Re: New pool, up 3 days and I don't have to add chlorine yet
As this gets OT... and slightly hijacky... Sorry mods! Should prolly be moved.
Linnen,
Sounds like you need to start charging for service calls and rental fees. That might add a few hours a day back to your life. Oh, and loaner kits only when there's a TFTestkits order number/receipt.
I'm not necessarily a jack of much... but dad is and he taught me well. I end up being the go to for my friends who haven't a clue about mechanics/machinery/puters. Shhhh don't tell him I have any confidence... he wouldn't fix my stuff if he knew I remembered all that he taught me. When he asks me why I don't fix it myself I just give the dumb stare and shrug... and he gets right to work, I'm sure wondering why his daughter's brains seems to have fallen out. He's WAY faster than me anyway.
However, with that said... I'm the one teaching him about water, we've drained his spa two and a half times so far getting him set up properly. (high CYA) I had to hide his dichlor and bring him a bottle of bleach :~}
I was actually considering doing similar as you earlier this summer after seeing all the backyard green pools as we drove around this spring. But I don't know those people so I figured a website would/might lure some in and created a subdomain and a quickie site (gave me a chance to work w/a new MODx boilerplate). But I didn't follow through or actually buy a real domain for it. Plan was to take kit to client, test, advise, adjust w/BBB chems, recommend kit, show calculator, show forum, give my phone number for all summer assistance... and be done. Big problem w/that... between time and gas for the 'burb I couldn't see charging less than $30 for a one time visit. The metro area here is rather large... I could end up spending most of that on gas if I had to drive 30 miles and then I loose my Rear on "time". The reality is that all the info is free and available right here and $30 is about half a test kit. Hard to tell those who plunk down that much on an advice service call to buck up twice that as their next step.
I loose my "time" here already. May as well save the gas. Plus summer hasn't really arrived yet, I doubt most have bothered with their pool this year, and even less have purchased a new one. If the clouds ever clear off it's supposed to be... 79 today. Slightly underwhelming...