Send us a text If you have ever gone to manually vacuum a pool and you find there is very little to no suction at the skimmer liner, this first batch of tips should help find a solution. If not part two of this mini-series will offer even more troubleshooting tips. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespo...
Dec 15, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 777
Send us a text I go over some tips on dealing with your pool or pools on your route that get hit by heavy winds. If you live in Southern California you will experience many of the dreaded Santa Ana Wind events. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.html/?utm_medium=referral&am...
Dec 14, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 776
Send us a text Taylor makes over 100 reagent test kits and if you go to their site you may be confused as to which kit to get. I have narrowed it down to just 3 of their kits for you. The K1005, the K2005, and the K2006. Listen to find out which kit is best for you. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliesp...
Dec 13, 2021•26 min•Season 5Ep. 775
Send us a text The Zodiac MX8 Elite, MX8, MX6 Elite, and MX6 are good choices for a cleaner with some good and bad points. And a couple of Ugly points as well. I give you an honest assessment of the Zodiac MX line-up. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.html/?utm_medium=refe...
Dec 10, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 774
Send us a text This is the opposite of my last podcast and in this episode, I go over some services to offer as you are building up your service route. You will have more time as you expand, and you can fill that time with these services which bring in some good extra income. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https:...
Dec 09, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 773
Send us a text As you are building up your pool service business you are of course putting a lot of hours in and taking on as much work as you can. But at what point are you overdoing it out there? I go over some signs that you are nearing burnout and what services to cut. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://l...
Dec 08, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 772
Send us a text I get asked often if you should leave your automatic cleaner in your pool all week or take it out? And what is the best way to store it? Or should you just leave it in the pool all the time? I answer these questions and more. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-service...
Dec 07, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 771
Send us a text There are many situations when adding salt to a pool is not necessary, but you think it may be. I go over some tips on when to add salt to your pool and when not to add salt. It is not quite as cut and dry as it may seem. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.ht...
Dec 06, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 770
Send us a text There have been a few interesting mergers in the pool industry of late and I go over some recent developments and mergers that have taken place in 2021. What does this all mean to you as a pool pro and is the industry headed to one giant company? Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.c...
Dec 03, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 769
Send us a text It’s tempting to offer FREE services to land a new account. I see nothing wrong with offering a few FREE things but some FREE services and offers should be avoided. I go over some tips when offering these free services to land new service accounts. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool...
Dec 02, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 768
Send us a text It’s a pretty good idea to spend some time with your prospective new client once you land the service account to explain exactly what you will be doing each week. Especially if they have never had a pool service or if they have had a bad pool service experience in the past. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Pro...
Dec 01, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 767
Send us a text When you are doing a bid, you are also making an honest assessment of the pool and equipment in general. You don’t know how specifically the equipment will hold up once you start servicing that account, but you can make a good, educated guess. I go over some things, to be honest about in your overall assessment. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to be...
Nov 30, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 766
Send us a text Up until 2021, there was no real need to make predictions on the upcoming pool season. Everything was petty much the same old. That all changed in 2021 and now everyone is trying to pin down how the 2022 season will look. I do my impression of Nostradamus here so let's see how close I can get. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Pre...
Nov 29, 2021•27 min•Season 5Ep. 765
Send us a text Bob talked at length and in many podcast recordings about the problem of high CYA in a pool. I revisit some of the things he talked about and expand on the issue. He was the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that you will want a copy to carry in your service truck. Bob Lowry has been in the industry for over 49 years and is t...
Nov 26, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 764
Send us a text In this best of Bob Lowry episode, Bob takes on two common pool myths. One is that a strong chlorine smell means the pool has too much chlorine in it or the smell means there is chlorine in the pool and the other is that dogs are great swimming pool companions. He was the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that you will want a...
Nov 25, 2021•15 min•Season 5Ep. 763
Send us a text Bob Lowry thought of pool chemistry as something ever evolving. We are all slow to change, even Bob admitted to this himself. But Bob’s Target Ranges and his way of calculating the proper free chlorine reading are two things that are revolutionizing the pool industry today. He was the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that yo...
