{"id":38,"date":"2025-04-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2025\/04\/08\/how-to-prepare-pool-for-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T09:00:00","slug":"how-to-prepare-pool-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/2025\/04\/08\/how-to-prepare-pool-for-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Your Pool Swim-Ready for Summer in One Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening a pool well takes a little planning but not a lot of time. With the right order of steps, you can go from covered to crystal clear in a single weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day one: uncover and start up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pump standing water off the cover before removing it<\/li>\n\n<li>Clean, dry and store the cover<\/li>\n\n<li>Reconnect equipment and remove winter plugs<\/li>\n\n<li>Top up the water to mid-skimmer<\/li>\n\n<li>Prime the pump and check for leaks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day two: clean and balance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brush and vacuum, then test the water. Expect alkalinity and pH to need adjusting after winter. Shock in the evening so the sun does not burn off the chlorine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Run the filter around the clock for the first 48 hours and clean it once the pressure rises. By the end of the weekend you should have clear, balanced water.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening a pool well takes a little planning but not a lot of time. With the right order of steps, you can&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seasonal","tag-pool-opening","tag-spring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-pool-cleaning-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}