Pool service or do it yourself?
A regular pool service in Australia is typically $100–$300 a month, and $150–$300 a month for weekly service in the US. Here is what the same year costs if you test and dose the water yourself.
How to read it
- A service is worth it if your time is worth more to you than the amount per hour above, or if you simply would rather not deal with it.
- A service also brushes, vacuums and checks the equipment. Doing it yourself means 15–20 minutes a couple of times a week, plus a robot cleaner if you want the floor done for you.
- The most expensive DIY mistake is a green pool. A green-pool recovery in Australia is about $300–$800. Testing twice a week and keeping chlorine matched to your stabiliser is what prevents it.
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Doing it yourself? Make it easy
Lido Pool turns each test into the exact doses for the products you own, in the right order, and tells you when you can swim.
