Do I need a new pool guy?

[Just Ducky]

So I've had the same pool guy for many years. He's been pretty good about fixing stuff that breaks , cleaning the filter and in general doing a decent job but I think lately he's been getting kind of lazy. He always showed up on mondays without fail but lately he shows up whenever during the week. The thing is when he does show he basically throws some chlorine tabs in the floater dumps the skimmer basket and he's gone. Two minutes or so. He gives me a discount because I've had him for many years but I feel that for the money I pay he should spend more time on my pool than he does. For instance he should maybe hit the tile with a brush now and then?What are your pool guys doing on their weekly visits? Should I just pay a little more and get a new service? What say you guys.

 

[rivermobster]

What you Should do is do it yourself.

A good test kit and it's easy peasy.

 

[Ziggy]

What you Should do is do it yourself.

A good test kit and it's easy peasy.

Not easy to do if half the time you are 300-1000 miles away.

 

[Ziggy]

So I've had the same pool guy for many years. He's been pretty good about fixing stuff that breaks , cleaning the filter and in general doing a decent job but I think lately he's been getting kind of lazy. He always showed up on mondays without fail but lately he shows up whenever during the week. The thing is when he does show he basically throws some chlorine tabs in the floater dumps the skimmer basket and he's gone. Two minutes or so. He gives me a discount because I've had him for many years but I feel that for the money I pay he should spend more time on my pool than he does. For instance he should maybe hit the tile with a brush now and then?What are your pool guys doing on their weekly visits? Should I just pay a little more and get a new service? What say you guys.

My guy now comes with a second person to help speed up the process.

Always brushes the sides & tiles, main and pump baskets, etc., etc.

 

[rivermobster]

Not easy to do if half the time you are 300-1000 miles away.

Very true.

 

[evantwheeler]

So I've had the same pool guy for many years. He's been pretty good about fixing stuff that breaks , cleaning the filter and in general doing a decent job but I think lately he's been getting kind of lazy. He always showed up on mondays without fail but lately he shows up whenever during the week. The thing is when he does show he basically throws some chlorine tabs in the floater dumps the skimmer basket and he's gone. Two minutes or so. He gives me a discount because I've had him for many years but I feel that for the money I pay he should spend more time on my pool than he does. For instance he should maybe hit the tile with a brush now and then?What are your pool guys doing on their weekly visits? Should I just pay a little more and get a new service? What say you guys.

Just have a talk with him? If he says GFY, time for a new guy. Maybe you're getting a smoking deal compared to what the rest of the market is paying? Since he has been maintaining things, it doesn't need as much attention every trip? Is the pool dirty or dysfunctional in anyway?

 

[hallett21]

What are you paying?

 

[fishing fool]

I do it myself. During the winter there is not much to do, now the summer is diffrent and I spend more time checking the chemistry.

 

[BabyRay]

Install a salt water chlorine generator, then do it yourself. You’ll still have to manage pH and alkalinity, and do a little cleaning, but it’s easy. Use this app;

‎Pool Water Calculator

‎Pool Water Calculator is an all-in-one pool and spa management suite, providing everything you need to quickly balance and maintain pool and spa water chemistry. Quickly Balance and Maintain Your Pool Chemistry Chemistry Calculator – Enter current levels and instantly see precise chemical...

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Add no more salt than required and keep the Calcium Saturation Index (calculated by the app) between 0.30 and -0.30 and you’ll have no problems.

 

[Badchoices03]

I dont have a pool anymore, but I had one for many years a previous house, I would have to change pool guys like every year...they always seem to start off strong, be dependable and keep the pool looking great, but seems like they all would start falling off, coming whenever they liked, doing a halfass job on everything....I would just fire them and call the next guy...lol

 

[4Waters]

So I've had the same pool guy for many years. He's been pretty good about fixing stuff that breaks , cleaning the filter and in general doing a decent job but I think lately he's been getting kind of lazy. He always showed up on mondays without fail but lately he shows up whenever during the week. The thing is when he does show he basically throws some chlorine tabs in the floater dumps the skimmer basket and he's gone. Two minutes or so. He gives me a discount because I've had him for many years but I feel that for the money I pay he should spend more time on my pool than he does. For instance he should maybe hit the tile with a brush now and then?What are your pool guys doing on their weekly visits? Should I just pay a little more and get a new service? What say you guys.

My pool guy does Chemicals, dumps the baskets, skims the pool, and sweeps the sides for 110 a month. He is usually here on Wednesday but sometimes shows up on Thursday. He gives us 3 weeks notice when he is going to be on vacation. He called me one day and asked if I could sweep the pool that week because he had skin cancer cut out of is shoulder in a spot that could tear the stitches, I said sure, no problem. I was surprised to here that only a few of his customers were willing to help him out that week, most customers said no.

