Hi all - it’s me again (we are both clueless when it comes to pools 
). Trying to work out how to winterize our index pool and came across these in the pool shed. Does anyone know what they are and what We would use them for? (They look like some kind of floats).
Personnally… no idea… but surely someone will know what’s what…
any thoughts @Corona ??
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They are flotteurs/floaters. Sand in the bottom, air in the top. You should have a load of S shaped hooks too. They link together to provide something for ice to press against to take some of the strain off the pool sides and liner. Depending on how many you have, I used to make a “cross”, going lengthways and across the width of the pool. Put some thin rope on each end of the cross and secure to something around the margins.
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Depending on where you are, do you need to winterize? We don’t bother any more. Just leave the pool open over winter and breathe a sigh of relief when the weather drops to 10 degrees and below. At the moment the weather is far too warm, wouldn’t dream of doing anything with the pool other than trying to keep it clean and algae free. (We’re in Lot et Garonne)
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Thanks for that Mark - at least I recognised that they are floats! 
Hmm interesting🤔. We’re in the Lot. We’ve only recently moved into this house but I know that the previous owner did winterise the pool.
Also used by many to keep the winter cover out of the water so that it drains and does not get submerged.
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Depends on where you are - how high up, whether sheltered or not. Can you ask them what winters are like? When we first arrived 17 years ago we did winterize the pool - in the early years we had a couple of quite severe winters but they’ve got milder and we began to realise that friends were just leaving their pools open, so we now do the same. An occasional frost or flurry of snow is neither here nor there - it needs to be a long cold spell for it to be an issue and even then we’ve never had our pool get anywhere near freezing.
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It also depends on the type of pool, above ground pools will get colder and are more likely to freeze (and more susceptible to damage)
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That’s my thinking too. Ours is Intex above ground so I think we’ll try our best to muddle on and winterize it.
Ah - ours is inground - so different scenario. Good point @Mark
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