Open the pool for swimming season
Southern California pools often stay filled year-round. Opening still needs a careful first week: cover, water line, chemistry, and a pump that actually turns over the pool.
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SEAL Pool · 1996
These notes are written for San Gabriel Valley pools — year-round water, hard fill, salt cells, and a bi-weekly route. Read a topic, then call if the water does not match the page.
Southern California pools often stay filled year-round. Opening still needs a careful first week: cover, water line, chemistry, and a pump that actually turns over the pool.
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This is not Minnesota. Most San Gabriel Valley pools stay full. Winterizing here means chemistry, freeze nights, and equipment that is not left wet in a cold snap.
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Southern California evaporation is real. A bucket test still tells evaporation apart from a leak before anyone tears up a deck.
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The sharp “chlorine smell” is usually chloramine, not too much chlorine. Shocking is a measured dose after you test, not a dump of powder on a calendar.
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pH 7.2–7.8 is the band where chlorine works and eyes do not burn. Southern California fill water is often alkaline, so pH likes to climb between visits.
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If the water falls below the skimmer, the pump can suck air and ruin a seal. Topping up is ordinary work in a dry valley summer.
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A heater that sits all summer often fails on the first cold night. Scale inside the tubes is the usual reason. That is a professional cleaning, not a thermostat tweak.
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