JanetC Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Our community in central Florida has experienced a number of "black" pools, due to their being abandoned by owners who have left or been foreclosed on. Our board of directors wants to secure these abandoned pools for aesthetic and health reasons. They are looking for suggestions as to how this might be done for the least amount of cost and maintenance time. Some suggestions have been to 1) drain the pools, 2) shock them and put a permanent cover over them, 3) leave them open and drop mosquito larvae killer tablets in them once a month. They would welcome any suggestions you might have, especially those based on your prior experience with this problem. Thank you so much for your replies! Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkusmier Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Our community in central Florida has experienced a number of "black" pools, due to their being abandoned by owners who have left or been foreclosed on. Our board of directors wants to secure these abandoned pools for aesthetic and health reasons. They are looking for suggestions as to how this might be done for the least amount of cost and maintenance time. Some suggestions have been to 1) drain the pools, 2) shock them and put a permanent cover over them, 3) leave them open and drop mosquito larvae killer tablets in them once a month. They would welcome any suggestions you might have, especially those based on your prior experience with this problem. Thank you so much for your replies! Janet Depends on the type of pool. Drain a fiberglass in central FL and hydrostatic pressure will pop it right out of the ground. Drain a vinyl-lined pool anywhere and the liner will have to be replaced. Not really good for a gunite (concrete) pool either. Honestly, neither of the other two proposed alternatives are ideal either. Not sure what you have in mind re: a "permanent" cover. The least costly alternative is probably is probably the 3rd. Look for something w/ bacillus thuringiensis as the active ingredient - here's one product. Note, thuringiensis has a short shelf-life and degrades rapidly in sunlight. Effective control will probably require treatment more often than once per month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetC Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Thanks so much for your reply. All the pools in the community are gunite. I have heard that draining these in FL could also result in their imploding and breaking up. The cover being considered is a winter type cover, that could be left on the pools for a long time without maintenance, hopefully for a year or more, depending on when these houses are sold. I think for us that would be the ideal situation, as it would remove the eyesore from the neighbors' view. We really need advice on what kind of cover would work best in the hot temperatures in Florida, and would be the least likely to dislodge in the rainy summer months, and if anyone has had experience with covering an in-ground pool long-term. Thank you again. Any and all advice would be much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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