When Is It Too Early
To Open My Pool?
As the snow melts in the Poconos and temperatures climb in the Wyoming Valley, every pool owner in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area starts asking the same question: "When is it too early to open my pool?" The honest answer might surprise you.
We've spent years servicing inground pools across Northeastern PA, and here's the professional secret nobody tells you: opening earlier is almost always better. Not just marginally better — significantly better for your water chemistry, your liner, and your wallet. Here's why.
The Memorial Day Myth
Many homeowners in our area wait until the end of May to pull the cover. It makes intuitive sense — why open the pool before you can swim in it? But this thinking has a critical flaw that costs pool owners across NEPA real money every single year.
Waiting until "swimming weather" to open your pool saves time and money because there's no point in opening early if it's too cold to swim.
In NEPA, our spring weather is unpredictable — but the biology inside your pool doesn't wait for a holiday weekend. Algae, bacteria, and chemical imbalance don't care what month it is. They care about light, warmth, and stagnant water. And under your cover in April? They have all three.
The Sweet Spot: Mid-to-Late April
For pools in the Abingtons, Mountain Top, Back Mountain, Pittston, and the surrounding region, we recommend opening in mid-to-late April — or as soon as daily temperatures consistently reach 60°F. Not because you'll be swimming yet, but because your pool chemistry will thank you for it all summer long.
It's much cheaper to prevent algae in April than to kill it in June.
4 Reasons to Open Before Memorial Day
Ready to get ahead of it? April slots are still available — but they go fast once the weather turns.
Book Your April OpeningWhat Our Spring Opening Includes
Whether you're in Clarks Summit, Pittston, Moscow, or anywhere across Northeast PA, our professional pool opening covers everything needed for a clean, safe, properly running pool — not just pulling the cover and calling it done.
Our standard inground pool opening starts at $350 and includes a complimentary water test. Book before May 1 to lock in your spot. We serve Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Mountain Top, Clarks Summit, Back Mountain, and surrounding NEPA communities.
Local Expertise That Actually Matters
We understand the NEPA climate because we live here. We know the specific challenges of our local water — the hardness levels in the Wyoming Valley, the heavy pollen in the Back Mountain, the brutal spring thaw cycles in the Poconos. We don't just "open" your pool and hand you a bill. We prepare it to survive the full season, treating your liner and equipment with the care that two decades of inground pool experience provides.
We work exclusively on inground pools. That's not a limitation — it's a commitment to expertise. Every customer we take on gets a specialist, not a generalist who splits their time between hot tubs, above-ground pools, and pool openings on the side.
We don't just open your pool. We prepare it to survive the season.
Don't wait until May
Book Your April Opening
Before We Fill Up
April slots go fast once the weather turns. Get on our schedule now and start your season right — clear water, balanced chemistry, and a mechanically sound pool ready the first day it's warm enough to swim.