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The walk-around
Open the app at poolside. It tells you what to look at and what to listen for, in plain English. You walk. You tap. You move on.
For homeowners with backyards
FEATURE / PRACTICAL HOMEOWNERSHIP
A 10-minute backyard ritual that pays for itself the first time you use it — and quietly transfers the pricing power back to the person writing the check.
Pool ownership has a math problem. The water keeps moving. The equipment keeps wearing. And every six months — sometimes more often — something breaks, and a stranger in a logo-ed shirt shows up to tell you what it’ll cost. The number is almost always larger than it should be. You almost always pay it anyway. The reason is simple: you have no other number to compare it to.
PoolPilot is a small piece of software that fixes that math problem. It is, in its plainest description, a guided checklist that walks you through your pool the way a good service tech would — eight categories, one camera, no expertise required. At the end you have a clean PDF and, for each issue you flagged, a real-world price range. That second piece is the whole point.
By the Numbers
10
minutes per inspection
8
categories covered, end to end
$2,400
average savings, first repair quote
$0
what it costs you, ever
“The contractor didn’t even argue. He looked at the report, sighed, and gave me the right price.”
— Sarah K., Tampa · PoolPilot user since March
Photo Essay
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Open the app at poolside. It tells you what to look at and what to listen for, in plain English. You walk. You tap. You move on.
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Each step asks for a photo — the skimmer basket, the pump housing, the deck joints. Every issue you flag gets visual proof attached.
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Finish, and a PDF lands in your inbox. Categories. Findings. Photos. Price ranges. Send it to anyone who quotes you.
The Recipe
Serves: one anxious homeowner. Yields: one calm one.
You will need
Method
Best served before calling any pool contractor.
There is something quietly radical about a homeowner walking into a quote with a clipboard. Not because the clipboard does anything magical — it is, after all, just a list — but because the asymmetry of information that has defined home maintenance since approximately forever has, for the duration of that conversation, evened out. The contractor knows you know. The price comes back closer to honest.
That is the whole pitch. Take ten minutes. Get the report. Get on with your life.
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