Word-of-mouth advertisement is the best because you don’t pay a dime for it. How do you get to this level in your pool service business? Listen and fi...

I’ve been using the PORTAVAC for years now and this latest edition from Advantage Manufacturing is the best one yet. Rugged plastic wheels and an all-...

There are so many ways of getting money from a client during the project and immediately right after completion, that getting paid on the spot should ...

Don’t add water to your pool. Don’t run your pool more than 4 hours a day. Don’t clean your pool filter before Summer. These are some things that if y...

 After you have your plaster or PebbleTec pool built you might see something on the surface and wonder if that is normal. So what is normal and what i...

There are a lot of Tri-Chlor tablet brands on the market today. More than ever in fact. But are all tablets equal? And are all tablets EPA registered ...

Total Dissolved solids (TDS) is a much misunderstood and something hat most pool professionals don’t even test for. Bob Lowry goes over some of the fi...

Black algae can be something that can ruin your day out there on your pool route. It’s like cancer for pools. I go over some effective treatment metho...

Back in the day there was only one Variable speed Pump designed for a 115V pool set up. Now there are many to choose from. I go over the best VS pool ...

It’s been raining in my area of California pretty much for the last 4 months. We have had twice the normal amount of rain and it is causing all kinds ...

Algae is the bane of many pool owners and pool service professionals. Bob Lowry explains algae in detail and how to treat and prevent it in today’s “B...

Mergers are nothing new to the industry and the breaking news is HASA acquiring Orenda Technologies. It should be an interesting merger and I touch on...