Opening your Swimming Pool for Spring

A pool properly maintained during the winter months can be prepared for a new season of swimming with a minimum of effort. In fact the re-opening process begins the moment the pool is closed and basically entails reversing the instructions for closing it but by keeping an eye on the pool over the winter, this process becomes that much easier.

1) The first thing is to get all that horrible, decaying and soggy mess off the pool cover. Depending on which type of swimming pool cover you have, this is best accomplished by the use of a cover submersible pump especially if you have a hard type slatted cover or a PVC safety cover where excess rain water has gathered throughout the Autumn/Winter. Alternatively if you have left your solar bubble pool cover on since the summer or you have utilized a winter debris pool cover you may want to try and sweep the leaves off to the side and gather them up by hand.

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In countries with a colder climate like the UK the swimming pool needs to be prepared for the winter months. But even in warmer climates, you might discover that some of the following information is useful.

If you do not take the correct precautions over the colder months than you are liable to frozen pipes, cracked pump and skimmer baskets and ice over the water which in turn can cause other major costly problems to your pool or spa.

During the cold temperatures water expands when it freezes, meaning that if trapped inside pipes and equipment it will expand and crack them. PVC pipes, fittings and ABS plastic pump parts are most at risk, but soft copper heat exchangers are also in danger too.

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