On October 3rd, I called the Jandy pool company regarding an issue with my Jandy pool pump's suction/priming. After the troubleshooting, I asked if they had any repair agents near me, I could contact regarding my issue. The first name provided was Williams Water Company.
On 10/3, I texted/spoke with Tyler (owner) about service call pricing and when he could come out. He said the service call was $150 and that he only did pool work on Saturdays. We agreed to a Saturday 10/4/25 10am call. I sent him a picture of our pool's pump system on 10/3 (see picture).
At 9:30am Saturday I texted Tyler letting him know I was home. He replied "I'm running behind from yesterday and at a job in Carlsbad. I'll be heading that way in about 30 minutes. Does 10:30-11 work for you". I said yes
He arrived at about 11:15am. I showed him a crack I found in the clear plastic cap and asked if this would be the reason the pump was not priming. He said no (comes into play later).
At some point during his inspection of the pump, he removed the rubber gasket that lined the inside of the cap and put in a new one. However, when he tried to put the cap back on, it would not lock in place. The new gasket looked to be round (comes into play later) not flat like the one in the cap. He lubricated the old gasket, put it back in the cap, put the cap back on and re-started the pump. The suction appeared to improve, but he said I'd need a new cap.
I asked If I could purchase a new cap, he said no, Jandy does not sell to the public. He said he could purchase a cap for me but that he would mark it up 20%, add the cost to my remaining bill and mail the item to me, I said ok. Before he left, I paid him a partial payment in cash. He said he would resend an update payment link with the amount owed for the service call and cost of the cap.
On 10/6 and 10/7, I received texts requesting payment of $30, the remaining cost of service call but no additional cost for cap. On 10/7, I texted Tyler letting him know that I paid the $30, that I was surprised that I had not heard from him since he left Saturday. Since he had not added the cost of the cap to my invoice and did not communicate with me regarding the new cap, I asked him to "not purchase the cap". He replied with a thumbs up. Later in the day, I texted him asking him to call me. No response, no call.
On 10/8, I took the Jandy cap assembly to a local pool supply company. They walked me through the cap and possible areas that would compromise the pool's suction.
First area of concern they covered was the rubber gasket inside the cap. According to the company, the Jandy cap has a specific type of rubber gasket used on the Jandy pool pump cap. The gasket was not round, unlike the gasket Tyler tried to use, but flat with a raised center on one side which seals against the pool pump when the cap is tightened. As a Jandy recommended pool equipment repairman, I expected Tyler would have known the round gasket he used may not create a proper seal when tightened. Also, if he could not rule out the air leak was caused by the old gasket by replacing the old gasket with a new Jandy gasket, why did he say I needed a new cap assembly.
Regarding the crack in the cap, it was bigger than I thought (see attached picture) which confirmed I needed a new cap. The new cap took care of our suction issue.
On Wednesday the 8th, we called Tyler to talk about our dissatisfaction with the service call. During the call, my wife told him I "babied" the pool" since his service call and we were waiting for him to send us the pool pump cap. But, when he failed to charge us for the new cap and had not called us, we opted out of his providing us the cap and called around looking for a new cap.
The call got a bit heated. Tyler claimed we were his first service call on Saturday, but that's not true. In his text he said he was finishing up a previous day's call in Carlsbad. When he was confronted with his failure to follow up. Tyler hung up. When we called back, he forwarded the calls to his answering service and has not returned any of those calls.
In summary, I hired Tyler because he was referred to by Jandy. However, based on his conduct during and after the call, I regret my decision. He was late, did not notify us he would be late until I texted him at 930am, did not have Jandy gasket on-hand, believed crack in cap did not affect the pumps suction/priming, no follow-up and disconnect call when he did not like way the call was going. Because Tyler was prepared for the call, failure to follow through on the caps purchase, I'd like my $150 service call fee returned.
Unfortunately, once Tyler cuts and pastes his response from Google I will to be able to rebut him. He gets the last word.
UPDATE:
Tyler decided to post negative reviews as Tyler not his business on our retail stores Google and Yelp. Keep on defending Tyler. read more