Gallagher Pools and Spas

While Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this year, it just does not feel like winter out there some of these days. Fortunately Gallagher’s is ready as always, with a full stock of chemicals. We have already scheduled the pool openings for hundreds of our customers and are still waiting to hear back from hundreds more! If you have not already authorized your opening date, and you want Gallagher’s to open your pool, make sure you call back to give us the okay. If we have not called you about opening your swimming pool at this time, call us up to get on our schedule while there are still dates available. Also remember that all of our chemicals and equipment are on sale until March 31st, so hurry in and pick up all of the things you need for your pool throughout the year. This is the best sale of the year, so do not miss it!

On April 1st and 2nd of this year you can visit Gallagher’s at the Carroll County Home and Garden Center at the Carroll County Agricultural center. This will be a large home show with numerous participants from across Carroll County and beyond. We will be displaying our two new lines of spas, as well as other pool and spa related products at this year’s show. We will be at the show both days this year! Stop at our booth to look at our products, or just to say hello and look at our displays! Look for more information at www.carrollcountytimes.com/info/home_show/

Booth # 124-6
Carroll County Home and Garden Show
700 Agriculture Center
Westminster, MD 21157
Mesh Chemicals

For those of you with mesh covers on your swimming pool you have one more thing to think about this March.
As we get a few of these warm days, sunlight can go directly through your mesh cover and begin feeding and breeding algae. This can contribute to removing your cover and finding a swamp. We have a solution, however. We have found that adding certain chemicals under your cover in March will help you have a better opening! You will need to add 3 bottles of liquid chlorine for every 10,000 gallons of water, and 1 bottle of winter treat for up to 20,000 gallons; 30,000 gallons you would add two bottles of winter treat and 9 bottles liquid chlorine; 50, 000 gallons and above it would be 3 bottles of winter treat and 15 gallons of liquid chlorine. Gallagher’s does have a service available where we will add these chemicals to your pool for the cost of the chemicals only! Email us at info@gallagherpools.com or call the store for more details!

Water Level

Remember to check your pool’s water level. When you are ready to open your pool it will need to be high enough to reach your skimmers so that your filter will work properly. Now may be a good time to start adding small amounts of water so that you have less to add once it is time to open, but only after you have drained your cover. Make sure your cover remains pumped off so that mosquitoes and tadpoles do not start appearing in the water atop your cover. You also do not want this water to end up in your pool, so start pumping it off as soon as you can. You should stop pumping when you get less than an inch of water on the cover, as any more pumping will begin draining the pool.

Equipment

It is important at this time of year to check the status of all of your equipment. Ensure that mice have not gotten to your solar cover or other soft goods. Check your vacuum hose, telescopic pole, vacuum plate, vacuum head, skimmer net, pool rope, and any other equipment to make sure it is in good order. If any of it has become damaged or destroyed over the winter, this is an excellent time to stop in to Gallagher’s to purchase new equipment while it is on sale. Remember… March 31st is the last day of the sale!

April
Monday-Friday 9:00am – 4:00pm
Saturday 9:00am – 1pm

May/June
Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 3:00pm
Sunday Closed

July, August and September
Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm
Sunday Closed