Oct42018

Premier Pool Service- Pool Closing Program

Premier Pool Service: Seasonal Service

To ensure that your swimming pool is closed properly for the winter season, call Premier Pool Service today. We offer seasonal services, which allows you to have a pool prepared and closed for the winter, as well as opened early in the spring. Some pool owners are unsure of when to close a swimming pool, or even how to close a swimming pool. Find out what services are included in our pool closing program and contact us today.

Pool Closing Program

The best time to close your swimming pool is right after the warm weather goes, before it turns freezing. Algae growth is minimal during this time, which makes for an ideal and seamless pool closing process. Pool services typically involve a pool closing program which includes draining pool water to a proper winterization level, blowing out the plumbing lines and filtration equipment, adding pool & winterization chemicals, swimming pool cover installation as well as disassembling all pool accessories including ladders, diving boards and lights.

What does the Service Include?

Our pool closing service includes draining your swimming pool to the proper winterizing level, shut down pool heater, blow out water from lines & equipment, remove handrails, fittings, baskets, etc., remove cartridge from filter, balance, shock, & add winterizing chemicals, put on winter cover. These are the various items you can expect to be complete when you hire Premier Pool Service to close your swimming pool. To ensure your swimming pool is getting the proper care and is protected from harsh winter storms, we recommend that you close your swimming pool for the winter. Call us today to find out more about ways you can prepare your swimming pool for the winter.

How do you Close an Inground Pool

There are multiple steps that have to take place before putting a winter cover onto your swimming pool. You have to lower your pool’s water level, make sure the water is properly balanced, and remove and additional items in your swimming pool, so they don’t get damaged. You also have to make sure there isn’t any water left in the lines or equipment because they could get damaged.

Adding the chemicals. The first swimming pool tip Premier Pool Service is offering is that you keep your pool chemically balanced; therefore, the first thing you’ll want to do is test your pool water. You’ll want to add any chemicals that are off balance or missing from your pool water. Additionally, Premier Pool Service recommends that you use winter algaecide to ensure that algae is less likely to grow underneath your pool cover. After you’ve added the chemicals and waited for them to completely run through the filtration system, then test the water again to make sure nothing is off balance.
No more water. If you’re closing your swimming pool, make sure to back wash all of the pumps and filters. By doing this, you’ll be getting all of the water out of your pipes and filters. If you aren’t careful, and there is still water floating in the pipes, the water will freeze and can potentially damage your pipe lines. To prevent this from happening, deplete all the free water from your swimming pools pipes.
Pool Cover. Installing your pool cover is the finishing touch to closing your swimming pool for the winter. Make sure you watch your pool cover closely during the winter to ensure that it is secure on your swimming pool. Sweep any debris that fall on top of your pool cover, that way when it comes time to opening it, the debris won’t fall into your swimming pool.

Contact Premier Pool Service for any pool maintenance, cleaning, or repairs that you may need assistance with. Premier Pool Service has multiple locations across the country, so look to see if we’re located in your area.

Oct22018

Swimming Pool Tips: The Winterizing Process

Swimming Pool Tips for the Winter Months

Premier Pool Service is providing swimming pool tips for this winter. There is a lot of responsibility when you have to maintain your swimming pool. During the summer there are procedures completed to ensure that your swimming pool is clean, and the same rules apply for in the winter. While you still have to keep up with your swimming pool maintenance, you don’t necessarily have to close your swimming pool for the winter season. In this blog we will address how to keep your swimming pool clean throughout the winter season, and how to close your swimming pool if needed.

How do I Close my Swimming Pool

Prepping your swimming pool for closure is simple, and can be done easily by a professional. Premier Pool Service provides seasonal services for pool owners who are interested in closing their swimming pool for the winter season. When you’re closing your pool you have to balance your pool water with the right chemicals, drain all the pipes of water, and secure a pool cover onto your pool.

First, you have to test your pool water and see what chemicals need to be added.

Second, you should remove any pool accessories from your pool, and lower your pool water.

Third, you’ll want to shock your swimming pool, and backwash the pumps and filters.

