The Deep End Pool Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Part 1. Special guest Greg Leschber of Leschber designs discusses with Frank some of the many things that pool owners have wished they would have done different with their pool projects. Poolwerx.com IPSSA.com some of the things we hear pool owners say the wish they would have done something different with their pool and pool area design, equipment, features, and materials. 00:00-...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque talk about water balance water chemistry. Why is LSI Langlier Saturation Index important in your pool and how do you manage it. poolwerx.com ipssa.com 00:00-04:50 must be halloween found a bat in a skimmer, plaster finisher didn't use stainless steel set screws when reinstalling the pool light fixture 04:51 facebook question asking if they should be concerned...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque discuss an issue with extremely high alkalinity and how to fix it. The ends and outs and myth busting beliefs about alkalinity. Credit to Ipssa "Basic Training Manual" and "Intermediate Training Manual" by the late, great Robert Lowery poolwerx.com ipssa.com 00:00 Intro. what's up with Frank and Jacque 05:40 Fellow Poolwerx franchisee, Poo...

Send us Fan Mail Our first episode of our third season! Frank and Jacque talk more about some things you should do going into cooler season. Poolwerx.com ipssa.com 00:00 introduction 08:00 checking out your pool equipment area, is your equipment pad clean? Do not let your pad be overgrown with grass or be covered in dirt or debris. Watch out for the fire ants mounding up under your pump motor. Fir...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque answer a couple listener questions. First question is about properly sizing a pool heater and brand recommendations. Then they answer a couple questions about salt systems, corrosion, and CYA issues. https://poolwerx.com https://ipssa.com https://sizing.aquacal.com/ How do you determine the size of heater you need for your pool or spa? First, many pros will agree...

Send us Fan Mail Frank's reads his "If I Were An Algae" poem, and discusses what algae likes and how you can control it. poolwerx.com ipssa.com Well if I were an algae I would pick the perfect pool There would be lots of sunshine And it would never be cool I’d like the warmer water It gives me special powers I can double in numbers Every three to four hours I’m a photosynthesizer It...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque answer a listener question about should they replace a pump motor or spend the extra money and install a new Jandy variable speed pump. Poolwerx.com ipssa.com using calculator https://www.jandy.com/en/pool-pump-savings *error stated- Frank stated the $1300 savings for an 8 hour run time on the pump saves $1300 per year, I should have said about $1000 per year. The...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque answer a couple questions from listeners. Should you worry about your pool overflowing during heavy rains? And a little more about how long should you run your pump. That turns into a little bit of a rant against the "one hour for every ten degrees of air temperature". poolwerx.com IPSSA.com 00:00 introduction 03:30 our big giveaway at our retail stores...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque talk about the Sahara dust that is hitting the southeast U.S. this week. Don't let this become a problem for you. poolwerx.com 00:00 intro, grand kid jokes, our week 04:44 July 25 was world drowning prevention day. 11 drowning death in the U.S. on average, every day, 22 near drowning every day. Teach your kids to swim. create barriers. adult supervision, acti...

Send us Fan Mail The preliminary results are in. We are giving the Green Story Global Cya remover a big thumbs up, with some conditions, and we are continuing to monitor. poolwerx.com see our facebook page https://facebook.com/@deependfrank 00:00 introduction 02:55 Green Story Global Cya Remover. We have used it on one dozen pools for 6 to 8 weeks. It is working. On some it worked better than on o...

Send us Fan Mail Frank visits with Reed Hauge, CEO All-Safe Pool Fence and Covers. Frank and two of his technicians spent a week at the All-Safe training facility in Anaheim, California. All-Safe provides excellent training for all of their safety fencing, safety nets, and leaf covers products. Not only do they provide excellent on-hands experience with their products, but they also have an excell...

