Spring Opening Checklist
Use this when the cover is coming off and you need the pool circulating, tested, cleaned, and safe to evaluate without guessing at chemicals.
- Use this when the cover is coming off and you need the pool circulating, tested, cleaned, and safe to evaluate without guessing at chemicals.
- Free Chlorine
- pH
- Total Alkalinity
- Calcium Hardness
- CYA
- Do not add shock or algaecide before the pump is running and water is circulating
- Do not skip the drain cover and equipment safety inspection
Inspect equipment and test water before adding any chemicals.
- ✕Do not add shock or algaecide before the pump is running and water is circulating
- ✕Do not skip the drain cover and equipment safety inspection
Free Chlorine / pH / Total Alkalinity / Calcium Hardness / CYA
Opening day field checklist
Take this to the pad.
Checklist de abertura para impressao
Inspecao e seguranca
- □Confira se as tampas dos drenos estao intactas e firmes
- □Inspecione conexoes eletricas e aterramento equipotencial
- □Verifique o funcionamento do GFCI
- □Confira cercas, portoes e barreiras
Equipamento
- □Remova tampoes de inverno e reinstale tampoes de drenagem
- □Reconecte unioes de bomba, filtro e aquecedor
- □Escorve a bomba e verifique vazamentos
- □Registre a pressao limpa do filtro: ___ PSI
- □Verifique a posicao da valvula multiporta
- □Confirme que todas as valvulas estao na posicao correta
Agua
- □Encha ate o meio do skimmer
- □Deixe a bomba rodar por 24 horas antes de testar
- □Teste: FC, pH, TA, CH, CYA
- □Registre os valores iniciais de abertura
- □Nao adicione produtos ate a bomba circular por 24 h
Depois da circulacao
- □Ajuste o pH primeiro, se necessario
- □Adicione a dose inicial de cloro pelo calculador
- □Adicione CYA se estiver abaixo da meta
- □Espere 48 h antes de testar CYA novamente apos a adicao
First 15 minutes: keep cover debris out
The fastest way to make opening harder is to dump cover water and decomposed debris into the pool.
Before power: inspect stop conditions
Find winter damage while the system is still quiet and not under pressure.
Restore water level and prime
A test result is not useful until the pool can mix and the pump can move water.
Test once the water has mixed
Opening chemistry starts with a result set, not a shopping list.
Choose the branch from the evidence
A clear pool, cloudy pool, green pool, and broken circulation system should not share one checklist.
Make only the justified additions
Sequential dosing makes the next test meaningful.
First 24 hours: clean, filter, retest
The first day proves whether opening actually stabilized.
Recursos (1)
Weekly / Monthly / Quarterly Maintenance Routine Packet
A printable owner packet that turns weekly, monthly, and quarterly pool maintenance into one repeatable checklist.
Checklist de abertura para impressao
Inspecao e seguranca
- □Confira se as tampas dos drenos estao intactas e firmes
- □Inspecione conexoes eletricas e aterramento equipotencial
- □Verifique o funcionamento do GFCI
- □Confira cercas, portoes e barreiras
Equipamento
- □Remova tampoes de inverno e reinstale tampoes de drenagem
- □Reconecte unioes de bomba, filtro e aquecedor
- □Escorve a bomba e verifique vazamentos
- □Registre a pressao limpa do filtro: ___ PSI
- □Verifique a posicao da valvula multiporta
- □Confirme que todas as valvulas estao na posicao correta
Agua
- □Encha ate o meio do skimmer
- □Deixe a bomba rodar por 24 horas antes de testar
- □Teste: FC, pH, TA, CH, CYA
- □Registre os valores iniciais de abertura
- □Nao adicione produtos ate a bomba circular por 24 h
Depois da circulacao
- □Ajuste o pH primeiro, se necessario
- □Adicione a dose inicial de cloro pelo calculador
- □Adicione CYA se estiver abaixo da meta
- □Espere 48 h antes de testar CYA novamente apos a adicao
Educational guidance only. Verify labels, manuals, local code, and site conditions before acting. Stop for electrical, gas, structural, drain, drowning, injury, emergency, or chemical-mixing risk.