Should I Close My Pool for the Winter?

Yes you should! Closing your pool when it is not being used is the best thing you can do to protect your investment. The process of closing a pool for the season involves several important steps to ensure that the pool and its equipment are protected from the harsh winter weather. Fox Pools in Hampton Virginia offers you our professional pool closing service to ensure an easy pool opening in spring.

How Does Pool Closing it Work?

Our pool closing service involves skimming the surface to remove leaves bugs and other debris as well as brushing the walls of the pool and vacuuming the pool thoroughly to ensure it is clean. Then we test the water’s PH levels and alkalinity and adjust levels as needed to make it thru the winter months and avoid any corrosion or scale build up. We add chlorine shock to the pool to kill any remaining bacteria and algae, then we allow the pool pump to run and circulate the chlorine throughout the system.

We drain the pool to a low water level, just below the skimmer and return lines to prevent freezing damage. We turn off the drain and pump, filter, heater and any other equipment to prevent freezing and pump air through the plumbing lines to further prevent any residual water from freezing. Finally we installed a pool cover to continue to keep out unwanted debris.

Properly closing your pool for the winter will help protect it from damage and make it easier to open when the warm weather returns.

Fox Pools Services is here to help!

Fox Pools LLC is a swimming pool service and repair company serving all of Hampton Virginia. We perform pool service and repair, pool inspections, pool safety covers, pool winterization, pool openings, pool closings and more! Call Fox Pools today for your swimming pool needs.