Take the hassle and risk out of seasonal

pool & spa openings and closings!

Opening a pool or spa for the season probably brings the most hassles to an owner of any time of the year. Perfection Pools & Spas can help here by inspecting your pool and getting it ready for the season’s use. Closing a pool or spa brings the most risk to an owner because if it’s not done right, winter weather can damage your pool and equipment causing huge expenses. Perfection Pools & Spas has the experience to know exactly what to do to prepare your pool or spa for the cold winter months so that it is not damaged and is ready for a quick opening in the spring! Take a look at some of the ideas and advice below for openings and closings and information about what can go wrong with pool closings and pool openings!

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Pool & Spa Spring/Summer Openings

Get Back To Enjoying your Pool! Our standard opening service assures that all features of your pool are operating at peak efficiency. Openings can be difficult because your pool may become dirty and the pool chemistry will likely change over the course of the winter. Our opening service includes: • Cover - drain, clean, and remove, • Winter products - Remove plugs and other winter devices, store for next winter, • Pool - Clean, vacuum, • Filter - Assemble, test and start up filter, • Pumps - Clean, prime, start up, • Plumbing - Inspect, bleed air, prime, • Chemistry - analyze, balance chemistry, • Heater - inspect, reconnect gas, test, • Chlorinator - setup, test, • Equipment - Install ladders, rails, and other equipment, • Solar Panels - Reconnect and prime solar panels, • Automation - Reset timers and other pool automation systems. We also recommend that you consider regular maintenance to make sure your pool water is stabilized and properly cleaned beyond opening.

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Pool & Spa Fall/Winter Closings

Pool Closing is Important! Improper winterization can cause significant and costly damage to your pool or spa and equipment. Protect your pool by Perfection Pools & Plumbing do the closing and winterizing for you. Closing is also an important time for a final cleaning to remove debris that could damage your equipment or make it more difficult to start up in the spring. Our standard closing services include: • Water level - lower the water level appropriately, • Cleaning pool/spa - Final fall/winter cleaning, • Chemistry - shock, algecide, setting pH, • Clean/Drain equipment - pumps, pipes, filter, heater, etc.,. • Blow out water lines - Use compressed air to remove water from lines that may freeze, • Valves - Open/close as required, • Insulate & heat - pipes and connect heat tape as needed, • Winterize solar panels - solar panels need to be winterized to avoid damage, • Cover - Install customers cover on the pool or spa or recommend the best pool cover for the job!

Avoid spending

thousands of dollars!

Be very careful “winterizing” your pool and spa in the fall -- because mistakes can end up costing you thousands of dollars. Perfection suggests you use knowledgeable professional pool closing services. If you’re very confident of your pool closing or winterization skills, you may still want Perfection to inspect your work, recommend products, or suggest ideas to make your job even better.

What can go wrong in

pool and spa closing or

winterization?

There are a number of mistakes that can be made during closing or winterizing your pool and spa. Some of the more severe examples are these: FROZEN PIPES can ruin your pool and cost up to $6000 or more to repair. Perfection has seen examples of frozen PVC pipes under the ground split their entire length. If these pipes are under your pool deck or pool walls, the pipe will have to be excavated and replaced at significant construction cost. DAMAGED EQUIPMENT from freezing water include pumps, heaters, filters, and plumbing can have significant cost for replacement or repair. DAMAGED TILE can occur from freezing water. DAMAGED SKIMMERS from frozen water can cause leaks requiring costly removal and replacement. DIRTY WATER DAMAGE from improperly cleaned and treated pools, sitting for months into the spring, can cause staining of your plaster. This might require expensive acid washing and in severe cases, you may need to re-plaster your pool at costs up to $8000 or more. DIRTY WATER, even if it does not cause damage to your plaster, will cost you more to restart the pool in chemicals, time, and labor. Properly closing your pool and spa will almost eliminate these costs. These risks are easily avoided by calling the pool winterization experts at Perfection Pools & Spas.