KirstenHW
12-11-2010, 10:03 AM
Hi all -
Due to health issues, work travel schedules and an ongoing (never ending) house reno/construction project, we were not able to open the pool in spring 2010. It is an inground vinyl liner with Hayward super pump and Perflex DE filter, and we have a solid safety cover with a small mesh drainage panel.
Last fall it was closed like always - chlorine, drop level to 1-2 " below returns, blew out lines, winter plugged them, filled voids in lines with antifreeze - the whole program.
I am pretty confident there are no issues with the lines - every spring the water level is back to operating level after thaws and spring rains - this year was no different.
After my Summer of Personal Purgatory, the water level was dropped but I never opened the wall plugs or connected the filter. Because it is a DE filter, i don't have the option of bypassing the filter and recirculating - or I would have just to get more chlorine in there.
I know the spring of 2011 will present me with a bog fit for Shrek - not a problem - I have the skills to overcome it. Been a BBBer since around 1997.
My real concern is for the lines. At the filter end, I opened the valves to peek at them and saw that I still have pink antifreeze visible at that end. The water level is below the returns again thanks to my sump pump.
I really am hoping I don't have to blow the lines again. It was such a bad year for us all around, the thought of line damage next year would really be the capstone for me.
Thx everyone.
Due to health issues, work travel schedules and an ongoing (never ending) house reno/construction project, we were not able to open the pool in spring 2010. It is an inground vinyl liner with Hayward super pump and Perflex DE filter, and we have a solid safety cover with a small mesh drainage panel.
Last fall it was closed like always - chlorine, drop level to 1-2 " below returns, blew out lines, winter plugged them, filled voids in lines with antifreeze - the whole program.
I am pretty confident there are no issues with the lines - every spring the water level is back to operating level after thaws and spring rains - this year was no different.
After my Summer of Personal Purgatory, the water level was dropped but I never opened the wall plugs or connected the filter. Because it is a DE filter, i don't have the option of bypassing the filter and recirculating - or I would have just to get more chlorine in there.
I know the spring of 2011 will present me with a bog fit for Shrek - not a problem - I have the skills to overcome it. Been a BBBer since around 1997.
My real concern is for the lines. At the filter end, I opened the valves to peek at them and saw that I still have pink antifreeze visible at that end. The water level is below the returns again thanks to my sump pump.
I really am hoping I don't have to blow the lines again. It was such a bad year for us all around, the thought of line damage next year would really be the capstone for me.
Thx everyone.