All Episodes

You walk into the backyard and your stomach drops: the surface is covered in debris, there’s dust floating on top, and the cleaner looks like it gave ...

“First month free” sounds like a fast way to land new pool service accounts, but it can quietly bring the exact customers you do not want: bargain hun...

A vacuum cart looks like the obvious “pro” upgrade until you have to live with it on your truck every day. We walk through the real decision pool serv...

HOA community pools look like “just another commercial account” until you’ve serviced one and tried to win one. We’re pulling back the curtain on why ...

Leslie’s Pool Supplies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the first reaction is panic, but the more important question is what it reveals about where...

“Trichlor is 99% chlorine” sounds like a slam-dunk reason to buy tablets, right until you read what the label is actually saying. We sit down with Bob...

Evaporation is not “free water replacement” and it definitely is not a magic drain for cyanuric acid. I sit down with Bob Lowry to tackle the pool che...

Your pool can test “fine” on chlorine and still struggle to stay clear, safe, and algae-free. The missing piece is often cyanuric acid (CYA), the stab...

Low pH is one of the most expensive “quiet problems” in pool care, because it doesn’t just make water feel off, it can actively eat your pool. We sit ...

“Trichlor is 90% available chlorine, so it must be the strongest” sounds logical until you follow the math all the way through. We sit down with Bob L...

Your route does not get easier because you “work harder” it gets easier when the small friction points disappear. We walk through a hand-picked list o...

Some pool accounts pay you twice: once with money, and again by giving you your time back. Others look fine on a bid, then slowly chew up your schedul...