The Importance of Winter Closing Kits
The temperature is dropping, and it’s starting to feel colder outside. Unfortunately, those two things mean that pool closing season is approaching. With pool closings soon, we would like to take this time to discuss winter closing kits and why it’s a good idea to utilize them.
Why is using a winter closing kit important?
Living in the Midwest, especially Minnesota, the use of a winter closing kit when closing your swimming pool in the fall is undeniably an excellent choice to make. Although people living in cold climate areas, don’t always use a winter closing kit, it can have an enormous effect on the clarity and condition of the pool water when opening in the spring. Winter closing kits are specifically designed to keep your pool fresh and free of algae during those winter months that the pool is not being filtered or circulated by the pump.
What is included in a winter closing kit?
While there are many different brands and formulations of winter closing kits, winter closing kits typically include two products: a formulation of shock and an algaecide. Over at Dolphin Pool & Spa, we suggest BioGuard’s Arctic Blue Winter Kit (available in two sizes: 12,000 gallons and 24,000 gallons). BioGuard’s Arctic Blue Winter Kit includes Arctic Blue Shock and Arctic Blue Algae Protector. In this two-step product, it becomes a convenient way to treat your pool before you close it down for the off-season. The first step, the Arctic Blue Shock, is formulated to oxidize and clarify throughout the winter months, while the second step, Arctic Blue Algae Protector, is used to prevent algae growth. The combination of using these two chemicals will aid in opening to a clearer, cleaner pool in the spring.
Why do I want to use a winter closing kit?
Along with helping customers open to a clearer, cleaner pool in the spring, the use of winter closing kit will save you considerable amounts of money in the spring on chlorine and other pool clearing chemicals. In the springtime when opening their pool, our customers spend a significant amount of money restoring the residual of chlorine that was lost during the winter months and in clearing the water. We have noticed that the customers who use the Arctic Blue Winter Kit will spend considerably less money on chlorine in Spring start-up, than the customers who admit they didn’t use a winter closing kit. Why? Because they don’t have algae and other contaminants using up the chlorine before it can build a residual, therefore using less chlorine and spending less money.