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Pool Maintenance Cost Calculator
To estimate your yearly cost with this pool maintenance cost calculator, multiply your monthly service or supply costs by 12, then add yearly electricity, water, heating, opening, and closing costs.
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Your yearly cost appears here.
- $80 to $150
- a month for a pool service
- $300 to $550
- to open or close
- $960 to $1,800
- a year of service
Pool maintenance cost per month
If you use a pool service, check its monthly price and whether opening, closing, and repairs cost extra.
If you care for the pool yourself, include chemicals and testing supplies in your estimate. Test strips read ppm, or parts per million, which means how much of each chemical is in your water.
Costs left out of the number
What you pay by the month only covers routine upkeep. If these costs aren't already in your monthly figure, add them to your yearly estimate:
- Electricity for the pump and heater
- Water used to refill the pool
- Opening and closing
- Repairs and replacement equipment
Power for the pump
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Typical single-speed pump | About 1,725 watts |
| Energy used in 8 hours a day | About 13.8 kWh (kilowatt-hours) a day |
| US average power price (EIA) | 18.16 cents per kWh |
Multiply the kWh a day by the price per kWh to get your daily cost. Your own rate is on your electric bill, so swap it in for a closer number.
Water to top up
Latham Pool estimates evaporation takes about a quarter inch of water a day, and even more when it's windy or hot. Your water bill shows what you pay per 1,000 gallons, and it may include sewer charges too, so look at both.
A hose that can fill a 5-gallon bucket in 40 seconds flows at 7.5 gallons a minute. Filling 15,000 gallons at that pace takes around 33 hours.
Checking for a leak
If your pool seems to be losing more water than it should, a leak could be the reason, and leaks make everything cost more. With a bucket test, you compare how far the pool drops in 24 hours against how far a bucket of water drops. If the pool drops more than 1/8 inch further than the bucket does, you likely have a leak worth tracking down.
Heating costs
Heating costs depend on how much water you're warming and how many degrees you need to raise its temperature. Warming one gallon by 1 degree Fahrenheit takes 8.34 BTU, a unit of heat. A heat pump gives back about five times the heat it uses in power. A gas heater turns about 82% of its fuel into heat.