Water goes cloudy every weekend
Bather load outrunning the circulation or the chemical feed. It is a capacity and turnover problem rather than a chemistry mistake, and adding chemicals by hand does not fix it.
Specialist SystemsPriced as an emergency callout3,712 businesses licensed for it
Pool and spa service
A commercial pool or spa at a motel, gym or apartment building is a regulated water system, and a health inspector can close it the same day. Work covers circulation pumps and filters, heaters, chemical controllers and feeders, water balance and clarity, drain covers and safety equipment, and the recordkeeping that goes with a public pool. Cloudy water is a closure risk rather than an appearance problem, because a bottom that cannot be seen fails inspection.
Enter your ZIP to see the businesses listed for this trade nearest to your site, with their phone numbers.
- Free to searchno account, nothing to submit
- Public registersevery listing names its source
- License numberswhere the state publishes one
- Directyou call the business yourself
- Our estimate
- $220-$8,000
- Time on site
- 1.5-12 hrs
- Fault patterns covered
- 2
- Businesses listed
- 3,712
What pool and spa service costs
Most of these jobs land near $620. The full spread runs $220 to $8,000, and the gap between those two ends is diagnosis against replacement rather than one business being dearer than another.
What moves it: how much of the job is parts, whether the fault is found in the first hour or the third, access to the equipment, and the hour of the day you call. We never speak to the businesses listed here, so there is no rate card behind any of this. It is our own band for the category, and there is no regional index: the figure does not change with your metro.
| How soon you need it | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled visitBooked in advance, no urgency multiplier applied | $620 | $220 to $8,000 |
| Same dayOur band multiplied by 1.12 | $695 | $245 to $8,960 |
| Emergency calloutOur band multiplied by 1.35 | $835 | $295 to $10,800 |
Our estimate from national cost bands, not a quote from any business. Every row is the same band with the urgency multiplier the site applies everywhere else, so this table can never contradict the headline number. Ask for a written price before the work starts.
Who is licensed to do this work
In California the classification that squarely covers this is C-53 swimming pool or D-35 pool and spa maintenance, and the register says who holds it. Every listing on this site shows the classification, the license number and the date we read it, with a link back to the register entry so you can check it against the state rather than against us.
One thing worth being plain about: CSLB classifications do not distinguish commercial work from residential. There is no separate commercial license to hold and no register field that would prove one. That is why this page describes the equipment rather than the contractor, and why nothing here says a business has been checked out. We read a public record on a stated date. That is the whole claim.
If it is down right now
Everything below is about our mechanism. We hold no hours for any business on this site, have never contacted one, and cannot tell you who is awake, so none of this is a promise that somebody answers.
- Enter the ZIP of your premises. We measure from that ZIP to the address each business filed with its licensing authority and keep everything inside 25 miles.
- The order is distance, nearest first. Nobody buys a position in it and there is nothing here to sell.
- If fewer than three businesses clear the filters, the ring steps out toward 75 miles and the page tells you it widened. The distances you then see are the real ones.
- Each listing carries the phone number the register publishes. You call it yourself. We have no phone line, take no fee and pass nothing on.
- Our band for an emergency callout is the category band multiplied by 1.35. That multiplier is ours and describes our estimate, not a rate anybody has quoted.
Before you pay for a callout
Two minutes of checks that sometimes end the problem
We would rather you did not need a callout at all. These are the checks that end the most calls for this fault.
Try a quick fix first
Some issues resolve without a truck roll. Two minutes now can save the callout.
- 1
Close the pool if the bottom is not clearly visible. That is the standard an inspector applies and swimming in it is a genuine safety risk, not just a code one.
- 2
Check the chemical feed containers before assuming the controller failed. An empty drum is the most common cause of water going out of balance.
- 3
Keep the daily test log up to date. It is a requirement for a public pool and it is the first thing an inspector asks to see.
- 4
Note whether the pump is silent, noisy or running hot. Silent is electrical, noisy is bearings or an air leak, and each brings different parts.
What the visit actually includes
- Circulation and flow diagnosis across pump and filter
- Pump, motor, seal or filter repair
- Heater diagnosis and repair
- Chemical controller calibration and feeder check
- Water balance correction with readings recorded
Diagnosis
How pool and spa faults usually present
Written from how these faults actually present on a working premises, not from a manual.
Pump loses prime overnight
An air leak on the suction side, usually a lid seal or a valve. Cheap, and it burns out the pump if it keeps running dry.
Listed for this trade
Businesses listed for pool and spa
Read from public license registers, so there is no ranking here and no distance: this page has no location to measure from. Enter your ZIP to sort by who is nearest to your site.
By location
Pool and spa service near you
Local pages show which businesses are listed for that metro, how far out they sit, and the local conditions that drive demand.
Counted from the businesses we have imported for each metro center inside a 25 mile radius, and counting only those whose own license classification names this trade. General contractors licensed widely enough to take it on and subcontract it are excluded here, and still appear in a search. A metro reads “none yet” until we load a register that covers this trade there.
All coverage areasQuestions owners ask
Pool and spa FAQs
Short, specific answers. If yours is not here, ask the business you call before you agree to the visit.
What license covers commercial pool work?
C-53 swimming pool in California, and D-35 pool and spa maintenance for service work. Both are shown on the listings here where a business holds them.
How often does a commercial pool need servicing?
Daily testing by your own staff and a regular professional service visit. Your county health department sets the testing and record requirements for a public pool, and the interval is not negotiable.
Are the drain covers really a compliance item?
Yes, and it is one of the few with federal weight behind it. Compliant, in-date drain covers are checked at inspection and replacing them is not expensive.
Related work
Often booked in the same visit
Batching jobs into one mobilization is the cheapest way to buy this kind of work.
Fire suppressionKitchen hood systems, sprinklers, extinguishers, annual certification and tags.from $180ElevatorStuck cars, doors that will not close, out-of-service lifts and annual certification.from $400Pest controlRodents, roaches, flies, exclusion work and the report a health inspector asks for.from $150SolarProduction drops, inverter faults, monitoring alerts, roof penetrations and cleaning.from $260
Specialist Systems
Everything else in specialist systems
Read next
How to check a California contractor license before you hire
Three minutes on the state's own lookup, what the result does and does not prove, and the two questions to ask on the phone.
7 min read
Walk-in cooler not getting cold: what to check first
Five checks that take ten minutes, plus the three readings a refrigeration tech needs before loading the truck.
7 min read
The two rooftop HVAC visits a year that pay for themselves
A spring cooling check and a fall heating check cost $340 to $700, and they are what stand between you and a $9,000 unit replacement.
6 min read
Ready when you are
Need pool and spa sorted?
Search your ZIP to see the businesses listed for this trade nearest to your site, with the license numbers and phone numbers we hold, then call them yourself.
- Cost to search
- Free
- Account needed
- None
- Who you call
- The business