Health emergency caused pool opening delay, now what.

[Stilly]

So normally my husband takes care of all of the pool opening stuff. But, the week the pool company was to come open the pool (two weeks ago), he suffered a heart attack and had an emergency triple bypass. Luckily he is okay and recovering nicely.

In the meantime, I cancelled the pool opening and now they can’t come until (hopefully) the end of May/June. We usually open in April (close in October), so I am not sure what our water will be like if we wait that long.

Trying to not put any burden on my husband, so asking here instead. What steps can I do now to assure an easy opening whenever the pool company gets here? Should I dump some algicide in preemptively? We are in Pennsylvania, zone 6b. Luckily it’s been pretty cold but that can change quickly. I don’t want to open to pea soup.

Any tips are appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Flying Tivo]

Are you able to test the water? We need numbers. If FC is low and you have a sump pump you can trow it in with a short hose attached. This will help with circulation while you add some liquid chlorine to maintain proper level until you open.

 

[YippeeSkippy]

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This is an example of what Tivo mentioned. If you can get some liquid chlorine in there and get it moved about it will help.

Have you any idea yet how the water looks??

Wishing your husband a speedy recovery.

Maddie

 

[Beachcombermemaw]

I am facing the same issue but only because I’m going to be out of Town for about a week in mid May. I’m wondering if I should go ahead and open it and then leave it on circulate, or wait until I get back around the 22nd. I’m in Iowa

 

[Beachcombermemaw]

I am waiting on a new Meyco cover Because my current one, still on, has some ripped seams. And I can see that the water is green now.