Pool Services Technologies Inc

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I called Bruce for a estimate and he showed up as promised. He did a complete inspection of the equipment for me and explained how things worked. He provided a detailed quote and we agreed to proceed with the work. Gabe and Daniel were on time and although there was an issue with access to the equipment the completed their scope of work in a timely manner. Gabe retured to fix the spa light and went thru everything with me again. Gabe Well done In addition I want to mention that we were home hunting for a home with a pool and or a lot big enough to have one installed. We were very interested in a home and close to making a final offer. The home did not have a pool but with the price we were at we thought we could budget for a pool. I must of called five places and could not find a person to meet me at the house to confirm what we budgeted for a pool was practical . I finally called Pool Services Technologies, Inc. and Bruce called me back. He agreed to make time for me and after reviewing the lot we came to a conclusion that it was not practical to install a pool on such a slopped lot for what I had budgeted. Bruce sabed me a lot of headaches If your thinking of building a pool or need repairs these are the folks to call

We put a new pool in our backyard in late 2011, and at that time were advised that we would need to keep the calcium level of the pool water within a range of 200-450 in order to minimize the chance of damage to the expensive pebble sheen plaster included. I spoke to several resources early to determine what we could do and reverse osmosis service was described as the best option when/if needed. With RO, there is no need to complete empty and refill a which is good as most pools have the local water table pushing up on them. Pools need the weight of the water in them to keep from moving or being damaged. Yes, hydrostatic valves help also to reduce the risk when completely emptying....but they don't always work. Furthermore, water in San Diego is relatively expensive and it would be a major waste to just dump it out. Still, RO service isn't cheap and there isn't much competition to drive down pricing...Pool Services Tech is the only company I know of that does it in San Diego. I've spoken and emailed Bruce many times and he advised me to wait till the calcium levels reached at least 500. I've also heard of some pool owners being able to survive CH levels up to 1000. Our pool reached 500 in February and I'd rather have the work done before the start of the swimming season. It took about 2 weeks to schedule and get the RO service out to our home. Bruce showed up a few hours late, but I was OK with that. The truck and process is very well done and Bruce has obviously put a lot of thought in optimizing it all. There are 4 hoses, two to bring water back and from the pool, and the other two to get rid of any mineral/grime build up in the filter (especially salt) and to provide tap water to replace any water lost. The truck ran for about 17 hours all afternoon and overnight, finishing at about 7am. During this period, at least 5K gallons of tap water was used and the pool water dropped 4-5 inches. We had the pump completely off. Our pool chem levels were markedly different when the process finished. CH was down to ~100, and TA was cut in half. Salt was reduced from 3400 to 800 and PH went from 7.4 to 6.8. The new water was as advertised. However, the chem levels were not safe for prolonged use in the pool. I spent most of the morning and some of the afternoon replacing the good chemicals that had been lost and getting the CSI (calcium saturation index) to something that was no longer a threat to the plaster. It's been almost a week and the CSI is still not back in a perfectly safe range, but it is close enough now that I'm no longer worried. Our current CH level is ~130 and we may be able to go through two seasons before having to have the service performed again.

My pool chemistry was indicating that it was about time to change the water out in my pool. As a new pool owner (just bought a house with one) was looking at what the options were and found these guys that offer a unique service of actually running your pool water through a reverse osmosis filter. They arrived on time for both estimate and the day of filtration. They parked their truck out front and it can run without supervision, which is helpful as it took about 14 hours for the filtration.. the trailer shuts itself down automatically when it reaches a certain level. They came back the next day and got their truck. Now my levels are even better than if i had drained and refilled from San Diego tap water. While there's some water that has to be replenished (~15%), their truck integrates it from a hose connected to your house so the water level never drops, and the plaster never has to get exposed. Ok, enough about the technical side.. this small company of Bruce and Sal are also some of the friendliest guys you will meet and went above and beyond educating us about the pool and trying to accommodate our schedules. And I know they can trust them as they refer you to one of the online web pool DIY forums (trouble free pools), who's community is generally against pool companies for selling you all kinds of chemicals to cover up problems rather than treat root causes... if they are sending you there, then you know they are up front and honest. The only drawback is that it is indeed more expensive than draining/refilling your pool, but you're getting a better end product and way less hassle.