 

[LuauLounge]

I had the same guy for about 20 years, charged $70 a month. Replaced stuff as needed, really inexpensive on parts. Bastard retired and moved to Hawaii.
I started doing it myself and gave up on that. New guy is $160, so far, so good.

 

[Havasu blue label]

So I've had the same pool guy for many years. He's been pretty good about fixing stuff that breaks , cleaning the filter and in general doing a decent job but I think lately he's been getting kind of lazy. He always showed up on mondays without fail but lately he shows up whenever during the week. The thing is when he does show he basically throws some chlorine tabs in the floater dumps the skimmer basket and he's gone. Two minutes or so. He gives me a discount because I've had him for many years but I feel that for the money I pay he should spend more time on my pool than he does. For instance he should maybe hit the tile with a brush now and then?What are your pool guys doing on their weekly visits? Should I just pay a little more and get a new service? What say you guys.

It’s winter in summer pretty sure he spends more time and Chemicals

 

[Dan Lorenze]

I have always done my own pools. But when I recently had my pool resurfaced I used their guy to do the start up and I decided to hire one of their guys to clean it monthly. Well, my ring camera showed that he would come by for about 5 mins a week to add chlorine and acid then split. Definitely not worth the $140 I was paying him, so I fired him. Now I'm back to doing it myself. I use a Taylor kit like most and use Leslie's to test my water periodically as they do have an accurate system to test. It's pretty easy to maintain a pool and it's actually kind of fun for me. Funny thing, if I could find a great gardener, pool guy, housekeeper I would pay them, but I've lost faith in people and just do everything myself.

 

[4Waters]

I have always done my own pools. But when I recently had my pool resurfaced I used their guy to do the start up and I decided to hire one of their guys to clean it monthly. Well, my ring camera showed that he would come by for about 5 mins a week to add chlorine and acid then split. Definitely not with the $140 I was paying him, so I fired him. Now I'm back to doing it myself. I use a Taylor kit like most and use Leslie's to test my water periodically as they do have an accurate system to test. It's pretty easy to maintain a pool and it's actually kind of fun for me. Funny thing, if I could find a great gardener, pool guy, housekeeper I would pay them, but I've lost faith in people and just do everything myself.

Crystal Clear?

 

[Dan Lorenze]

Crystal Clear?

What do you mean?

 

[4Waters]

What do you mean?

The pool cleaning company

 

[Dan Lorenze]

The pool cleaning company

His name was Fernando. lol He sucked....

 

[Joe mama]

The closest I get to the pool is to drop off the kids..

 

[Lumpy]

In the business for 35 years…I would fire all of you. We bust our asses and go in the red during the summer, make up for it in the winter…and get a break. You can watch me with a camera all you want but the minute you say I was only there for 6 minutes 42 seconds you are fired, done cya!

Is your pool clean and clear? That is what you are paying for! Most of us make it look easy because we know what we are doing. If its clean and clear than shut the fuck up, right the check and send it on time…we got bills to pay and mouths to feed too.

 

[Dan Lorenze]

In the business for 35 years…I would fire all of you. We bust our asses and go in the red during the summer, make up for it in the winter…and get a break. You can watch me with a camera all you want but the minute you say I was only there for 6 minutes 42 seconds you are fired, done cya!

Is your pool clean and clear? That is what you are paying for! Most of us make it look easy because we know what we are doing. If its clean and clear than shut the fuck up, right the check and send it on time…we got bills to pay and mouths to feed too.

Since you're talking about me allow me to reply to you...

My ring cameras on my property alerts me when anyone is on my property. Mailman, Amazon deliveries, pool guy etc.. The pool guy isn't being singled out, and I'm not trying to catch him, I just never saw the guy brush my pool, he never did after a couple of months.. I can add chlorine and acid myself. He also did the start up and said "it's done"... I decided to check his work and I took a sample to Leslie's... There was practically no Calcium Hardness in the pool.... I went to Leslie's and bought two buckets of hardness plus to bring up to an acceptable 200ppm... He didn't know about calcium hardness at all.... Yeah, over time hardness will rise on its own but everything that I've been told, it should be 150-200ppm minimum from the get go. I paid $400 for the start up, and he didn't do a good job... I was paying him $140 a month and he wasn't cleaning my pool, just skimming the top and adding chemicals. That's not what I was paying him for. Did it look good? It looked ok...

Why would you defend a guy like this? This guy was not a professional... He was lazy and he's used to people not knowing pool chemistry or checking his work.

How is my pool under my care? Totally dialed...