Lastly, it is recommended that you install your swimming pool cover that way you don’t have additional debris flying into your swimming pool during any storms.

For a more detailed breakdown on how to close your inground swimming pool, click here.

Swimming Pool Tips

The best way to ensure that your swimming pool stays clean is to keep up with your swimming pool maintenance. Whether you’re in the winter months or the summer months, you have to keep up with your swimming pool. There are actions that can be taken to “close” your swimming pool that is essentially keeping it in a predominately clean state throughout the winter months. If you’re located in a warmer state, like Florida, there is no need to close your swimming pool because its warm and sunny the majority of the time. Premier Pool Service recommends that you clean your swimming pool weekly. The longest you can go without cleaning your pool may be one month; however, we don’t recommend waiting this long. There are weekly and monthly maintenance tasks to keep up with. These tasks are crucial in the colder months because they offer safety to your swimming pool when the weather is cold.

Steps to a Clean Pool

Adding the chemicals. The first swimming pool tip Premier Pool Service is offering is that you keep your pool chemically balanced; therefore, the first thing you’ll want to do is test your pool water. You’ll want to add any chemicals that are off balance or missing from your pool water. Additionally, Premier Pool Service recommends that you use winter algaecide to ensure that algae is less likely to grow underneath your pool cover. After you’ve added the chemicals and waited for them to completely run through the filtration system, then test the water again to make sure nothing is off balance.
No more water. If you’re closing your swimming pool, make sure to back wash all of the pumps and filters. By doing this, you’ll be getting all of the water out of your pipes and filters. If you aren’t careful, and there is still water floating in the pipes, the water will freeze and can potentially damage your pipe lines. To prevent this from happening, deplete all the free water from your swimming pools pipes.
Pool Cover. Installing your pool cover is the finishing touch to closing your swimming pool for the winter. Make sure you watch your pool cover closely during the winter to ensure that it is secure on your swimming pool. Sweep any debris that fall on top of your pool cover, that way when it comes time to opening it, the debris won’t fall into your swimming pool.

If you need additional assistance with completing any of the following swimming pool tips above, call Premier Pool Service today! We offer multiple service packages for low prices. Our professional service technicians are eager to clean your swimming pool.

Sep282018

Aaron Gurley Announced New President of Premier Pools & Spas and Premier Pool Service

“I’m extremely pleased to have someone with such talent rise through the company ranks. For 12 years I’ve seen Aaron personify our company culture ‘Customers First’. He has shown extraordinary leadership as well as operational excellence at the company level. As we have grown into a 250 million dollar company with 50 locations, process, systems, and procedures are more important than ever. I am very confident this is where Aaron will excel. The addition of Aaron will free me up to continue focusing on global expansion of our pool construction and pool servicing franchises. I’m very excited about our bright prospects ahead.” – Paul Porter, CEO

Gurley comes to Premier Franchise Management with over 20 years of experience in the pool industry and over 12 years within the Premier Pools & Spas organization. He has served in various capacities within Premier Pools & Spas – he has served the past 5 years as the GM for the Sacramento location – the original and largest office with the organization with over 200 employees and over $50MM in annual revenue.

“My parent’s installed an above-ground pool in our backyard when I was in middle school. A few years later, when it was time to get my first job I went to work for the small pool store that installed our pool. I could have never imagined that our family pool would one day lead to an opportunity such as this. I am humbled by the opportunity and excited to get to work. We have an incredible network of franchisees and I look forward to serving each and every one of them in whatever capacity is needed. As an organization, I truly believe our best days are still ahead of us.” – Aaron Gurley, President of Premier Pools & Spas / Premier Pool Service

Originally from Michigan, Gurley graduated from Hillsdale College with a degree in accounting and a mathematics minor. After several years within the insurance industry, he found his true calling when he entered the swimming pool industry and has proven during his tenure, to be a vital member of the Premier Pools & Spas organization. Now residing in Folsom, CA with his wife Christy and two daughters, Gurley looks forward to this next chapter where he will have the opportunity to utilize his unique skill-set and experience to help all of the existing Premier Pools & Spas locations, as well as, continue to grow the footprint of the organization – both nationally and globally.

