Taking every pool that comes your way can help you build up your pool route quickly. But there are a lot of pools that you probably should pass on and...

Solar pool covers can be a popular choice to retain heat in your pool during the season and they can be very effective. I go over the different mil as...

Drowning prevention of course starts with some common-sense steps. But there are many tangible, electronic, and physical boundaries that can be used t...

Technically repairs and weekly pool service should be two separate businesses. Many do a combination of both and this can be done successfully. Here i...

Any sports fan knows that in order to win a championship at the professional level you need a team of two to three superstars. I apply this same conce...

Taking time off is necessary for any business, more so in the pool service business when you work year-round maintaining pools. So how do you set up y...

A big fear went through the pool service industry a few years ago when the smart water monitors started hitting the market. The thought was that these...

If it is time to bring on an employee which is the best method? A payrolled employee, a 1099 subcontractor, or a third option that many don?t think of...

I recently started using the V2W attachment for the Vac Daddy. This is a vacuum to waste attachment that transforms the VacDaddy into a portable pump....

Now that I have a Chlorine Genie up and running at one of my service accounts I will go over some of the things I like and some of the things that can...

You get the dreaded call, ?Can you stop by my pool and take a look at..? these out-of-service day calls can be annoying, and should you be charging fo...