wondering what works best?
residential techs paid per pool completed?
or
healthy pay above industry standard with health insurance and matching SIMPLE IRA?
we are having problems with techs milking the clock for OT but, how do you balance hourly pay wi
Read more…i need help figuring out what this is? what may have caused it? and what, if anything, can be done to fix it? anybody ever seen anything like this?
looks like crop circles in plaster? anybody? HELP Please !
thanks in advance
Charles Allen
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Has to be cordless as the pool is equipped with an automatic cover and not a way to run a corded cleaner.
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o Pool owners want their pool to be ready at all times.
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Is there a guideline on number of lights to be installed in a swimming pool based on the lux or lumen information from supplier's catalog
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The larger the pump, the greater your pumping and maintenance costs. Therefore, you want to use the smallest size pump possible for your swimming pool. To choose the right size pump, you can consult a pool supplier's design chart. Using the chart,
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Second Generation Pool person here and I am slowing trying to change for the digital world with resistance from the First generation. I am looking for some different pool service / maintenance apps that are fairly easy to use with the abi
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Looking to invest in a management software for my service company, we do not do construction or have a retail store however, I'm hoping to organize and improve our service scheduling and customer communication. I was hoping to get some feedbac
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqV-urx3Vzc
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Read more…Market trends: An indicator that this market is growing is the information found at Google trends, the search for “pool skimmer” is growing year over year, and the demand of Automatic Pool Skimmer is growing rapidly. With around 10 millions of pools
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Read more…Well are they? Hardly anyone on here these days, others such as the Ben Powell or Larry?? ones dying out to. The only one growing seems to be TFP
Read more…Just wondering what everyone thinks about the several recent reports of amount of pee in pools and how it's determined.
Here's one report ink
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