The Pool Guy Podcast Show

If you are not raising your prices you may be going out of business soon. With inflation outside the industry at 9% and inside the industry at sometimes 100% on certain products, if you are not increasing your prices you may be pricing yourself out of business. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open 7-days...

Filter cleaning time can be very time-consuming especially if you are doing your route and cleaning 4-6 full-size filters each day. There are some simple things you can do to speed up your filter cleaning and I go over these for you 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. I...

With the current labor shortage and rising wages, is it a good time to bring on an employee? It is probably not the best environment and there are things you need to be aware of when deciding to bring an employee on board.   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...

In this podcast, I go over if you should just replace your pool motor when it starts to go out or your entire pool pump. When is replacing one over the other logical? I also go over different options when it comes to upgrading your pump. 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 e...

As I wrap up this series on pool filters I focus here on the backwash valves and issues you can run into. I also cover charging a filter with D.E. and some other D.E. filter issues you can run into. 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...

In this part I cover issues with the pressure gauge as well as the tank O-ring. There can be a number of issues with both and if you do enough filters you will run into some of these.  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...

In this part, I go over some basics when it comes to knowing when the DE grids are worn out and when the cartridges are shot. Plus I go over some air relief/air bleeder troubleshooting and 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 Ca...

In this part, I go over something to know about sizing a pool filter and cover some tips and tricks for Sand Filters, DE Filters, and Cartridge Filters. I start this series off by giving you some basics on these filter types. 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 becom...

I sat down with Scott Webb who is the editor of Aqua Magazine for the last 20 plus years and we talked about the 2021 pool season, a year in review so to speak. Of course, there are new things that Aqua is doing to enter 2022 sprinting including their updated website and their own trade show launching in October 2022 - https://www.aquamag.live/ . We talk about these two things to start the show an...

I go over the three top portable vacuum systems that should be added to your arsenal of pool cleaning equipment. I touch on the Bottom Feeder, the VacDaddy and the Water Tech Precision 2.0 and go over some of the good and bad of each of these.  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 fas...

Taking a break to recharge and to spend time with your family is essential in any business. Maybe sometimes even more essential in ours after a brutal Summer of not enough chlorine and sky-high inflation. What a stressful year for sure. I go over some tips on taking time off if you are a single poler out there.  Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, fr...

Providing excellent customer service is a bit  of an art form. This does not mean your prices are lower than everyone else or that you provide some free services. It just means that you show up and suit up everyday with the right attitude really. It can be that simple. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free water testing, open...

I kind of go back and forth on Chemical Only service accounts. While I have a few of these I only have taken them on under very strict criteria. They can be a money maker but can also be money losers and a time drain if not done correctly.  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 an...

National Pool Partners (NPP) is an organization that is purchasing large pool companies in the Sunbelt and they are basically operating these companies behind the scenes. I predict in the next few years that NPP will be the largest national pool service company in the USA. Listen to learn more about their business model and intent in the pool industry.   You can also learn more from their website:...

One trait that I think you need as a business owner is  character. Or a better word would be integrity. Being a whole person. What are some aspects of good character and what are some things that bad character will reflect or produce in your 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...

In this episode, I ask Bob the differences between a Commercial pool and a residential pool. If you are thinking about making the jump to Commercial pool service listen to this episode first.  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 chemistr...

In this final part of “What Would Bob Do?” I ask Bob Lowry what he would tell a customer who doesn’t want to run his pool pump for longer hours because of the electricity cost. He is also poolside when you dump in a bag of Cal-Hypo and the pool water turns a neon green. 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 page...

I asked Bob Lowry a series of “What would Bob do?” questions and in this episode, I ask him what he would do with 4” of rain predicted that week and he goes over the pitfalls of servicing an Airbnb.  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 c...

In this series, I ask Bob Lowry what would he do if he were out there riding along with you in your service truck. How would Bob handle a pool with constant high pH? Or how would Bob handle going to the supplier and not being able to find chlorine in stock?   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. Bu...

If you have tried to buy equipment of any kind this season you probably have experienced long wait times and many of the most common pieces/parts of equipment were out of stock. How are things looking for 2022? Not so good from what I can see. I offer some tips to find equipment and substitute equipment when needed.  Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referral...

I was walking a group member through his new pool and things to do after the initial start-up and during the start-up process. I think these tips are helpful for pool pros as well as a homeowner who may have just had a pool built. 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...

It is hard to predict the future but if the 2022 season is anything like the 2021 season, chlorine will be  the one thing everyone will be on the look out for. I go over switching your primary sanitizer type as well as some ways you can save chlorine – or use less chlorine in a pool. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals, free cleaner repairs, free wate...

There are a lot of little things that can make you successful and of course on the opposite end missing these little things can also hurt your business. I go over some of the obvious things here and address some of the intangibles as 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 an...

D.E. Filters can seem complicated and if you have never dealt with one it can seem downright daunting. I go over the ins and outs and the pros and cons of D.E. filters. I will cover everything from cleaning them, troubleshooting, and of course if you should upgrade to one or cut your D.E. filter out and replace it. Leslie’s Pro: Pool Service Pro, open a Wholesale account today! Customer referrals,...

Sometimes it is hard to gauge if you are winning out there. Winning can look like a number of different things and in today’s podcast, I go over some key indicators that you are running a successful pool 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...