- Feb 5, 2011
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Closing an above ground pool for the first time, in a freezing climate.
I've done my chemicals, I have an air pillow. I have drained the equipment and will be storing it inside.
I guess there are two ways to do this:
1) Dam the skimmer, plug return jet, keep water level high
or
2) Lower water level below the lowest plumbing inlet/outlet (in my case the return jet)
I've chosen 2 for whatever reason, so now water level is about 2" below jet. I removed the little jet eyeball thing. I understand that if a lot of water gets on top of the cover that the water will overflow out of the jet, since it's not plugged, and this is fine. I could plug it and it would overflow through the skimmer, but that seems pointless (?).
Anything glaring I'm missing?
Thanks!
I've done my chemicals, I have an air pillow. I have drained the equipment and will be storing it inside.
I guess there are two ways to do this:
1) Dam the skimmer, plug return jet, keep water level high
or
2) Lower water level below the lowest plumbing inlet/outlet (in my case the return jet)
I've chosen 2 for whatever reason, so now water level is about 2" below jet. I removed the little jet eyeball thing. I understand that if a lot of water gets on top of the cover that the water will overflow out of the jet, since it's not plugged, and this is fine. I could plug it and it would overflow through the skimmer, but that seems pointless (?).
Anything glaring I'm missing?
Thanks!