 

[Lumpy]

I have always done my own pools. But when I recently had my pool resurfaced I used their guy to do the start up and I decided to hire one of their guys to clean it monthly. Well, my ring camera showed that he would come by for about 5 mins a week to add chlorine and acid then split. Definitely not worth the $140 I was paying him, so I fired him. Now I'm back to doing it myself. I use a Taylor kit like most and use Leslie's to test my water periodically as they do have an accurate system to test. It's pretty easy to maintain a pool and it's actually kind of fun for me. Funny thing, if I could find a great gardener, pool guy, housekeeper I would pay them, but I've lost faith in people and just do everything myself.

What do you mean?

His name was Fernando. lol He sucked....

Since you're talking about me allow me to reply to you...

My ring cameras on my property alerts me when anyone is on my property. Mailman, Amazon deliveries, pool guy etc.. The pool guy isn't being singled out, and I'm not trying to catch him, I just never saw the guy brush my pool, he never did after a couple of months.. I can add chlorine and acid myself. He also did the start up and said "it's done"... I decided to check his work and I took a sample to Leslie's... There was practically no Calcium Hardness in the pool.... I went to Leslie's and bought two buckets of hardness plus to bring up to an acceptable 200ppm... He didn't know about calcium hardness at all.... Yeah, over time hardness will rise on its own but everything that I've been told, it should be 150-200ppm minimum from the get go. I paid $400 for the start up, and he didn't do a good job... I was paying him $140 a month and he wasn't cleaning my pool, just skimming the top and adding chemicals. That's not what I was paying him for. Did it look good? It looked ok...

Why would you defend a guy like this? This guy was not a professional... He was lazy and he's used to people not knowing pool chemistry or checking his work.

How is my pool under my care? Totally dialed...

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[PlanB]

We had the same pool guy in Havasu for more than 20 years. Pool had been looking like shit and we had to notify him of issues. Finally said screw it and hired a new guy. The pool has never looked better. Sometimes you just have to move on.

 

[Melloyellovector]

I build pools I don’t clean em, not even my own pools. Spend 1 minute and piss on my equipment or 30 mins after winds, I don’t care. Pools always clean. We good

net n jet and pools still good then fine
net n jet and pools not , then get a new guy.

If you do yourself yes there is times it’s easy, but also times when you think F this I’ll pay any amount to not clean right now.

 

[Lumpy]

I build pools I don’t clean em, not even my own pools. Spend 1 minute and piss on my equipment or 30 mins after winds, I don’t care. Pools always clean. We good

net n jet and pools still good then fine
net n jet and pools not , then get a new guy.

If you do yourself yes there is times it’s easy, but also times when you think F this I’ll pay any amount to not clean right now.

Exactly!

My brother asked me not long ago, "You love Havasu, Why don't you move out there? You would kill it!”. My response, “Because I wont work for a bunch cheap, anal, retired, assholes that’s why”. People pay me top dollar because Im good at what I do. Bottom line…ya get what you pay for.

 

[Kachina26]

Imagine how much this guy charges...

 

[LuauLounge]

Trades charges for clean pools

 

[OkHallett270]

Imagine how much this guy charges...
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You wouldn’t have to worry about him short timing your pool service, because that beast is gonna need to charge between stops!

 

[Dunerking]

As others have mentioned do it yourself. Pretty simple,my wife handles the pool…buy a nice test kit and maybe every 3-4 months run a sample to Leslie’s or similar to confirm your keeping the levels correctly. Ours is a Salt system and helps with the simplicity. I wouldn’t pay for a pool service unless it was a home that we weren’t at regularly. Even cleaning the filter is simple. Like it was mentioned above our start up guy failed at his job as well,even after being recommended by the crew that redid our pool. Good on the people that make a career on it,maybe when I retire from my career I’ll pick up a side hustle.
Save the money and put it towards a vacation with the wife.

 

[pixrthis]

I was paying my pool guy more than he charged because he does a great job so now he charges me what I was paying him. I wouldn’t do it for what he charges so I’m ok with it.

 

[spectra3279]

You guys are slacking




If he's younger, cuter and his dick is bigger, then yes

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Had an awesome guy for years. He would yell at me if I did something wrong in what he completely believed was his pool. He retired replacement company was a joke. Bought a robot. Now I clean the filter every so often and add chemicals. Life is good. Would hire the old guy back in a second if he asked me to.

Sometimes he would be there for 5 minutes other days it would be an hour. Pool always looked great.

 

[mesquito_creek]

Nobody swims in our pool anymore so maintenance is simple. Pack the floating thing full of chlorine tabs to the the top and If I can’t smell the thick rich aroma of chorine in the air is time to throw about 3 times the recommended amount of shock into it…. Crystal clear year round. No need for any test kit! Once that stops working in about 3 years drain and fill with new water.