Gurley currently serves as the Board President for the Northern California Inland Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF). In his spare time, he enjoys boating and camping with his family, as well as, following passionately cheering on his hometown Michigan State Spartans.

Aug152018

Why Should you Install Pool Automation?

New age technology is making things easier for the everyday person. With pool automation you can control lights, pumps and most of the functioning equipment in your swimming pool & backyard. Being able to turn on your spa or even turn your backyard lights on with a click of a button is incredibly handy.

If you already manage your life via mobile device, and you enjoy new technology to make life more convenient, pool automation is like second-hand nature to you. With backyard/pool automation you can control, schedule, and manage everything from adjusting the pump speed, to turning on the spa, from where ever you are.

Whether you just want your pump and heater to run on a schedule, or to get the spa ready for when you get home from work, you’ll have the power at your fingertips. All it takes is Wi-Fi, a good automation system, and a few hours of setup, and your smart pool control will be ready to obey your every command.

How Does Pool Automation Work?

With the help of your pool builder or pool service technician, you can access all of your pool equipment via mobile device. However, without the proper connection this process isn’t achieved. Make sure to tell your pool builder or pool service technician that you want an automated system installed and wired to your phone.

The first thing you want to ensure when adding smart pool automation is, making sure you have a dependable internet connection, ideally with upload and download speeds of at least 3 Mbps available wherever your pool pad is located. It’s easy to check the strength of your internet connection with online speed testers.

The main source of your pool automation system will be a control hub that is connected to your pump, heater, and smart relays, which control alternative devices such as lights or booster pumps. A touchscreen control pad means you can consistently operate all your equipment from the pool pad, even if you know longer have internet connection.

Furthermore, some automation brands will control valve actuators, which allows you to switch back and forth from pool to spa with just a tap of a button.

While newer products have made it fairly easy to add automation to your existing pool equipment, installation involves working with electricity and some basic software setup. The latest generation of automation systems can be installed in about two hours.

Important: Safety first. If you’re fine with software setup, but aren’t a savvy electrician, hire a pro. Aside from ensuring the system will be installed correctly, it’ll keep you and your system safe as well.

Do I Really Need Pool Automation?

There are additional features that you would be able to access based on having your swimming pool automated. Life will be easier with the touch of button, beyond simply scheduling or adjusting settings from your smartphone. These accessible, by mobile device, features are going to be an exciting element to your life.

Relaxing Spa Night

You’ve just wrapped up a delicious dinner date, and it looks like you might be headed for a swim, or a soak in the attached hot tub. However, there is one thing holding you up. You aren’t even home yet, and your spa is still cold. You want to walk through the door and take your date straight to the water.

Don’t let your night stop there. Just open the app on your smartphone and initiate the theme (also called routines or group functions, depending on the app) you named “Relaxing Spa Night.” While you drive back to your place, your spa heater will get the water up to a comfortable temperature, and your landscape lights will turn on; leaving you with a relaxing night in the spa and under the stars.

Vacation

You’re lying there on the beach outside your hotel, enjoying the sand and surf. The last thing on your mind is arriving home to cold water, or an algae problem in your pool.

Not to worry. With a “Vacation” theme set up before you go, you can set your automatic pool cleaner to work at specific times of the day, keeping your pool spotless for when you get home.

You can also schedule your pump to run at lower speeds automatically every day, and at certain times such as during off-peak hours when power rates are lowest.

And if you’re traveling during winter, you can set your pool or attached-spa heater to turn on automatically if the temperature drops below a predetermined setting.

Party Time

You’re busy decorating, preparing food, and setting up extra seating. You don’t have time to run out to your pool pad and mess with controls. Instead, you can tell your voice assisted device to initiate your “Party Time” theme.

With that simple verbal command, all the actions programmed into your theme will begin. It will turn the pool heater on and bring the water up to the ideal temperature. Run your pump, and turn on water features as well as backyard lights. Your backyard oasis pool will be party-ready with just a touch of a button.

Once you’re pool is built and you’re ready for the perfect service company, contact Premier Pool Service and we can help get you set up with an automated pool! We also offer a variety of service packages, pool installations & pool repairs!