Weekly maintenance schedule
Pools do not fail on the day you visit; they fail on the four days you do not. This is the week laid out as a grid — one glass cell per day, today outlined, every cell editable before you print it for the pad lid.
A week of a residential pool, laid out as the week actually runs. Today is outlined. Edit any cell, then print it for the equipment-pad lid.
Mon
- Skim + empty baskets
- Test FC and pH
Tue
- Service stop: full test
- Brush waterline
- Dose to band
Wed
- Check pump pressure
- Top up water
Thu
- Vacuum floor
- Check salt cell output
Fri· today
- Test FC before the weekend
- Skim
Sat
- Heavy-use day — skim twice
- Spot-test FC
Sun
- Skim
- Log the week's readings
Two tests, not seven
A residential pool does not need a full panel every day. It needs free chlorine and pH checked at least twice a week — one of those on the service stop with a proper drop or photometer kit — and the rest of the week spent skimming, brushing and watching the pressure gauge. Commercial pools are a different animal and follow their local code.
What belongs on which day
| Rhythm | Task | Why then |
|---|---|---|
| Every visit | Baskets, skim, eyeball the gauge | Thirty seconds, catches most faults early |
| Service day | Full test, dose, brush, log | One stop where the water gets real attention |
| Before the weekend | Free chlorine check | Heavy bather load is coming |
| Weekly | Vacuum, waterline, salt cell output | Slow-moving problems, caught on a cycle |
| Monthly | Total alkalinity, CYA, hardness | These readings move slowly — testing weekly wastes reagent |
Print it for the lid
The most useful copy of this grid is taped inside the equipment-pad lid next to the pool’s volume. Whoever covers the route next week then works the same pool the same way.
Run time belongs on here too
Add the pump hours to the grid so nobody guesses. Work them out once with the turnover calculator and revisit them when the season changes — a pool that needs eight hours in June rarely needs eight in October.