top of page

Winterizing Your Pool Like a Pro!


With Temperatures beginning to drop, it's time to consider preparing your home for the winter. What many homeowners don’t know, is when is the right time to start closing down their pool. You should begin this process when the temperatures are consistently dipping to 65*F or lower. If you winterize your pool too soon, you risk an increase in algae, which thrives in warm temperatures.


Do a Pre-Winterization Clean

Anything that is left in the pool over the winterization period (including stains) will be much tougher to get out come time to Summerize. Be sure to avoid this issue by doing a deep clean before you winterize to ensure you are in the best shape for reopening your pool in the spring. Be sure to give your swimming pool one last scrub to get everything off the walls and pool floor and run the vacuum one last time if you have one! Use a skimming net to pick up any left-over debris and do a final emptying of the skimmer baskets.


Balance The Pool Water

It is always a good idea to keep algaecide, non-chlorine shock, and stain and scale on hand to put in your pool before the winter months. While closing your pool for the winter, make sure you have the correct:

  • pH (between 7.2 and 7.6),

  • Alkalinity (between 80 and 120 ppm),

  • Calcium hardness level (between 175 and 225 ppm).

When the water chemistry is balanced, it will stay clean and your equipment will last longer! To keep better chemical balance through the winter, plumb for the higher end of ranges. About a month before you begin using your pool again, check the water levels of your pool, adding more algaecide if needed.


Remove Drain Plug

Take out plugs from your pumps, pool heater, chlorinators, and pool filters. Make sure any and all pool equipment is unplugged, and all directional valves are open.


Clean The Pool Filter

Ensure the pool filter is cleaned out properly so you won’t have any issues with it in the spring. Or, if it is time to invest in a replacement, stop by your local pool store and pick up a replacement.


Cover Pool For Winter

Make sure to protect your pool from debris that tends to pile up in the winter as the leaves fall and winter storms hit. Use a pool cover!

 
 
 

Comentários


Interested in more?

Thanks for submitting!

TL_Logo_Secondary_Color.png
NMLS ID #2349683
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
TFC-EHL-Logo.png

Attn: Texas Applicants: Consumers wishing to file a complaint against a company or a residential mortgage loan originator should complete and send a complaint form to the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, 2601 North Lamar, Suite 201, Austin, Texas 78705. Complaint forms and instructions may be obtained from the Department’s website at www.sml.texas.gov. A toll-free consumer hotline is available at 1-877-276-5550.

The Department maintains a recovery fund to make payments of certain actual out-of-pocket damages sustained by borrowers caused by acts of licensed residential mortgage loan originators. A written application for reimbursement from the recovery fund must be filed with and investigated by the Department prior to the payment of a claim. For more information about the recovery fund, please consult the Department’s website at www.sml.texas.gov.

Titan Lending is currently licensed in Texas, Colorado, and Michigan.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Titan Lending is proud to be affiliated with the Project Nova Organization, a registered 501©(3) non-profit organization based in Dallas, TX. In support of its mission, Titan Lending pledges a donation of $100 for every loan close.

bottom of page