Hey Timothy listen and I figured since you send me the question via Facebook. I figured why not answer you via video, so I'm going to read your question and then I'm going to answer it for you as best as I can so, it says I'll be closing an in-text above-ground pool in three or four weeks, so probably by the end Of August beginning of September, it's a 4,400 gallon in-text pool and you're asking what chemicals do I need. How much do I need and you're using the flippin frog, which King technology just called me? I just learned about so I highly recommend that product right now they're actually sending me a few to test out, and so you said you live in Georgia and you don't think you need to take it down or a part, because you don't have a hard winter. There, which you're probably right but as far as what you would need for chemicals uh whenever you close down any pool, you need to make sure that your pH and your alkalinity are properly balanced.

So that's really the basis of all of it, so just make sure make sure that your pH is at between 7.4 and 7.6 and your alkalinity is somewhere between 100 and 150. It could be anywhere within that, if you're at 125, that's perfect, so just make sure those two chemicals are in the right order or in the right in the right range. As far as that, chlorine, that's the only other thing you need to close down a pool. So what I would do in your case, for being a forty four hundred gallon pool, I would shock with one bag of calcium hypochlorite shock.

Technically one bag does about 10,000 gallons of water, so in your case, you'd be double shocking, but that's okay, because I recommend people double shock it before they close anyway, so take one bag of calcium hypochlorite shock doesn't matter which brand um, but if you like this Particular brand go with that: just go to your local pool store, that's fine mix it in a bucket of water. Warm water works best. If you, if you have access to a large five-gallon bucket of warm water and just start it with a stick, make sure you're wearing you know, crappy clothes and you have goggles and gloves, of course, stir it around and make sure it's properly dissolved and then pour It around your pool at night, if you can, or at dusk at this point, if you're closing it during the day, it really doesn't matter. You can shock it at any time right before you close, but just do it right before you close make sure your filters running um.

If you don't want to shock, if you don't want to do that method, what you don't have to I, I would also recommend throwing in a bag of non chlorine shock, which is a little bit more expensive, but you won't have to run. The pool is long and you can literally close it right afterwards. So I, what I would say is you can buy a bag of non chlorine shock, dump it in the pool, let it run for about 15 minutes and then cover it. So that'll just get rid of all the nasties and stuff and then you can add a chlorine floater, but you don't have to, and in your case I probably wouldn't, because it's not necessary um, but if you're not planning on closing it because you're live in Georgia.

Just make sure you keep it running for at least four to six hours a day, because you don't want the water to freeze even a little bit, because the water freezes the ice expands. It's going to expand against the sides of the pool and it could cause your total collapse. You don't want that. Obviously.

So as far as chemicals pH aqualen, a t4 pH seven point, four to seven point: six for alkalinity 100 to 150 and for chlorine use a non chlorine shock or liquid chlorine. You can also use, but as far as how much to add just make sure your chlorine is up above three parts per million, and that's really all you need to do to close your pool. So if you have any more questions, feel free to ask again. I'm know if I'll make another video, but I'll definitely answer you via text.

So thanks for your question - and I hope you I wish you the best of luck.