Has anyone used ProTeam Chemical Line before? Is there any Conns besides Price? Which tabs/shocks do you use? Any of the other lines?
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Is this pool genius network? Granular is granular? A tab is a tab? Buy the cheapest at Costco or Walmart? Not exactly the post I thought I'd see on here.
@ Lee Davis,
WOW hell no we dont do that we never add anything necessary unless its 100% needed. We include the chemicals with pool service (shock, tabs, cya, cal, stab, de) anything else I charge extra for.
@ Randy,
The only difference I have seen with Pro Tab is on my trouble pools that have algae and the plaster cracked so the algae was coming through that. The Pro Tabs have helped prevent that alot and cut back on the algae with out having to use algaeside . I don't see a difference with the water clarity or anything like that that I was sold on.
Thanks guys!
I think the all inclusive model where chems are part of the service at one price is the wave of the future. The company I mentioned above services the very affluent neighborhood of Buckhead in Atlanta and it seems the customers are too rich too care or just don't know any better. My only problem with the all inclusive model is that if you operate in a very warm weather algae prone area like Atlanta...will my pool company skimp by and pray there's not an algae outbreak. All it takes is for someone to fire up the heater...2 days of rain...or a pool party....and blamo!!! a massive algae outbreak. Should have put that extra tab or pound of shock in.
Thats is why I only include every day use chemicals. I Do charge extra for Phosphate Removal, Algae sides clarifies etc. Otherwise I would be paying out of my pocket for that. Its part of my agreement they sign.
When it comes to chemicals....shock is shock....granular is granular....a tab is a tab. Just buy the cheapest at Costco or Walmart....and never at Leslies Pool Supply(your purchase comes with a tube of anal lube). I had an employer who ripped people off on chemicals. He told them that he was using special "winter shock" or " off season special preventive algae" and all kinds of chemical BS. He was having his pool boys dump in 7 tabs and 6 lbs. of shock, Pool Perfect, SuperBlue, half bottle of Algae60, etc. to every pool every visit. The customers chemical part of the bill would sometimes be over $700 a month. If you got a service like this you need to run/sprint not walk away!!!
I have used the proteam high tech tablets on a commercial pool last season. I really didn't see any difference in their tablets.