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Closing your pool is a multi-step process, and every step is critical to make sure your pool survives the winter so you're swimming next summer. Don't take chances — let Penguin Home Service close your pool the right way.
Mike knows his stuff and gets the job done so I don't have to worry.— Gary R., Saratoga
Doing it yourself vs. having it done
If one step is wrong, nothing looks wrong. You find out in May.
Nothing to buy, nothing to rent, nothing to remember.
What customers say
"Three summers with Penguin and I haven't touched a test strip. My wife asked me last week what our chlorine level was and I realized I had no idea. That's exactly what I was paying for."
Dan S. — Copake, NY"Mike has been taking care of my pool for years, he's great, knows his stuff and gets the job done so I don't have to worry when the kids come to swim!"
Gary R. — Saratoga, NY"What I love most about Penguin is it's one fee for the summer and I don't have to think about it. They're great and I never have to worry if my pool is clean!"
Rachel S. — Saratoga, NYEvery step matters
All ten, one flat price. Nothing gets discovered halfway through the afternoon.
pH, alkalinity, calcium and stabilizer set to winter targets.
Vacuum, brush, skim, empty every basket. Debris under a cover becomes spring's algae.
Dosed to your water and circulated through the whole pool.
Cartridge, DE or sand — cleaned before it sits for six months.
To the right point for your cover. Never low enough to let the ground move the pool.
Returns, skimmer and main drain cleared with compressed air. This is the step that decides what spring costs you.
Plugs seated at every return and the skimmer, antifreeze where it belongs.
Pump, filter, heater, salt cell. Headers pulled, valve between positions.
Ladders, rails, baskets and removable equipment cleaned and put away.
Strapped or weighted and checked for fit. If it won't make another winter, you'll hear it.
All ten get logged with a photo the same day. If anything goes wrong over the winter there's a record of exactly what was done.
What one missed step costs
Water expands about 9% when it freezes. Whatever's left in the pump, the filter, the heater or the lines under your deck has to go somewhere, and it goes out through the housing. The cover's on, so you don't see it.
A professional closing costs less than the cheapest line on this list.
Ranges are what these repairs run around here.
When it has to happen
Close too early and warm water sits under a cover all fall growing algae. Close too late and you're gambling on the first hard freeze reaching equipment that still has water in it. Around here that window runs late September into October — and the route fills in the order calls come in.
Two ways to book it
All ten steps, done this fall, one price.
Book the season and the closing comes with it, along with the spring opening and every week after.
Questions
Now booking
Tell us where the pool is and what kind it is. Free look, one flat price, written quote inside 24 hours. Dates go in the order they come in.
No obligation. No follow-up calls you didn't ask for.