My family bought a new home (to us) that has a large salt water pool. I really enjoy being outside with my new pool and wanted to do the maintenance myself. However, we've never owned a pool before and were depending on advice from friends and internet to figure out we needed to do. The advice from friends was to take water samples to Leslie's and they'll tell you exactly what chemicals you need to add, simple as that. We did this. Within a month we had major recurring problems with the pool turning green. We obviously were doing something wrong and needed help so we signed up for the "Pool School" from Leslie's. The Leslie's representative showed up late and was obviously annoyed that he was there. The school was basically him asking me what I want to know and me watching over his shoulder as he reprogrammed the pool system. He left with me having no idea what I needed to do to actually take care of the pool and I continued having problems. I received a full refund from Leslie's.
At this point, I was very frustrated and decided to reach out to a pool professional that could help me. I found Perfect Balance Pools online and saw the good reviews and called hoping they could get my pool cleaned up and to also teach me what I need to know to keep it that way. So I called them and it turned out that it was exactly what I needed.
The first time you talk to Lisa, be prepared! The first thing that is made abundantly clear is that she takes swimming pools very seriously and that she has a genuine passion for them. Her knowledge, experience and energy are off the charts. Lisa immediately came in and figured out the root cause of the problem (bad chlorinator) and showed me everything I needed to do. She showed me the proper way to shock and clean the pool, how to clean out the filters, how to operate the pool system, how to analyze water quality, and what I needed to do to keep the pool clear moving forward (basically everything that I had been desperate to know for months). She wrote and printed a weekly checklist for me. On top of that, she didn't want see me get gouged on pool chemicals and personally prepared a three month supply of all the chemicals I needed at a cheaper cost than I could do if I bought them myself. Since getting Lisa's help I have actually been able to keep my pool crystal clear and am really enjoying it! It turns out you really only need around an hour per week to take care of everything you need to do.
Long story short, if you need someone to keep your pool clean or if you need someone to show you how to take care of your pool, you can do no better than Lisa! read more