Live in Mass: When are you closing your pool?

[MassAttack]

I'm in Ma$$ and closed yesterday. The final temp reading was 63. Last weekend was 70 for our final swim, but I then stopped using the solar cover at night so it starting dropping quickly.

[prh129]

I was away for the weekend but last night saw that my 24' AG was 72 (one solar heating pad + solar cover on). I'm going to try to get in today then I will probably take the steps out. I'm not getting as many hours of sunlight as I was during the summer (more shade from the lower sun angle).

I plan to wait a few more weeks until the leaves start to change color before I close it up. It seems that the longer I can wait (and the cooler it gets), then the less liklihood of things growing in there.

Peter

[tcjones]

I have reading up on closing the pool since this is my year using B-B-B. Who has the 60% polyquat algaecide in the Massachusetts/Southern New Hamsphire area? I need to get it done soon, leaves are falling fast.

[CarlD]

Check any and all pool stores or buy it on-line. It can be called all kinds of things: Black Algaecide, Mustard Algaecide.

What I do is check the ingredients. If it says "Poly....<something unpronounceable>....60%" and the rest is "inert ingredients", that's the stuff.

Usually, at the end of the season, polyquat price drop. One store near me sells it for $30 to $35 during the season (absurd!) but around now they sell it for $15--and I buy a bunch because it keeps when it's in the basement.

I'm starting the closing process this weekend. But I won't finally close until the water gets close to or below 60 degrees. Until then, I'll keep the filter running and keep my FC up.

So, for now, I'm cleaning it, removing the solar cover, and the turning the solar panels off, so it cools.

[NWMNMom]

Minnesota and North Dakota have already had frost and even freeze in places even though some daytime temps were up to the 70s, nights have been staying in the mid to low 40s when not freezing so we closed. Water was down to 50 degrees. Good thing I had the ladder and ladder pads out before it got that cold, but dang it was still plenty chilly working with all that stuff when it was 55-60 water temps.

BTW, the cool wet weather the NE has had this year is what we have had up here for almost 5 years and then we got this year!!! It was hot, dry and perfect for swimming (horrible for our farmers and ranchers though) We no longer farm our land so I was a happy swimmer! But what a shock - one day it was 85 the next it was 55 with freezing at night.

[Mom2Czars]

I have reading up on closing the pool since this is my year using B-B-B. Who has the 60% polyquat algaecide in the Massachusetts/Southern New Hamsphire area? I need to get it done soon, leaves are falling fast.

I got some at the Leslie's in Salem, NH. NAMCO will not get another penny of my money, ever, even though I find Leslie's more expensive.

[kevincad]

I was hoping to catch some b*** when last in M***. Using my trusty comp***, I took my fibergl*** boat over the overp*** and p***ed a m***ive m***ive landm***. The underp*** was next; it was overgrown with nutgr*** and ryegr*** but by using my spygl*** I was not too embarr***ed by the mor***.

I guess the forum software has been modified to prevent anyone from making an a$$ of himself inadvertently. .

I'm just rolling in the grass laughing!