{"id":4037,"date":"2020-12-23T09:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/es\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2020-12-23T09:23:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T09:23:10","slug":"what-treatment-does-my-pool-need-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/articles\/swimming-pools\/what-treatment-my-pool-need\/","title":{"rendered":"What treatment does my pool need in winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To enjoy a <\/span><b>pool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in perfect condition in the summer, you must take care of it well throughout the year. <\/span><b>Winter pool treatment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is nothing out of the ordinary and will allow you to make the most of the summer in the best conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Why winter pool treatment is important<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pools, like any property, require a range of care so that they aren\u2019t damaged sooner than normal. <\/span><b>Taking care of your pool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the best thing you can do to ensure it lasts you for years and your summers are full of memorable stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pool maintenance is essential to keep the pool from getting dirty, the walls and bottom gleaming year-round, and the water transparent. Minor care throughout the year will prevent you from having to spend a lot of money to get it ready when the weather is good, not to mention the time and effort it would take to make it suitable to swim in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pools have a range of elements such as <\/span><b>filters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grepool.com\/en\/skimmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>skimmers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that must be checked every so often. This is the only way to ensure they are working properly and you can have clean water in the best conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, adequate winter pool treatment means you won\u2019t have to change the water, which is a considerable savings\u2014filling a pool isn\u2019t exactly cheap\u2014and a relief for nature since it is not advisable to waste as precious a resource as water. Keep in mind that, contrary to what many people think, it is neither necessary nor recommended to <\/span><b>change your pool water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From a financial standpoint, treating your pool during the winter means <\/span><b>saving up to six times more money<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than if you had to clean algae, dirt, and other debris off when the time comes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Winter pool treatment<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the importance of year-round pool maintenance, there\u2019s a series of winter pool treatments that you can\u2019t stop applying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Clean the pool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can use the vacuum to keep your pool clean year-round. However, it will not need the same care or frequency of cleaning in the summer, when the vacuum should be run daily, as in the winter, when the vacuum can be run more sparingly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep the <\/span><b>water level below the skimmer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prevent freezing, which may damage the device.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a <\/span><b>winterizer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, following the instructions, schedule, and amounts. This is something you must do several times throughout the year. To start this process, the water temperature must be below 15\u00a0\u00b0C (59\u00a0\u00b0F).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check the amount of <\/span><b>chlorine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>pH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> level of the water every so often. If necessary, use a <\/span><b>shock chlorination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> product.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Keep the pool filter clean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A dirty or damaged filter can easily ruin your pool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grepool.com\/en\/covers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pool cover<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prevent dirt and debris from falling in.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safely store all your pool elements and products: the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grepool.com\/en\/vacuum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vacuum<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chemicals, the leaf skimmer, hoses, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you know how to treat your pool during the winter. Keep your pool in perfect condition year-round so that summer will be more summery than ever.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To enjoy a pool in perfect condition in the summer, you must take care of it well throughout the year. Winter pool treatment is nothing out of the ordinary and will allow you to make the most of the summer in the best conditions. &nbsp; Why winter pool treatment is important Pools, like any property, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[285],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4049,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4037\/revisions\/4049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.grepool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}