Solar Flare Pools LLC

Wonderful. The problem was solved!!

Pays tremendous attention to detail! Thorough! Follows Up! Communicates! Can get hold of if you need him, etc!!!

They were here probable three months ago.

Honest, reliable, punctual, and friendly...I highly recommend Mike. I'm a new pool person, and he was full of honest advice for getting my pool renovated. He's also very affordable and will try to help you out as best as possible. Finally...there's someone in the pool world that I feel like that has my back.

Mike is AMAZING!! He is punctual and is eager to do a great job. For this request, Mike was able to come and replace a bad pool light with extremely short notice. Work was done quickly and actually a day ahead of time.

Michael was very responsive and fixed a lot of things that were wrong with our pool. We are very happy with the results!

Our inground 18X36 pool was built in the 1960s. We have lived here 17 years, and we have had it remodeled twice during that time. The first time it was just a plaster recoating, then three years ago, we had it remodeled with a PebbleTek finish and added a salt system. To my memory, it has never held water very well. Rain and evaporation caused that to fluctuate, but I have always had to top it off every few days. I thought that's just what you did with a pool. But that caused the salt level to dilute, and forced us to add way more salt than I ever expected to. The last renovation addressed leaks as well, but it was never perfect. Our water bill has been as high as $200 over the regular household bill. I contacted Mike at Solar Flare due to the descriptions of his flexible fixes for previous customers. I sensed we didn't have a standard problem. Mike is very responsive, friendly and knowledgeable. He did a leak test ($300), then suggested that our problem was underground (the water levelled off about a foot below the tile line). We didn't want a costly excavation, so he suggested a temp-to-perm fix ($305) to bypass the below ground plumbing and rigged an above ground fix. It isn't pretty, but, if we keep it, we may build a rock/waterfall feature to disguise it. That solved half the problem, but the pool still was losing water. He came back to address water loss from the skimmer, and patched it ($250). For several weeks now, our water has held steady, and the rainfall keeps us topped off. Who knew?!! Mike has been very responsive and has taken excellent care of our problems.

I thought I had a bad auxiliary pump, but Mike did some troubleshooting and determined the pump was okay. He was able to solve the problem with a work-around. Thanks Mike.

Outstanding experience!! I don't normally write letters of recommendation, but my positive experience with Solar Flare Pools, compelled me to do so. The pool technician (Mike) arrived on-time and was professional, and extremely knowledgeable. We discussed how to turn my dirty "pond looking" gunite, back into a sparkling blue salt water pool. On the initial visit, Mike inspected the equipment for damage/broken parts, and the pool for leaks, while answering (in detail) my long list of questions. :) He even provided several cost saving options and recommendations. On the very next visit, Mike installed the new filter, salt system, and showed me how to operate the equipment. Thanks to Mike, I now have a stunning, sparkling blue salt water pool and I absolutely love it!! I had my first pool party this last weekend and it was a blast! It was a pleasure working with Mike and he exceeded my expectations in every manner. Everything he said would happen, did in fact happen. There were no surprises in the process or the costs, as he kept me fully informed every step along the way. He encouraged me to ask questions and bring any concerns, big or small, to him. He even followed up with me over the weekend (before my pool party) to be sure everything was working fine and to see if I had any more questions. :) His commitment to customer satisfaction, his concentrated focus on details, and his extreme perfectionism into the quality of workmanship that goes into his pools is unrivaled. He takes a tremendous amount of pride in his work. I HIGHLY recommend Mike and Solar Flare Pools and will continue to do business with them.

Mike was responsive and prompt. He is knowledgeable and resolves issues quickly.

We talked to several companies about our needs. Mike was chosen because of his knowledge, helpful suggestions, and his very friendly outgoing personality. He is very dependable. He returns your phone calls. He came when he said he would, and did what we asked for. He is coming back to replace our old timer that is broken. The system is running perfectly now, and the pool looks great.

All the equipment (pump, cleaner, heater) is now fully operational. We appreciate Mike's promptness and expertise. Our pool and equipment are working better than ever.

