What to do this week — and this year
Routines for first-year owners: weekly habits, opening, winterizing, and the differences that change your plan. Symptom emergencies live under Problems.
Keep clear water with a simple rhythm
Month-by-month calendar
What tends to matter each month so you’re not surprised by the season.
View calendarOpen and close with a sequence
Open the pool (Spring)
Spring startup: safety, systems, chemistry order, first clear.
Open-pool guideWinterize the pool (Fall/Winter)
Close-down sequence, freeze risk, covers — protect the investment for next season.
Winterize guideYour pool type changes the details
Same chemistry ideas — different volume traps and equipment limits for above-ground pools.
Above-ground pool differencesLatest
Care guides
Newest first — all topics mixed. Tags show which path each guide belongs to.
Month-by-month calendar
Planning the year
Read guideOpen the pool
Spring startup
Read guide
Winterize the pool
Fall close-down
Read guide
Above-ground differences
Above-ground owners
Read guideWeekly pool care
What to do each week
Read guideFirst-year owner roadmap
Just took over the pool
Read guideLooking for something else?
Care is the calendar. If the water’s already wrong — or you only need a number — jump there.
- The water looks wrong right now Green, cloudy, smell — symptom-first triage.
- My test strip numbers don’t make sense Chemistry hubs: pH, alkalinity, chlorine, shock.
- How much chemical do I add? Dose calculator — then retest.
- What should I buy (strips, shock, chlorine)? How to choose — not a product dump.