Just thought I'd say "welcome to TFP!!" and give you a little food for thought.
A weekly service on a pool usually (!) takes ~ 30 min. Do you make $170/ hr???
Unless you have a very compelling reason to have a pool service do the weekly maintenance (like your job requires you to be away for days at a time or work sun up to sun down 6 days/ week), you will save $ and probably have better water if you do the maintenance yourself, following the methods advocated here. For less than the cost of one of their visits you can get the TF-100 test kit (link in my sig) and take a proactive approach to your pool! A couple minutes a day to test and dose the pool, empty the skimmer baskets and maybe 1/2 hour once a week for vacuuming and brushing and cleaning the filter, IF needed, and you've saved $$ and
know what's going on with the pool and that it's safe for you and your family/ friends to swim in (just ask gtm {Gary} see
this thread)
If you have someone else do the maintenance on your pool, you probably won't know what they are adding to adjust the chemistry nor be sure they are
really caring for your pool properly - for a very small investment of your time, you can care for your pool MUCH BETTER than some dude who comes out once a week - just follow the advice here and ask us questions when you have them (the only stupid question is the one unasked
)
Welcome to TFP and I hope you have a great season
That seems high...., but then I've never priced it out. I figure I spent less than that myself for all of last season so I just couldn't see myself paying someone that kind of money per week....good luck.
