Pool opening on the way!

[simsjim]

Hi CarlD

Sorry to hear about your back, hope you get well soon.

Just curious, you mentioned no filling required. Do you lower the water in the winter below the skimmers? I always do that because the first year I was in this home (and the first time I owned an i/g pool) I hired a pool service company to close. (knowing I was going to watch very carefully and do it myself in subsequent years) Anyway, they explained that lowering the water and blowing the water out of the plumbing lines is recommended here in PA to avoid possible leaks from water expanding into ice and bursting joins and such in the plumbing.

So, is that all just malarke? Do I not have to drain my pool to below the skimmers/preasure side outlets when I close? It seems a waste to just drain so much of that water that we spend a week superchorinationg and balancing to close.

Curious to hear from you. You are someone whose posts I often read closely...

Thanks,
James