Callahan Roach believes it brought flat-rate pricing to the pool and spa industry in 2000. Steven Dupuis, senior account manager for the flat-rate implementation company, started working with Callahan just three years later. Today, he traces his employer’s original muse back 102 years, to one of the world’s most iconic brands. “Flat rate is nothing…
Consider the lowly filter cartridge. If you’ve been in the industry for awhile, you know that in the last few years, filters have gotten more than their share of buzz. For a filter to have any buzz is abnormal, but the folks at Pleatco think filters are anything but lowly. They’ve made it their mission…
When you live near the ocean, it’s always in the back of your mind that you could see “the big one,” or the storm to end all storms. But after a few false alarms and storms that seem bad at the time, you build up a resilience and resistance to news of something heading your…
Sometimes, life gets in the way. Things change and you have to adapt. Growth happens and you have to make room. • Sometimes, you need to sell some of your pool routes. • Whether motivated by retirement, a shift in your business focus or an unexpected illness, there may come a time when you’ll need…
Let’s talk physics, shall we? • The affinity laws tell us a whole bunch about motors, pumps and fans. If you didn’t adore science class, you likely found them in textbooks flanked by daunting terminology like “nominal speed,” “shaft power” and “volumetric flow rate.” But even with poor marks in high school physics, if you…
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to grow your market share, purchasing a service route from another pool business can be a relatively quick way to bolster your customer base — and there are several benefits to acquiring an established service route. The Investment If you have the desire to purchase a pool route,…
Poolcorp hasn’t just invested in itself. Fifteen years ago, the company decided to be proactive in helping the industry and its customers thrive: It evaluated what its customers needed to succeed and put programs in place to help them achieve those things.