Originally Posted by
Rick Sabatino
I had above ground pools growing up. We had to drain them about a 1/3 and always had a large (8'sq) inflatable pillow or bag placed under the cover to absorb the pressure when the water froze.
My bet is that the pools were not properly winterized.
Rick,
Now that you mention the inflatible, we did have one of those. You are correct in that the installer told us to put it in the pool if freezing weather was approaching. It was intended to keep the water from freezing solid across the top of the pool.
The other rick