Nov 24, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 762
Send us a text Bob Lowry was passionate about many things, the least of which was the fact that balancing your pool water was something critical to the overall pool care. Bob explains in the clip on why testing the water is so crucial in balancing the pool water. He was the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that you will want a copy to carr...
Nov 23, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 761
Send us a text A true pillar of the pool service industry has passed and we are all saddened by the news that Bob Lowry has lost his battle with his fatal lung disease. On November 17th Bob Lowry passed away. He was the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that you will want a copy to carry in your service truck. Bob Lowry has been in the indu...
Nov 22, 2021•23 min•Season 5Ep. 760
Send us a text One way to know if you are making money out there is to compare your self-employed income with the hourly rate of other jobs out there. But how can you break down your self-employed income into an hourly rate? I give it a shot here. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-...
Nov 19, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 759
Send us a text I am always raving about these two cleaners because of the price point and what you get for that price. They are bargain cleaners for sure but they work as well as cleaners priced twice as much. These would be a great choice for any pool and listen to learn more. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. http...
Nov 18, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 758
Send us a text There are some misconceptions about writing off your service vehicle on your income taxes. We all have heard of the milage deduction but there ate other ways of deducting your vehicle and getting a tax break. I go over some of these in this podcast for you. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://le...
Nov 17, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 757
Send us a text Thinking about taking a non-paying client to court or have you been threatened by a lawsuit from a customer? Learn the do’s and don’ts to avoid litigation and the headaches that come with it. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.html/?utm_medium=referral&ut...
Nov 16, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 756
Send us a text I think when you think of Tri-Chlor Tablets the first caution you often hear is that it will add Cyanuric Acid to the pool. We often don’t go beyond this but there are other dangers associated with Tri-Chlor tablets. Listen to learn more. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/comme...
Nov 15, 2021•25 min•Season 5Ep. 755
Send us a text There are things you want to accomplish on your bid, namely you want to land the account and not waste your time. I suggest fine-tuning your bidding method and having a good script. Learn more in today’s podcast. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.html/?utm_m...
Nov 12, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 754
Send us a text One device that is often overlooked or dismissed when you are thinking of something to help with a pool with heavy leaf debris is the PoolSkim. It doesn’t look like much and you may be skeptical if this thing even works. Rest assured the PoolSkim works amazingly well. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider....
Nov 11, 2021•17 min•Season 5Ep. 753
Send us a text Whether you have an in-ground vinyl pool or an Above Ground one there are certain do’s and don’ts with the vinyl surface. Learn how to protect your investment or how to avoid liability with vinyl-lined pools in your service business. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial...
Nov 10, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 752
Send us a text PebbleTec is a great pool surface type that is super durable and great looking. But like any surface type it is not without issues. I touch on a few common problems you can run into with a Pebble Pool. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-services.html/?utm_medium=refer...
Nov 09, 2021•19 min•Season 5Ep. 751
Send us a text Granted that these are all very different filtration types. And some filter better than others. But what are the real deciding factors between these 3 filter types and which one is the clear winner, or is there a clear winner? Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provider. https://lesliespool.com/commercial-servic...
Nov 08, 2021•28 min•Season 5Ep. 750
Send us a text A pre-filter can be a great idea under the right circumstances and let's face it, trapping 80% of the dirt before it reaches the filter is a good thing. But there are a few things to consider before you install one of these and I will cover the pros as well as some cons. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days a week. It is fast and easy to become a Leslie’s Preferred Pool Care Provid...
Nov 05, 2021•18 min•Season 5Ep. 749
Send us a text There are really only four water testing methods available today for your pool and spa. Reagent test kits, photometers, digital testers, and test strips. I go over the pros and cons of each with Bob Lowry. Bob Lowry is the author of over 23 books but this has to be one of his most relevant and shortest books coming in at just 19 pages thick. But it is packed with so many essentials on residential pool chemistry that you will want a copy to carry in your service truck. Bob Lowry ha...
Nov 04, 2021•22 min•Season 5Ep. 748
