Openings and Closings

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Need to open or close your pool?  Allow our team of experts to open or close your pool quickly and efficiently for one low cost.  Avoid the headaches of pool openings and closures.  Contact Pools by Angelo a minimum of 2 weeks prior to your planned date of opening or closing.

For those of you who enjoy opening or closing your pool, below are some useful tips to ensure that you correctly open or close your pool!

Spring Start Up

Proper chemical treatment of your pool for your annual spring opening is most important.  It greatly determines the protection and appearance of the poll for the remainder of the year.  The following are standard instructions for "summerizing" your pool:

Mechanical:

  • Remove pool cover, clean with AQUAPRO Cover Cleaner and store for use in the fall.
  • Reconnect all mechanical and electrical systems.
  • Remove any large debris, branches, leaves, etc.
  • Fill pool to mid-level of skimmer opening.
  • Vacuum pool, then backwash and clean filter.
  • After pool water circulates for 12 hours, take a sample to your Pools by Angelo for a complete water analysis.
  • Balance the water according to Pools by Angelo's recommendations.
  • Superchlorinate to clean and disinfect pool
  • For outdoor pools, adjust the stabilizer level if necessary.
  • Begin daily chlorination program.
  • Fall Closing

    Careful closing or "winterizing" of your pool is necessary to protect the pool surfaces and water quality until next spring's opening.  The key chemical factor to remember is that the lower the temperature, the more corrosive the pool water will become.  To counteract this situation, proper winterizing requires upward adjustment of the pH and total alkalinity.  To insure clean, disinfected water in the spring, levels of chlorine and algaecide must be maintained throughout winter storage.

    Following are standard instructions for "winterizing" your pool:

  • Balance your water to pH of - 7.8; Total alkalinity of - 120 ppm; Calcium hardness of - 200 ppm.
  • Vacuum pool and clean filter
  • Lower water level and drain lines.
  • Winterize equipment.
  • Pools by Angelo has the AQUAPRO Winterizing Kit which contains all the closing chemicals required for proper winter protection of your pool.