Whether you are a long time pool owner or fairly new to the process, one of the most important parts of your pool care is the care in properly winterizing your pool. In Massachusetts especially, the harsh winters can cause serious damage to your pool, if not properly winterized. Two years ago, in one of the harshest winters on record, I had our town water company at the home explaining to me that the underground pipes leading to my home were frozen solid and that even though I run my water throughout the day, when temps get as low as they currently were, there is not much you can do. At that comment, I couldn't help but thinking of all those swimming pools out there. Maybe if you are a pool owner, you thought about this a lot during that winter as well. Well, when you weren't out searching for your shovel under six feet of snow. So... reasons why it is best to leave pool closings for the professionals:
1. Protecting those pipes
Winterizing a pool involves blowing any water out of the pipes filling the pipes with antifreeze and plugging them up after. If not done properly, those pipes can freeze and crack and those cracks can be costly to repair. Just consider the cost of a cracked pipe under your pool deck. Not only will you have to pay to repair the pipe, but you will likely need to rip up a portion of your deck to get to it. Aquaknot closes over 600 pools each year. Our team is skilled in winterizing swimming pool lines and many of our team members have been doing it for over a decade. It is in their blood, so to say. While you or your spouse may be handy around the house, why not leave this job to the professionals.
2. Warranties!!!
A reputable pool company (and I stress the reputable part) will warranty their closing. That means if a pipe bursts because it wasn't properly winterized, the company will take responsibility for the repair. This is important to ask before hiring a person/company to close your pool. There are a lot of people out there that will claim to have the knowledge to properly close your pool, but if something happens, are those same people going to stand by his/her work? As mentioned above, an error in winterizing can be expensive, time consuming, and delay the start of your swimming pool season the following year. Not only does hiring a professional take the stress and time off your hands in closing the pool, but it will give you peace of mind that if something does go wrong (not that anything should so long as you hire the right person), you are covered.
3. It's the total package
I cannot vouch for other companies but when you hire us to
complete a full (meaning we also put the cover on) closing, then you hire us to do it all. Our closing includes removing baskets, breakdown and cleaning the filter, blow out your lines and winterize with antifreeze, secure your cover and put everything away for the winter. Our regular customers also enjoy the knowledge that if there is an issue that will need to be resolved before or at the time of their opening, we will be ready to move forward with little disruption to our customer's pool opening.
4. Why do the work when you can pay someone to do it for you
There are better ways to spend your weekends in the fall months. Why spend a morning winterizing and closing your pool when you can enjoy going to your child's soccer game, leaf peaking, or apple picking? Let someone else close up shop for the winter and go enjoy yourself!
1. Protecting those pipes
Winterizing a pool involves blowing any water out of the pipes filling the pipes with antifreeze and plugging them up after. If not done properly, those pipes can freeze and crack and those cracks can be costly to repair. Just consider the cost of a cracked pipe under your pool deck. Not only will you have to pay to repair the pipe, but you will likely need to rip up a portion of your deck to get to it. Aquaknot closes over 600 pools each year. Our team is skilled in winterizing swimming pool lines and many of our team members have been doing it for over a decade. It is in their blood, so to say. While you or your spouse may be handy around the house, why not leave this job to the professionals.
2. Warranties!!!
A reputable pool company (and I stress the reputable part) will warranty their closing. That means if a pipe bursts because it wasn't properly winterized, the company will take responsibility for the repair. This is important to ask before hiring a person/company to close your pool. There are a lot of people out there that will claim to have the knowledge to properly close your pool, but if something happens, are those same people going to stand by his/her work? As mentioned above, an error in winterizing can be expensive, time consuming, and delay the start of your swimming pool season the following year. Not only does hiring a professional take the stress and time off your hands in closing the pool, but it will give you peace of mind that if something does go wrong (not that anything should so long as you hire the right person), you are covered.
3. It's the total package
I cannot vouch for other companies but when you hire us to complete a full (meaning we also put the cover on) closing, then you hire us to do it all. Our closing includes removing baskets, breakdown and cleaning the filter, blow out your lines and winterize with antifreeze, secure your cover and put everything away for the winter. Our regular customers also enjoy the knowledge that if there is an issue that will need to be resolved before or at the time of their opening, we will be ready to move forward with little disruption to our customer's pool opening.
4. Why do the work when you can pay someone to do it for you
There are better ways to spend your weekends in the fall months. Why spend a morning winterizing and closing your pool when you can enjoy going to your child's soccer game, leaf peaking, or apple picking? Let someone else close up shop for the winter and go enjoy yourself!
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