What to do with swimming pool not in use?

This is a ten step process to winterizing your pool.

1. Begin This process by turning off the heater, you won't be need it..
2. Adjust your pool water to the right pH using the appropriate chemical compound.
3. Brush and vacuum the pool to clean any of the miscellaneous items that have may have made their way into the pool.
4. Shock the pool using an extra strong solution of your usual sanitizing chemical to keep anything from growing.
5. Add a long lasting algaecide to maintain the sanitized water.
6. Clean out and disconnect the pump and skimmer baskets and the pool filter.
7. Add special pool antifreeze to the skimmer and return lines.
8. Remove any ladders or ropes from the water
9. Collect up poolside furniture, clean and store.
10. Make sure you have an appropriate winter cover, roll this over the pool top and secure it firmly.

It may sound like a lot of work but a pool that is not properly winterized will re-emerge filled with algae and dead leaves, and damaged by frost or snow as the winter progresses