He was excellent and he did an awesome. He said everything was fine and I sked him for a written report and he gave me a detailed report. He paid attention to details.

Mike was very punctual and did great work at a reasonable price. He had me up and running in no time! I would strongly recommend Solar Flare Pools!

Mike got back to me immediately upon calling. He came out and looked at our pool and noticed immediately that there was some leaking around our pool motor. He replaced it with a pump that he purchased, and picked up. He also gave me the option of ordering my own. He is a very friendly, service-oriented, knowledgeable professional! We will definitely call him again with any pool needs.

Mike came out and quickly found the problem using a very sensitive microphone and a colored dye. The leak was at a crack which I had earlier repaired with epoxy, but, Mike found it was still leaking in that area. I never would have found the leak. I have owned my pool for 14 years and have many pool professionals come and do various things. Mike is, by far, the most professional and knowledgeable person I have ever met regarding all types of pool issues. I plan on continuing to use Mike for any future problem with my pool.

Michael was very professional and he did an excellent job. He gave us great recommendations for the care and maintenance of our spa. He was extremely willing to share knowledge with us and went above and beyond helping us getting everything running. He has followed up with us to make sure things are going well. I HIGHLY recommend Solar Flare Pools.

The pool looks better than at any time in the last few years - the water is crystal clear. He was on time and professional. He offered good advise on pool maintenance and gave me options on maintaining the pool going forward.

After having a terrible experience with another pool company, I looked up pool companies on Angie's list. Mike had tons of positive reviews from customers. I called him and explained our situation and though he explained how busy he was he said he would try his best to get out to us and take a look. True to his word Mike showed up the day I called, took a look at our pool and said he could get it good to go. He came by today and replaced the salt cell, added chemicals and will come by tomorrow to clean and inspect the new cell. I couldn't be more pleased.

He did a great job, answered lots of questions I had regarding general pool maintenance, and was a pleasure to do business with. I highly recommend Solar Flare Pools!!!

brilliantly. Mike was honest and dependable. When I could fix things easily on my own he told me. When I thought our Polaris was broken, and had been told it had to be replaced by another service, Mike made a simple fix that saved us a ton of money. He sent detailed invoices and estimates so you could comparison shop and was always straight about what things cost. and he gave you different options based on budget, which we appreciated. Very professional, excellent follow through, fair prices, utterly honest. A real find. Pool looks great for the first time in three years (and four pool companies.) And he taught my kids how to recognize a copperhead!

Not well. As stated above they were a week late showing up. I was getting the heavy press doom & gloom to go for the acid wash treatment. Was told the water quality may prevent me from swimming in my pool for up to a month. That I would need to brush twice per day and even with all that brushing it may not work and then my only option would be to drain & acid wash for $800. BTW - the water tested fine on May 9th. and I swam in in May 11th. There is no way I would have spent $250 on changing a light bulb knowing it may not work and that I may need to spend "up to a 1000" on a new light. One would think there would be a way to test if it was the light bulb or the light before prescribing a solution.

I can't say enough about Mike. I had an air leak in my system and he was the only technician out of 4 who correctly diagnosed and solved the issue. This pool that we inherited from previous owners had an antiquated cartridge filter system which is constantly clogged due to all the pollen in this area. After running for 3-4 hours, the pump can no longer get full prime, which is what caused bubbles in the return. Mike recommended a new sand filter. This is an extremely busy time of year for pool people, but when I told Mike we are expecting guests this weekend, he scheduled us for Friday night, and said he may be working until midnight but he would get it done. He ended up coming in the afternoon and was done within two hours. He installed the new filter, vacuumed and shocked the pool for a very reasonable price and gave me lots of great advice to ensure the pool stays crystal clear. It was extremely frustrating dealing with companies who could not understand the problem and in one case did not show up at all. I am glad I turned to Angie's List and now I have one pool company that I know I can trust for any future work we may require. You will not find a more knowledgeable or harder working pool guy than Mike.

Easy. Great job and appreciate the ease in payment and communication

Mike is great to work with! Knowledgeable and personable. I highly recommend him for all pool work. He's a Pro.