If you service pools you may start to think about getting into the Commercial Pool end of things with an apartment complex, hotel, or HOA community po...

When it comes to pool product claims you may feel you are being sold on something based on hype rather than real-world experience. I have done extensi...

So what is the best surface color choice for your pool? Whether you have a plaster or Pebble Tec pool choosing the right color is critical. Once the p...

In this podcast, I go over the most common reasons to drain your pool and I also give you some cautions when draining certain pool types. There are so...

I am asked often which 2-wheel cleaner is better? The Pentair Rebel or the Hayward PoolCleaner/AquaNaut/Phoenix – which are all the same with differen...

Many salt systems display the pool’s salinity level (salt level) while others indicate low or high salt levels with flashing lights. But either way, t...

The formula is pretty simple but of course, there are lots of factors that can make it difficult. But to save time on your pool care or on the pools y...

It is a tricky thing, doing a green pool clean up or installing equipment and making sure you get paid for the work. In most cases that is never an is...

As a DIY homeowner or a pool service tech, we tend to spend way to much time on a problem before we throw in the towel and refer the job out. I go ove...

It may not seem like a big deal but there is a lot that is involved in backwashing a D.E. filter. From how much D.E. to add back into troubleshooting,...

One of the things that I think is important in anything you do in your pool service business and especially important when doing a green pool clean up...

I spend the first 5 minutes re-introducing myself as this is podcast 400 and a milestone as podcasts go. Then I focus on the most important aspect of ...