You watch your automatic pool cleaner travel across the bottom of the pool. It moves around, climbs partway up a wall and appears to be working. But when you look closely, the dirt is still there. Fine desert dust remains along the floor. Debris collects near the steps. Some areas look exactly the same after […]

You walk outside and notice a steady stream of bubbles coming from the pool return jets in your backyard. At first, it doesn’t seem like a big problem. The pump is running, water is circulating and the pool looks relatively normal. But the bubbles keep coming. Persistent bubbles from pool return jets often mean air […]

You walk past the pool equipment and notice something doesn’t look right. The pump basket isn’t completely full of water. You can see air swirling under the clear lid. Maybe bubbles are coming from the pool returns. Or every morning when the system starts, the pump struggles for a while before water begins moving normally. […]

You filled the pool a few days ago. Now the water level is down again. In Lake Havasu City, some water loss is expected. Hot temperatures, dry air, direct sun, wind, and an uncovered pool can all contribute to evaporation. But there’s a point where repeatedly adding water stops looking normal and starts raising another […]

A pool cover sounds like an easy decision in Lake Havasu. Less evaporation. Less debris. Cover the water and solve a couple of problems at once. Sometimes, yes. But a cover also changes how you use the pool, affects water temperature, adds another maintenance task, and may be more trouble than it’s worth for some […]

The pool draining question comes up every spring in Arizona, and the honest answer is that draining a pool before summer in Arizona is the wrong move for most pool owners, sometimes the right move for specific situations, and occasionally unavoidable. Understanding which category applies to a specific pool requires knowing what draining actually does […]

Clear water and slimy walls are not the same problem, and treating them as if they are is why the sliminess keeps coming back despite what looks like adequate pool maintenance. The pool that tests fine on pH and chlorine, that looks clean from the deck, that doesn’t have any visible algae or cloudiness, can […]

The water bill question Lake Havasu pool owners ask most consistently isn’t about chemicals or service cost. It’s about where the water goes. The short answer, evaporation. A pool that needs topping off every few days, that seems to be losing water faster than any visible leak would explain, and that runs the fill line […]

The pool features and upgrade question before a home sale in Arizona is one where the honest answer and the instinctive answer often point in different directions. The instinctive answer is that more features equal more value. The honest answer is that some features add value in ways the market consistently rewards and others add […]