Send us Fan Mail Derrick Todd steps in as guest with Frank. Derrick is pool business entrepreneur, service business coach, and "Pool Boy" Bar-B-Q rubs. He is also admin on some of the most popular Facebook pool owner groups. Derrick and Frank discuss some of the myths and misunderstood truths they see in pool owner facebook groups. poolboyrubs.com 00:00 - meet Derrick Todd. 20 years in t...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque discuss how salt water chlorine generation pools work, and the benefits and drawbacks of salt water pools. turfsupradio.com poolwerx.com fourpointstravel.com poolwerx.com if there isn't a Poolwerx near you, become the Poolwerx near you 00:00-05:05 - introduction 05:06 - the great debate, what is better, salt or traditional chlorine pool. A salt pool is a chlo...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque discuss how to cool your pool down in the summer and overcome some of the difficulties pool service techs and pool owners deal with due to the heat and swim season. poolwerx.com 00:00 - 03:30 introduction 03:31 trip through Waxahachie, how do you pronounce it, funny story 07:00 - how to chill your pool. Heat pumps. running heat pumps at night makes them much more...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque discuss a customer that could not get rid of mustard algae no matter how much chemicals he used. Chemistry is the one of the 5 basics that he had right. You must fix the cause of the problems in a pool, not just treat the symptoms of the problem. Frank goes step by step on all the things this pool owner had working against him. 00:00 - 0400 introduction 04:01 - wh...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque discuss what makes some pools get cloudy and what are some of the solutions to clear cloudy pools. Covering four possible causes and some solutions including water balance, pool chlorine issues, pool circulation, and pool filtration Poolwerx.com If there is not a Poolwerx near you, become the Poolwerx near you. 00:00-04:30 introduction 04:31 - getting a lot of que...

Send us Fan Mail Frank interviews IPSSA member and representative Mark Uberecken, owner of Unified Pool Solutions in Katy Texas. They discuss the many benefits IPSSA provides for pool owners and pool service business companies. ipssa.com poolwerx.com IPSSA creates a community of pool service professionals. IPSSA code of ethics, member requirements for organized training and certifications, liabili...

Send us Fan Mail 00:00-00:36 introduction 00:37 - how important is circulation in your pool? 01:32 - How long should you run your pool filter pump? 02:25- How can you improve your pool filtration? 03:15- What should your filter pressure be? 04:07- exit proper return setting for proper circulation, eliminating dead spots in pools, algae does not like moving water, adjust jets slightly down, turn po...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jacque talk about air leaks in pool equipment about why sometimes it is just better to call a pool professional and not waste your time and money trying to fix your pool yourself. poolwerx.com Air suction leaks in a pool system can extremely frustrating to find. Why is there air in my pump? Why do pool returns blow bubbles. Why does my pool pump lose prime;? 00:00 - 06:3...

Send us Fan Mail This "44 Seconds With Frank" episode is all about pool filters. Frank has 44 seconds to answer each listener question. Frank discusses the benefits and disadvantages of DE diatomaceous earth pool filters, cartridge pool filters, and sand filters. 00:00 - 00:52 intro 00:53 - What is the best type of filter for your pool? depends on personal wants and needs, ease of mainte...

Send us Fan Mail 44 Seconds with Frank is segments of 4 different listener questions that Frank has to answer, but he only has 44 seconds to give the best answer he can give. This segment is questions from listeners about pool water chemistry. 00:00 - 00:54 introduction 00:54 Question 1: Why should you use borates in your pool? borates does 4 things in your pool. 1. borates softens the water much...

Send us Fan Mail Frank and Jac discuss how one of their technicians did not treat a group of about 20 pools for one or two weeks. With rain and rising temperatures, this was a recipe for the biggest green-to-clean week since they've been in business. And all one week before Memorial Day. poolwerx.com Frank talks about his favorite 3 methods of turning neglected green pools back to blue and sw...

Send us Fan Mail greenstoryglobalpoolandspa.com Finally a possible answer for high CYA in swimming pools. At the Southwest Pool and Spa Show with Chris Lacy. Chris represents Greenstory Global, a manufacturer of a cya stabilizer removal system and melt blown cartridge filter product. High CYA cyanuric acid stabilizer is a huge problem in many pools. The only solution we have had until now was drai...

Send us Fan Mail Frank is in the Aquacal booth at the Southwest Pool and Spa Show in Houston. Rick Myers discusses why a heat pump in your pool a great efficient way to extend your swim season. Rick also discusses the chiller option to cool your pool is a game changing option for pool owners that live in areas where the swimming pool just gets too warm in the summer. Then Rick discusses many of th...

Send us Fan Mail Frank interviews Jarrod from Orenda Technologies and discusses the Orenda app for calculating water balance. The Orenda app is a great tool for managing swimming pool water chemistry. The ability to calculate LSI. The Orenda app not only makes it easy to calculate pool water balance, but it also is a great teaching tool for technicians and pool owners. The app also provides dosing...