Getting your pool ready for summer afternoons takes a lot more than simply filling it with water and diving in. Due to the health and safety of both the pool and the swimmers, you'll need to know how to get above ground pool ready for summer. Note that these steps assume you didn't drain your pool. It's advised that you never drain your pool, even if you don't use it all year round. This is because the ground of the pool may shift when there's no water holding it down. Restoring a pool that has shifted is quite expensive, so it's better if you don't empty it in the first place.
How to get Above Ground Pool Ready for Summer - Diving Into Summer
● Clear your pool cover of debris and water. You can use a submersible pump to drain out the winter's worth of water. Remove the cover, winter equipments - winter pool plugs, skimmer buckets - clean and store them away.
● If the water's below your desired level, top it.
● Check that your pool equipment is all functioning. Keep them turned on for at least an hour. If anything needs to be replaced, now's the time to do so.
● Check for stains in the pool and brush them thoroughly. Then vacuum the pool.
● If you have a chlorine treated pool, shock it with some algaecide. For every 10,000 gallons of swimming pool water, you'll need to use about 2lbs of pool shock.
● Use a water testing kit to ensure you have a balanced pH.
According to Next Level Pool Services, if you have a salt generator instead of a chlorine system in your pool, you won't need to perform as many tests to create a balanced pH. The reason is that salt tends to stay in the pool, it won't evaporate when the temperature's high - like chlorine would. So unless there's heavy rainfall, lots of splashing or backwashing, you'll have a fairly consistent pH levels - ergo less monitoring.
Aside from saving you monitoring time, salt pools also require less chemicals. Once the salt generator's been installed, you'll only spend money buying salt - which is way cheaper than chlorine.
To Summarize
Once you know how to get above ground pool ready for summer, it gets easier each year. Once you're done, spend some time creating a maintenance schedule for your pool and that's it. Your pool's ready for the summer.
