Taking good care of your pool
in winter
When the swimming season is finally over, it's time to shut down your pool. Winterizing your pool is essential to protect your pool and its equipment from the winter weather. This operation must be carefully carried out to maintain good water quality and to facilitate the reopening of your pool the following spring.
Winterizingyour Zodiac Original pool
To avoid the proliferation of algae or bacteria, the appearance of stains on the lining, the deposit of limestone or damage to the pipes (due to freezing in particular), it is important towinterize your pool.
For a serene winter, when should you prepare your pool?
When the temperature of the water in your pool is close to 15°C, that is, depending on the region, between mid-October and mid-November (or much earlier in the case of a second home pool).
Active or passive winterizing, what is the difference?
During an active winterizing, the pool is still running, but at a slower pace. The filter pump continues to run to keep the water clean, which you should test regularly.
During a passive wintering, the filtration pump is stopped until spring, the pipes are drained, the equipment is protected and the pool is covered with a tarp.
During an active or passive wintering, it is recommended to cover your pool with a winterizing shift (WINKY models) or a winterizing cover (OVLINE and HIPPO models) which will prevent the deposit of leaves, debris and dirt in the pool. Made of an opaque gray fabric (cover) or navy blue (cover), this system also prevents photosynthesis.
This accessory to cover the pool in winter is not a standardized safety device, check with the distributor that your installation will meet the safety standard for pools.
How to clean your pool? What products to use?
How to clean the equipment?
Find all our pieces of advice in the WINTERIZING GUIDE FOR YOUR POOL from our experts CHEMOFORM,
to consult here
Did you know that?
If winterizing is done too early, when the water is still too warm (> 15 °C), micro-organisms can continue to develop. In spring, the risk is to find a green pool water...
A final winterizing solution is to dismantle your pool to store it in your garage for the winter, for example.
Regardless of its size, you can uninstall your Zodiac Original pool to store it during the winter. It is as easy to dismantle it as to mantle it!
The restart of your pool,
a key step to enjoy it !
When the warm weather returns in the spring, it's time to put your pool back into service.
After an active winterizing
You will only have to continue to maintain your pool by adapting the filtration time to the water temperature.
Find all our pieces of maintenance advice in the dedicated section
After a passive winterizing
The restarting of your pool must be done following several key steps: handling of the pump, cleaning of the pool, control of the water quality... The steps are to be found in the WINTERIZING GUIDE OF YOUR POOL of our experts CHEMOFORM, to consult here
During the summer, to prevent leaves from falling into your pool when you're not using it, and to protect the water from pollution and other dirt, we recommend covering your pool with an isothermal summer cover. Made of translucent blue bubbles, it also has the advantage of retaining the water's heat and reducing evaporation.
This accessory to cover the pool in summer is not a standardized safety device, check with the distributor that your installation will meet the safety standard for pools.
ACCESSORIES
for the summer/winter protection of your Zodiac Original pool
Winter cover
Winter shift
Reel for summer cover
