Monday, 19 October 2015

Day 190: Swimming pool is officially closed

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn" - Hall Borland


Project 365: #190

The swimming pool has been winterized and is officially closed! A very depressing day indeed, the only consolation is that winter does not last forever, and there is always spring to look forward to! We spent most of Saturday researching 'how to close an inground swimming pool" as the quotes for closing the pool by various companies have been ridiculously high! So, armed with extensive new knowledge, we proceeded with caution. Firstly, we fixed all the holes in the pool cover, then proceeded to lower the water level, blow out the water from all the pipes, applied "pool-friendly" antifreeze to pipes that could not be emptied, ran antifreeze through the filter and heat-exchanger, plugged all the inlets, rescued another snake from the skimmer box, plugged the skimmer boxes with expandable plugs to prevent cracking in extreme temperatures, treated the pool water with over-wintering chemicals, closed the pump down, skimmed the leaves (again, and again, and again) from the pool (it is currently raining leaves), and finally put the cover over the pool and secured it. Who would have thought of this in the middle of summer? At least one thing is ticked off the 'Winterizing the house' list...only about 20 to go, and we saved about $800 by doing it ourselves! Woohoo!


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