Thursday, August 26, 2021Things to Think About When Starting Your Pool Service Part 1: General Thoughts & Questions
If you are thinking about starting a pool service business there are some general things you may be asking. I cover these from licensing to health car...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021Windy Weather and Your Pool
The Santa Ana Winds bring strong gusts to my area every year between October and March and there are some things to note in extremely windy conditions...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021What Chemicals Can You Add to Through The Skimmer?
There are a number of chemicals that can be safely added to the skimmer and of course a few that are just not safe to add directly into the skimmer. I...
Monday, August 23, 2021HASA CEO Chris Brink on the 2021 Chlorine Shortage and the 2022 Season Forecast
The Chlorine Armageddon of 2021 as I like to call it caused much frustration in the industry and a mad search for chlorine from one supplier to the ne...
Friday, August 20, 2021Should you Bring an Employee on Board?
I go over the pros and cons and ins and outs of bringing an employee on board to help you on your pool service route. As you expand your pool service ...
Thursday, August 19, 2021Dolphin Vs Polaris which Robotic Cleaner Is Better?
Like Ford vs Ferrari the top robotic pool cleaners are made by Dolphin and Polaris. Dolphin of course has more models so I chose the Dolphin Proteus L...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021Stocking Up for the 2022 Season – Should You Do it?
No one can argue that the 2021 season was the season of “not enough.” Whether it was chlorine or acid or equipment, there just didn’t seem to be enoug...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021Pool Vacuum System Choices
There are four major players in the Vacuum System market, Hammer-Head, Power Vac, Riptide, and the Bottom Feeder. Which is the right one for you and d...
Monday, August 16, 2021The VacDaddy- Portable Pool Vacuum System with Matt D'Aguanno Owner and Creator
A Lighter, Cleaner, and Faster Pool Vacuum Introducing the VacDaddy™, a portable pool vacuum system that combines power and lightweight to create a mo...
Friday, August 13, 2021Can You Have Too Little CYA in Your Pool?
I talk a lot about high CYA in a pool and the effects on chlorine. But you can also have too little Cyanuric Acid in a pool and that also can have som...
Thursday, August 12, 2021What to do with Multiple Days of Rain on Your Pool Route
Believe it or not we have had weeks here in Southern California where it has rained for 2 to 3 weeks off and on and sometimes for two straight weeks i...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021Solving Those Strange Pool Mysteries
We have all had a pool that looked murky or had algae and we could not put it together as to why that was so? I go over some common things to look for...