Pool service guides
18 guides, each one written around the decision a tech is actually making at the poolside.
Water Chemistry
4 guidesPool Chemistry Basics
The seven readings, their safe bands, and the order to test and correct them in.
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How to Lower Pool Alkalinity
The acid-column and aeration method, step by step, without wrecking pH.
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How to Raise Pool Alkalinity
Bicarbonate dosing that lifts TA and leaves pH where you want it.
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How to Lower Cyanuric Acid
Dilution is the only way down — the volume, the staging, and how to stop it climbing back.
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Equipment & Repair
5 guidesHow to Backwash a Pool Filter
Sand and DE sequences, the pressure rule, and how much water you lose.
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Pool Pump Repair Guide
Won't prime, humming, leaking, screaming: symptom to part to repair-or-replace.
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Pool Heater Repair Guide
Ignition, flow and exchanger faults, and what a call-out actually costs.
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How to Clean a Pool Filter
Cartridge soak, DE recharge and the sand-bed change interval.
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Salt Cell Cleaning
Acid-wash ratio, how often, and how to tell a cell is finished.
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Route & Pricing
4 guidesHow Much Does Pool Service Cost?
What a weekly stop costs an owner, by pool type and region.
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How to Start a Pool Cleaning Business
Licensing, insurance, the truck kit, and the first ten stops.
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Buying a Pool Route
Diligence checklist, the multiples brokers quote, and transfer risk.
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Pool Technician Pay
Federal wage data plus what routes actually pay per stop.
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Seasonal Care
5 guidesHow to Open a Pool
Cover off to swimmable in five days, with the chemistry at each gate.
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How to Close a Pool for Winter
Freeze protection, plugs, cover, and the chemistry you leave behind.
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How to Clear a Green Pool
The SLAM sequence day by day, with the FC-to-CYA table it runs on.
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Cloudy Pool Water
Six causes, the test that separates them, and the order to fix them in.
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Winterizing Chemicals
What to add before the cover goes on, and what to never add.
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