Can you empty and then refill your dirty gunite pool?
* Yes, you can drain it. DO NOT leave it empty, however, but
refill promptly. If the pool is empty and there is a lot of water
in the ground soil, it could cause the pool to float and crack. ==
== * I have had this house for 4 years and have drained my gunite
pool every spring, acid-washed it and refilled it. So far no
problems. It does need resurfacing, but not because of what we did.
It needed that when we bought the house. I understand that the cost
of that is about $10,000. Which means... it might rather be a pond,
or a cemented area with an above-ground pool.
* Pools should not be drained completely unless the water table
is low. Otherwise water table pressure can damage an empty pool. I
never drain my in-ground pool more than 18" below the deck, and
keep chlorine tablets in floaters in the pool all winter, which
cuts down on brackishness. Removing cover & cleaning in spring
just means brushing & vacuuming everything to the filter, then
backwash. Sparkling water in one or two days.
* When I lived in Texas, people with this problem installed
plastic liners. Some of the ones I saw looked like a tiled
pool.