over the lifespan of your Omaha pool. Want more information? Contact us. Aqua Palace is family owned and operated, offering above ground and in-ground pools, hot tubs, spas and saunas specializing in pool design, installation and repair to local (Omaha and Council Bluffs) and long distance residents (within the US). We are the only Marquis dealer in the Omaha Metro Area with the largest showroom east of the continental divide. Not located in Omaha? No worries, check out our online store for pool and spa chemicals, supplies and accessories.