{"id":96,"date":"2018-11-02T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T17:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.aquapools.com\/blog\/?p=96"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:47:51","slug":"swimming-pool-winterization-recap-top-mistakes-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aquapools.com\/blog\/swimming-pool-winterization-recap-top-mistakes-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Pool Winterization Recap: Top Mistakes to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was a summer of record heat in many areas of the country – that\u2019s the bad news. The good news is that it was a summer of record pool time for\u00a0swimming pool\u00a0owners! But, even the hottest of summers come to an end, so it\u2019s time to start thinking about closing your pool for the winter.<\/p>\n

Winterizing a pool isn\u2019t difficult, but there is definitely a right way and a wrong way to do it. And given that doing it the wrong way can lead to anything from a minor inconvenience when a poorly secured cover slips into the pool and has to be retrieved, to costly damage when pipes that aren\u2019t properly blown out freeze and crack, you want to avoid the mistakes that come back to haunt some pool owners in the spring.<\/p>\n

Pool Closing Missteps You Don’t Want to Make<\/h2>\n
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We\u2019ve written blog posts in the past about what you\u00a0should do<\/em>\u00a0to winterize your pool. Putting a different spin on it, here are things you definitely should NOT do when winterizing your pool.<\/p>\n