# Draining pool for the first time--need answer fast!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-pool-for-the-first-time-need-answer-fast/538480
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 6, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-pool-for-the-first-time-need-answer-fast/538480 "2010-05-06T04:17:38Z")
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### Author:  [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-pool-for-the-first-time-need-answer-fast/538480/21 "2014-05-07T13:49:16Z")
This thread has come back from the dead enough it could be a comic book super hero.
Original 5/2010
Revived 8/2010, 7/2011, 4/2012, 8/2012, 11/2012, 10/2013, 5/2014
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-pool-for-the-first-time-need-answer-fast/538480/22 "2014-05-07T13:53:17Z")
I wonder if **malkavia** ever drained her pool?
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### Author:  [@RememberMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RememberMe)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draining-pool-for-the-first-time-need-answer-fast/538480/23 "2014-05-07T18:11:15Z")
> [@liquiddip](#):
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> You don’t need to drain the pool, because it’s not too much old…
Age of a pool has no impact on whether or not it needs to be drained. A pool that has been open for a short time might need draining if certian chemicals were allowed to build up.
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