Hi
I have one of the pools that you take down b4 winter. I think its intex, it is the one with the metal poles. We have always took it down for the winter. We are thinking about keeping it up, I know i would have to get a pool cover. I have never closed a pool for the winter so not sure on exactly what I would have to do. And do you think my pool would be damaged, being that it is an intex pool? Any info would be helpful,.thanks
My advice is to take it down for the winter unless you're willing to risk it splitting or getting cracks due to climate change and want to get a new one. It's a summer season pool & not fabricated to shift and change to adjust to cold seasonal weather, ice, sleet, snow, freezing rain etc.
I agree with the others that you need to take it down. It doesn't sound like one that should be left up all winter in the first place. You'll just end up having to buy a new pool next spring. Good luck.
You already have great answers on snow getting to heavy on the cover etc. Also don't under estimate that water when becoming ice expands... sorry you better take that pool down.
We run a pool company, you need to take it down. The weight of the snow and ice will damage those types of pools. They are just not built to stay up all year.
If it is a pool that you have always taken down, I would consider continuing to do so. Unless your pool and sides are secured, firmly to the ground (and I don't just mean because it has water in it), the winter can be brutal on it. I'd check with the people at The Great Escape, in Bridgeview, for their advise and expertise.
http://www.shopthegreatescape.com/locator.php
Good luck.
When it starts snowing and collecting on your cover it will become too heavy for poles and they will bend or break and your pool will collapse...better to just take it down.
