What a weekly pool should cost the customer.
A route stop is time at the pool, time getting to it, and what goes in the water. Put in yours and see the price per visit and the flat monthly rate it adds up to.
Set the weekly stop as a repeat series on Redline's calendar, and on Solo invoice the month by chat with a card pay link.
Try Redline freeHow the math works
Add the minutes at the pool to the average drive from the last stop, divide by 60 and multiply by your hourly rate. Add what you put in the water on a normal week. That's the visit price.
Multiply by visits per month for a flat monthly rate. For weekly service, 4.33 visits a month (52 weeks over 12 months) means the monthly price already covers the months with five service days.
The drive is the number people leave out, and on a spread-out route it can be a third of the hour. Tightening the route lowers your cost per stop without touching the price.
Worked example
Ten minutes of drive per stop, an example rate of $60 an hour, $8 of chemicals a visit, weekly:
| Pool | Minutes on site | Labor and drive | Per visit | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small, screened, low debris | 20 | $30.00 | $38.00 | $164.54 |
| Average backyard pool | 30 | $40.00 | $48.00 | $207.84 |
| Large pool with spa, trees overhead | 45 | $55.00 | $63.00 | $272.79 |
Times, rate and chemical cost are examples, not market prices. Use your own route numbers.
What to watch for
- Chemical use swings with the season, the sun and the bather load. If you include chemicals in a flat price, base it on a typical month, not your best one.
- Green-to-clean recoveries, filter cleans, openings and closings are separate jobs. Price them on their own rather than averaging them into the weekly rate.
- Parts and equipment repairs go on their own invoice line, at your markup. The materials markup calculator helps there.
- Trees over the pool and spas add real minutes. Time those stops and price them as the large pools they are.
- Keep your chemical readings and a photo from each visit. When a customer says you didn't come, that's your answer.
Questions contractors ask
Should chemicals be included or billed separately?
Either works. Included makes a clean flat monthly price. Billed separately protects you on heavy months. If you include them, this calculator shows how much of the price they take.
How do I cut the drive time number?
Keep pools in the same town on the same day. Redline's scheduling assistant does this when it suggests times: it groups by town name. It doesn't use maps or drive times, so it won't order the stops on a street-by-street route.
How does Redline fit a pool route?
Each customer's weekly stop is a repeat series on the calendar, set with the repeat control. Memory saves each pool's monthly rate when you mention it. Gate codes and equipment notes go on the contact, and photos can be attached to the job. On Solo ($29 a month) you invoice the month by chat with a card pay link, and unpaid invoices get flagged to you at day 3, 7 and 14. On Team and up, techs see their stops in the tech app but never see prices.
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Keep reading
- Pool service softwareWeekly pools on repeat, sick-day routes covered and chemicals billed on top.
- Recurring jobs and repeat presetsBook a whole season of visits in one save, and reuse the cadence as a preset.
- Scheduling and calendarAsk for a time, get the 3 best open slots. Optimize tightens the week.
- Trip charge calculatorSet a service call fee from round-trip miles, drive time and your own costs.