Pool Opening Tips

Shopping List

• Pool Cover Pump
• Magic Lube
• Stow-Away ® to clean and deodorize winter pool cover in preparation for storage
• Wall Brush
• Vacuum Equipment
• Filter Media (Sand, D.E. or cartridge)
• Off The Wall ® to clean the "bathtub ring" & skimmer
• Strip Kwik ® to chemically clean the filter from last year

Now You're Ready to Open The Pool:

• Drain and remove your cover (avoid getting debris in the pool water). Set aside for cleaning.
• Remove the Gizzmo(s) plugs from the skimmer(s) and from the returns.
• Install the skimmer basket(s) and directional eyeball(s).
• Clean your skimmer and pool waterline with Off the Wall ®
• Make sure that your filter is clean. Chemically clean with Strip Kwik ® if it wasn't done in the fall.
• Reassemble filter and pump making sure to use Magic Lube on all o-rings and gaskets.
• Make sure that your pool is filled to at least the middle of the skimmer.
• Adjust Valves to proper position
• Prime your pump prior to starting
• Make sure that you turn the power on at the main breaker.
• Turn the pump on.
• Add the proper amount of D.E. to the skimmer for an earth filter and note the clean start up pressure. (For D.E. Filters Only!)
• Install the ladder and hand rails. Make sure to tighten all anchor bolts completely.
• Allow the pool to circulate for 24 - 48 hours and take a water sample to Buchmyers Pools, Inc.