aemeijers wrote:
Jerry wrote:
On Feb 25, 3:49 pm, Bryce wrote:
Neighboring community announced they will not be
opening their municipal swimming pool this summer
to save money. They say it costs $100,000 to
operate for the season, but they must spend $50K
to mothball it while it's idle, so only $50K saved.

Wow. What needs to be done to mothball a pool?

Dunno. If the surrounding soil is expansive, there could be concerns
with the walls cracking with the pool empty - maybe need to do
something to brace the walls?

Jerry
Like fill it halfway with heavily chlorinated water? Floor heaving is
more likely than walls cracking, but I'm no engineer.

(Same concept as why residential sand'n'vinyl pools are never emptied
all the way...)

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aem sends....

Well also, on Vinyl, the stuff shrinks real bad after being exposed to
chlorine. If you let it dry out, they usually tear off the top when you
refill them. I wouldn't even take a vinyl pool down half way. I used
to just pull the hose off the skimmer of our above ground and let that
be the winter level.

s