Friday, November 14, 2025Choosing The Right Pool Vacuum System For Your Route
If you clean pools for a living, the vacuum system you choose can either speed up your route or slow you down at every backyard gate. We break down ca...
Thursday, November 13, 2025The Breakup Episode: When Customers Say “We’re Done”
Tired of losing accounts to low-price flyers or “I’ll handle it in winter” cancellations? We share a practical retention system that keeps clients loy...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025How A 45-Pool Route Nets Real Money After Taxes
Ever wonder what the numbers really look like behind a pool service route? We pull back the curtain with a clear, practical breakdown of a 45-pool ope...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025The Spare Parts Episode: Be Ready for Anything
Ever finish a stop, glance at the truck, and realize you’re down to one gallon of chlorine with six pools to go? That pit-in-the-stomach moment is avo...
Monday, November 10, 2025Winter Is Not a Vacation for Your Pool
Cold weather doesn’t put a year‑round pool on pause—it rewrites the playbook. We walk through the real rules of winter care for open pools in warmer r...
Friday, November 7, 2025When a Handshake Becomes a Headache
A handshake can’t stop a chargeback, clean a windblown pool in one visit, or explain why you took a sick day. We dig into the real-world moments that ...
Thursday, November 6, 2025Mythbusters: Pool Chlorine Edition
Ever wonder why a pool stays clear for months and then collapses in a heatwave despite “weekly shock”? We pull back the curtain on the most persistent...
Wednesday, November 5, 2025Prime Suspect: Why Your Pump Won’t Start
Air is the invisible enemy of a pool pump, and once it slips into the system, your prime is gone, your filter pressure dives, and your day gets longer...
Tuesday, November 4, 2025Competence Counts: The Pool Pro’s Edge
Customers don’t judge by jargon; they judge by what they see and how their pool performs after you leave. We dive straight into the habits that signal...
Monday, November 3, 2025The Pool Pro’s Guide to Pump Sizing Smarter
Choosing a variable speed pump shouldn’t feel like a guessing game. We walk through a simple, field-tested way to size the right unit by matching your...
Friday, October 31, 2025Nightmare Pools: True Stories from the Route
Some pools look profitable until they aren’t. We pull back the curtain on the accounts that drain time, money, and patience, and we map out the simple...
Thursday, October 30, 2025The Five Types of Customers I Avoid at All Costs
In this episode of The Pool Guy Podcast Show, I share how to spot and avoid bad customers. From late payers to micromanagers and unrealistic pool owne...