GET YOUR POOL READY FOR THE SUMMER
LET US DO THE HEAVY LIFTING
Opening your swimming pool for the summer can be a daunting task and most homeowners choose to leave it to professionals. Ottawa Valley Pools offers affordable and professional pool opening services in Ottawa.
The toughest part of opening your pool is removing the winter cover, which involves pumping off the water and removing debris that accumulated on the cover during winter and then cleaning and putting the cover away.
After the cover is removed, we remove all winterizing equipment, such as foam rope and plugs.
When opening a pool we reinstall all pool deck equipment, such as ladders or diving boards, reassemble and activate the filtration system (as well as inspecting it for leaks) and start all other equipment – pumps, etc.
Once the pool is open and filled with water, we optionally balance the water chemistry. Chemicals are not included in the price of our pool opening Since each pool requires a different amount of varying chemicals, it’s not possible to charge a flat rate for them.
Salt bags can be delivered with the pool opening at a reduced cost when booked with an opening.
WE ARE NOT OPENING ABOVE GROUND POOLS
Starter Opening Package: $229.99 +HST
All Pool Openings Include:
- Reassemble the pool pump, pool filter, pool chlorinator, or anything else.
- Install swimming pool deck equipment (ladders, lights and diving boards).
- Remove pool plugs.
- Evaluate pool water circulation. (if possible)
- Check pool ladder bumpers, pressure gauge, return jets, baskets and replace if necessary.
- Evaluate pool maintenance equipment (vacuum head, vacuum hose, wall brush, leaf skimmer, vacuum pole) and offer suggestions or replacement if necessary.
- Evaluate solar blanket
- Visual leak inspection only (if possible)
- Filling the pool with the garden hose (if possible)
- Start-up Equipment (if possible)
Customers Responsibility:
- Customer is responsible to raise the pool water level to skimmer height if needed.
- Customer is responsible to add opening chemical kit to pool water
- Customer is responsible for removing winter cover (if necessary).
Bronze Opening Package: $279.99 +HST
Includes Everything from the Starter Package Plus:
- Premium Pool Opening Kit
- Salt Cell Cleaning (if needed)
- Scrub Pool Walls and Floor
Why our pool opening kit is better:
- We use real chlorine in our kits vs non-chlorine solutions in kits
- We use maximum strength algaecide to effectively kill algae built up over winter. Ours includes 60% algaecide vs 40% algaecide in kits
- We use a powerful stain and scale to remove metals from the water built up over the winter
Silver Opening Package: $379.99 +HST
Includes Everything from the Bronze Package Plus:
Safety Cover Removal:
- Start the garden hose to fill the pool
- Fold safety cover and let dry
- Safety cover anchors secured
Gold Opening Package: $499.99 +HST
Includes Everything from the Bronze Package Plus:
Winter Tarp and Water Bags Removal
(includes removal of leaves which are left at end of driveway in a yard bag, no more messy wet leaves to deal with!)
Winter Cover Removal Includes:
- Start the garden hose to fill the pool
- Option to pump clean water back under the pool cover
- Pump dirty water to street
- Empty and roll winter pool cover water bags
- Discard broken water bags
- Place leaves at end of driveway in yard bags
- Folding the winter pool cover and placing it to dry.
Cover Removal Tips
- For an amazingly clean pool/cover try using liquid chlorine on top of your pool cover to keep the algae away
- Using chlorine on your cover will allow you to pump the clean water back under your pool cover, thus saving on your water bill. Once the clean water is pumped under you can remove the leaves and other large debris.
Extras that might apply during the opening and will be an added cost to the opening price. These include:
- Second aquagenie skimmer $25
- Spillover spa $75
- Solar Heater $75
- Pressure Gauge $8
- Return Fitting $5 – $15
- Pump or Filter plugs $5- $15
- Salt Bags $12/each
- Cartridge Filter Wash $30
- Minor repairs to ensure proper and safe operation of the pool
We have many packages to suit your needs and budget
READY TO BOOK YOUR OPENING CLICK HERE NOW TO SECURE YOUR SPOT
