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"FDL" <franklong617@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1142083835.675520.198580@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> I've a 18x36 pool in New England that the pool company closed for us
> in October. They never mentioned draining the pool if the water level
> got higher than the skimmer. We had a landscaping guy out for a consult
> and he was adamant that the water level was too high and that we risked
> a cracked skimmer if we didn't drain it.
Where pools freeze, pool pumps and associated
piping must be emptied at winter closeup. So
it is normal to draw down the water level before winter
to a point where (after the addition of winter snowfall)
the water remains well below the level of all pump
connections. (The pump inflow is usually several
inches below skimmer level so water levels need
to be kept lower than that, to keep the pipes empty.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
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Re: Water level in my (winter closed) pool getting pretty high
