Aurora Pool Opening

After a long winter pool owners want to fire up their water systems at the first sign of spring. As much as you might want to dive into your pool, there is a lot that has to be done before swim spaces are usable. Dirty water doesn’t just look terrible, it is a serious risk to health and safety for anyone that steps foot inside. Call Puddle for your Aurora pool opening services and start the spring off on the right foot with clean water and smooth running systems. 

Pulling back pool covers in spring means having to contend with months worth of debris and contaminants. A simple shock treatment isn’t enough to take your swim space from swam to sanitary. Every year pool owners try to take their spring pool care into their own hands only to end up with subpar results and a prolonged process. Balancing water chemistry after months of sitting idle can take time and that means missing out on the first swimmable days of spring. Luckily, Puddle technicians have spring pool care down to a science. 

How to Open Your Pool: Avoid a DIY Disaster 

The foundation of spring pool maintenance is to undo the damage done by the fall/winter season, creating a clean and usable swim space to enjoy throughout spring and summer. During a closing winterizing plugs and dropping the water level is common practice. It is also common to remove detachable components to be dried and stored for the off-season. You can’t get started on an opening without undoing these practices. 

When you pull back winter covers, you are likely going to find something that looks more like a swamp than an inviting swim space. A bit of pool shock can provide a superficial improvement but it isn’t enough to restore water condition. In fact, the only way to give your pool a clean slate is to take a multi-step approach full of water testing, heavy scrubbing and more. Stepping into dirty water is a major risk for recreational water illnesses like skin irritations, eye infections, ear infections and maybe even e-coli poisoning. Don’t take a risk when you can have your water tested by a specialist instead. 

Puddle Pool Services: How We Kick-Start the Pool Season 

Swimming pools are more complicated than meets the eye. Instead of a simple structure holding water, pools are made up of many moving parts and systems, each of which contribute to the overall condition. That is why Puddle technicians clean your pool with a multi-step process that addresses swimming pools inside and out. 

Step 1: Grab a garden hose and refill pool water levels. Replace any components that were detached and stored. Apply an initial shock treatment to alleviate some cloudiness and discolouration. 

Step 2: You can’t expect a clean slate without removing debris. Even with a pool cover on, debris has a way of making its way inside of water systems. Anyone can scoop up floating items from water surfaces but when you want the best results, it is a bit more complicated than that. Manual vacuums are needed to remove unwanted items from hard to reach areas. Speciality brushes should be used to scrub away any residue that has formed around water lines and then skimmer baskets should be emptied. 

Step 3: It is important to inspect pool equipment before firing it up for use. This means checking up on everything from the pool filter, pool pump, heaters and water lines. This is also the ideal time to swap out solid winter covers for mesh ones that can help with heating water and reducing energy use. 

Step 4: Finally, once debris is removed and systems are running smoothly it is time for a final water balancing. Instead of relying on test strips to clean your water, let an expert test and balance chemical levels for the best results. Instead of focusing on chlorine levels alone it is important to balance pH levels, total alkalinity and calcium.