What to charge for pool service
Pick the pool and the city. We work out the minutes it takes (one person services about 150,000 gallons in an 8-hour day, lunch included) and the chemicals it uses. Insurance, truck and gas are not added to one pool's price.
What it works out
- Minutes at the pool from gallons, surface, trees, spa, water features and equipment
- Extra time for getting in: gated-community check-in, a long walk, dogs, a locked gate, HOA rules
- Chemicals for that pool by climate and season: liquid chlorine, tabs or salt
- The price per visit and per month (52 weeks ÷ 12 = 4.33 visits)
- Where the price sits against what the market charges, with sources
How to use it
- Pick the city and enter the gallons.
- Tick what the pool has and what getting in is like.
- Read the price and where each part comes from.
- Put in your own numbers (hourly cost, profit) when you make your account.
Questions
Where does the price come from?
From the time the pool takes for its size and details, plus the chemicals it uses, plus a small allowance for supplies and your profit. Company costs like insurance or gas are not spread onto one pool.
Why 150,000 gallons a day?
It is what one person can comfortably service in a full workday with a lunch break, without burning out. You can change it in your account.
Where does the market range come from?
From public price pages and our data from a real Las Vegas route. Where we have no figures for a city we say so and show the nationwide range.
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