Trophy Club Pool Opening

The Best Way to Open Your Pool For the Season 

Following a long period of disuse it’ll take more than a bit of pool shock and a few test strips to restore water condition. In fact, getting your pool ready for use requires a multi-step approach that caters to your water systems from the inside, out. Instead of struggling through trial and error Puddle technicians have turned pool openings into an art. Puddle Pros get excellent results by following a series of simple but effective steps: 

Check Pool Equipment: There isn’t much point in firing up your water systems if internal components and equipment are damaged or uninstalled. Once any parts that were removed or stored are replaced, the process can really start. Winterizing plugs is common practice when closing so make sure that they are opened up before your first chemical application. 

Shocking the Pool: The first step to restoring water condition is to refill the water level. Between a pool closing and evaporation the water level in a swimming pool will drop over the winter months. All it takes to restore water levels is a quick hit with a simple garden hose, ensuring that water can reach the skimmer line for proper circulation. It all starts with a shock treatment for an initial clearing of cloudiness and treating of discolouration. 

Debris Removal: The longer that organic debris is left sitting inside your swimming pool the worse the impact it will have. This is bad news for chemistry, curb appeal and overall cleanliness. When opening up in spring you can expect to find leaves, sticks, dirt, dust, pollen, insects and other unwanted items. It takes tons of skimming and speciality tools to get rid of unwanted debris. Manual vacuums are needed to get into corners, hard angles and tough to reach places. Soft bristle brushes should be used to scrub residue off of walls near water lines and skimmer baskets should be emptied out. 

Check the Filtration System: Without a clean pool filter, bits and pieces of debris will be left spinning around your water systems. With every passing day smaller unwanted items are being introduced into your pool water. These will layer up inside filters, preventing water from circulating through. Pool pumps then have to work harder to push water and pool chemicals through the system. Before firing up your system for use let an expert assess your filter and clean it as necessary. 

Test and Balance Pool Water: Water chemistry is incredibly important to maintaining a clean swim space. Once debris is removed and internal systems are ready to go it is important to balance pool chemistry for a safe and sanitary swim space. Properly balanced pool water isn’t just about sanitizer levels, it is a combination of chlorine levels, total alkalinity, pH levels and calcium.