Took cover off this morning....

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Hard question to answer. The earlier you open the less chance of stuff growing, but then you have to maintain it before you might be ready to swim. This is the latest I have opened mine in years, but the weather has been bad. Last year I opened it April-1 !! I typically open it the second or third week in April as when my son was younger he always wanted a pool party for his birthday on May 4.

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Well its Sunday at 5pm and the water is up to 63 degrees! That is quite impressive in my mind going from 44 on Friday at about 2pm to now. The heat pump has only run from 2pm to 8pm friday, 9am to 8pm saturday and 9am till now (5pm) today. That's a 19 degree rise for a 20 by 40 IG pool in less than 24 hours of operation. Its amazing how much heat you can extract from the air once the air temp gets about 75-80 degrees.

I was listening to several people last night complaining how much it is going to cost them to heat with their gas heaters.