Maintenance - Service

A service tech explains why customers in his area are skeptical of salt chlorine generators.

With a growing user base and a big partnership with Lonza, pHin is gaining momentum — and shows no signs of slowing down.

This service company takes a proactive approach to safety. Why? Because safety is less a matter of what you say, than what you do.

Many municipalities use chloramines to treat tap water — which mean they can wind up in the pools you fill. Here's how to remedy the problem.

Is your pool pump running too hot? What it means and what to do next.

In the second half of our series, we address how to troubleshoot overheating pumps.

Most aspects of the service industry are looking up. The exception: the shrinking workforce. Find out more about the service market as we share our State of the Industry survey results.

A new Pentair program promotes APSP/ANSI standards — can it provide a blueprint for other manufacturers?

Enzymes are good in crisis situations, but also for preventing everyday chemistry problems.

Basic facts about the chemical that preserves chlorine in outdoor pools.

The APSP Recreational Water Quality Committee explains what ionizers can and can't do.

On the 10th anniversary of VGB, APSP President and CEO Rich Gottwald speaks on Capitol Hill about the law’s great impact on water safety.

Before winterizing season hits, brush up on best practices for installing winter pool covers.

A new generation of solar technology both generates electricity and heats water in the same panel.

Cases of crypto have doubled between 2014 and 2016. We examine how it spreads and what service techs can do to kill it.

A primer on electrolytic chlorine generators, from how they function to product precautions.

Burgeoning sales are bringing in more automatic pool cover work. Is it best to give it to the experts or become the experts?

Blown-through pipe lining offers a non-invasive solution to pipe repair.

An Arizona efficiency law has an unexpected side effect: a growing reconditioned pump market.

A close examination of the new pump standards and how they could affect you.

An overview of procedures for properly, and safely, decontaminating spas and wading pools.

Ozone that is not dissolved in spa water and escapes as a gas is wasted.

Better filtration comes through education, experience.

An introduction to one of the most trusted products in the pool industry.

If you don't know what's in your source water, you don't know what's in your pool

Because there's no telling what contaminates are in floodwater.

Eliminate wasted minutes in your pool service and give yourself a raise.

To meet the customer halfway, you have to meet them on their smartphones.

Pool pros sound off about distributors

In the first of a 2-part series, expert Steve Goodale lists common problems found in pumps when opening pools.