Handiwork for Pool Service
Handiwork helps pool service businesses quote openings, closings and repairs, schedule every stop, and get paid online. Each property keeps its equipment history and access details on the account, so the service doesn't depend on which tech is driving that day. Weekly route automation and water chemistry logs are on our roadmap. Today Handiwork covers quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payment.
What Makes a Pool Route Hard to Run
Weekly routes kept on a paper clipboard or a spreadsheet rebuilt every Monday
Chlorine, pH and alkalinity readings scribbled in a notebook, or never logged at all
Two frantic weeks every spring and fall trying to get every pool opened or closed before the weather turns
Invoicing regulars at the end of the month, then chasing checks for weeks
Equipment quirks, like a temperamental pump or a filter that takes a different cartridge than the one on the truck, with nowhere to write them down
What Pool Techs Can Use Today
Quoting, scheduling, invoicing and payment are live now.
Planned for Pool Routes
Recurring visits come first. None of these has a ship date.
Your Route Doesn’t Take a Day Off
Pool service means leaving early and hitting a dozen or two dozen backyards a day on a route that repeats: this pool every Monday, that one every Thursday. Rebuilding that route sheet by hand every week eats the time the route should save. And when a customer calls to ask whether you came by today, the answer should be better than a guess.
Quoting and Getting Paid
Openings, closings, filter cleans and equipment repairs all start with an estimate you send from your phone. The customer opens it on theirs, so you don’t need to swing back with a clipboard for a signature. Mark it approved when they agree, and the job is created and ready for the calendar. When the work’s done, invoice straight from the job with your line items filled in, and send a link the customer can pay by card or bank transfer. Nobody waits around to see whether a check shows up.
Every Pool Has Its Quirks
The pump that’s always been temperamental. The filter that takes a different cartridge than the one on your truck. In-ground or above-ground. A private backyard, or a community pool where the HOA office has to let you in before you can reach the equipment pad. A pool that was winterized last fall and needs the right startup sequence in spring. Each property’s profile keeps notes and job history, so that setup stays with the account and not only with the tech who’s serviced it the longest.
The Two Weeks That Make Your Season
Every spring you race to open every pool before the heat, and every fall you race the other way before the first freeze, on top of the regular weekly stops. Build that surge on the calendar day by day. Customers get an email when they’re booked and a reminder before you arrive, so “we forgot you were coming” doesn’t happen during your busiest two weeks of the year.
Built Today, Coming Next
Handiwork runs the parts of a pool business that don’t change with the season: estimates, scheduling, invoicing, online payments and customer records. It doesn’t treat your weekly route as a route yet. Each visit is booked on its own, and there’s no “repeat every Monday” button. Recurring service agreements, route optimization and water chemistry logs for chlorine and pH are on our roadmap, along with an installed app. For now it runs in your phone’s browser.
Works From the Truck
You didn’t get into pool service to sit at a desk. Handiwork runs in your phone’s browser, so you can quote, check the day’s stops or send an invoice from the driver’s seat.
How Many Pools Are on Your Route?
Tell us the size of your route and how you bill it. We'll tell you where Handiwork fits today and where it doesn't yet.
Handiwork for Other Trades
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