Pool Openings & Closings

Pool Service opens and closes thousands of in-ground pools for residential, municipal and commercial customers throughout LaPorte and Northwest Indiana. Proper pool preparation for the winter season ensures that when warm weather arrives your pool will be ready to be opened before the pool season starts.

Pool Openings

When it's time to open your pool count on the experts at Pool Services to do the job right. We will re-install accessories such as ladders, handrails, pool cleaner, etc. And we reassemble filter and pumps, including replacement of gaskets and/or seals if needed (parts not included), and perform a complete water chemistry check.

Pool Closings: Protect Your Pool in Winter

When the summer season ends, Pool Service winterizes the pool equipment and all of the pool lines and adds necessary chemicals to the pool. A properly closed pool ensures a stress-free opening next season. Our services include lowering the water level in your pool accordingly; draining your pool's filtration, heating and pumping equipment; blowing out filtration lines and equipment and installing winter plugs; removing the pool sweep and storing it on your property and installing ice protection container in the skimmer.

Our pool opening service includes:

• Installation of all Deck Equipment (Ladder, Handrails)
• Installation of skimmer Basket/s and Return Eyeballs
• Prime and Start Pool Pump
• Light Heater Pilot
• Visually Inspect Pump, Filter, and Heater for Proper Operations
• Add Chlorine Tablets, Super Chlorination (Shock), and an Algaecide Treatment

As fall and winter approach, it comes time to close your pool in order to best take care of it. A pool is an expensive investment, and to protect it, a professional should handle your pool closing.

Our pool closing service includes:

• Removal of all Deck Equipment, such as Ladders, Handrails, Lights. (We do not remove Diving Boards Due to Liability.)
• Removal of Skimmer Basket's and Return Eyeballs
• Blowout of All Pool Related Water Lines using an "Air Compressor". We also add Antifreeze where needed.
• Proper Winterizing of Pool Equipment (Filter, Pumps, Heater, Chlorinator, Etc.)
• Addition of Winter Chemicals (Non-Chlorine Shock, Winter Algaecide, Mineral Control Agent)

Specific Services Available:

Economy Pool Opening With Start Up Chemicals (1 Visit), Includes:

• Removal of plugs and gizmos
• Start up and inspect equipment
• Add chlorine and algecide
• Removal of winter cover & fold up (Water bags add $35.00 to drain, rinse, and fold up)
• Collect water sample and take to lab for analysis and treatment instructions
• Add the necessary chemicals to properly balance the water

Full Opening Clean Balance and Swim ( 1-3 Visits)
Includes all of the above plus:

• Brush walls, steps, and vacuum pool
• Removal of winter plugs and gizmos
• Install skimmer baskets and pump basket
• Start up and inspect equipment
• Install ladders and handrails
• Add chlorine and algaecide