we do not cover it over the winter. We have always covered it before but just to ease my curiosity, what will happen if we don't cover it during a harsh, New England winter?
2006-10-04 00:16:02 · 10 answers · asked by cyndi71mom 5 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Well yes, I figured it would freeze. But would it damage the pool?
2006-10-04 00:19:50 · update #1
The reason you cover the pool in winter isn't to prevent freezing, it's to keep trash from getting into the water making clean-up and treatment in the spring more difficult. The trash would include leaves, dirt, animal feces, possibly dead animals, possibly branches and twigs, etc.
2006-10-04 02:29:29 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So long as you winterize the rest of the pool by removing the pump and filter, blocking the skimmer and placing an ice pillow of some kind in it it should be fine. You'll just get an accumulation of junk in it over the winter. The biggest damage to a pool comes from expanding ice. It can exert great amounts of pressure and crack anything it is contained in like the skimmer and hoses. Make sure you completely drain the filter and pump or store them where they won't freeze. Those parts are expensive to replace.
2006-10-04 08:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how having a cover on the pool would stop the water from freezing in the first place. right? The pool will freeze anyway so if you keep the cover off the only diff would be things could get in the water or on the ice.
2006-10-04 07:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by ITS ME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't damage the pool. It never did ours anyway, and I live in Michigan with some pretty crappy winters.. The water will turn a greenish-black if you don't cover it and you'll have to refill it next summer. I don't recommend this at all. Next summer it will be even harder to drain and refill.
Note added: If you do cover your pool, you have to make sure nothing can get in (rain water etc.). Of course it will be a little green when you open it next summer, but nothing a little chlorine won't fix when you open it back up. If you do no cover at all, it is just gross next year.
2006-10-04 07:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by fluffyorangekat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I rarely covered my above ground pool. I always threw in a couple of innertubes to absorb the expansion of the ice so it wouldn't effect the sides of the pool and break them down. Covering it does not prevent the green from happening anways and I found a cover was an extra expense I didn't need to have. Never, ever drain it for the winter, it will collapse. I miss it...they're great fun.
2006-10-04 08:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by Barbara 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As water exands wehen it gets cold I figure the best thing you can do is empty it and cover it so that nothinbg can get in and no liquid /rainwater can get in either. Next spring time it should be ok to fill it again. That's my opinion, but you do what you want.
2006-10-04 07:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by jimmyfish 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. the pipes would freeze and break. water everywhere. big mess.
a friend of mine ownes a pool store. had clients who did it. their neighbors sued them for destruction of their property.
the water needs to be drained down to a certain level, chemicals added to the lines, covered, and something else (i forgot which).
2006-10-04 07:59:50 · answer #7 · answered by craina c 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It will freeze into ice
2006-10-04 07:18:14 · answer #8 · answered by Tashi Khoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will also have the possibility of cracking / breaking thus losing the pool for good
2006-10-04 07:20:58 · answer #9 · answered by JMAN 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
freezing of water and as mentioned tour siding could crack pump will freeze, and liners will crack
2006-10-04 07:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by red 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