Free printable
Weekly Pool Maintenance Checklist
The weekly and monthly jobs that keep a pool clear, with a column to tick for each week of the month. Use it on screen or print it, whether you look after your own pool or a whole route.
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Weekly Pool Maintenance Checklist
Every week
- Skim the surface and empty the skimmer baskets
- Empty the pump strainer basket
- Brush the walls, steps and tile line
- Vacuum the floor, or check the robot or automatic cleaner
- Test free chlorine and pH
- Adjust chlorine and pH if they are out of range
- Check the water level is at the middle of the skimmer opening
- Check filter pressure against the clean reading
- Check the chlorinator or salt cell is producing chlorine
- Look over the equipment for leaks, drips or new noises
Every month
- Test total alkalinity, calcium hardness and cyanuric acid
- Test salt (salt pools)
- Clean the filter or backwash if pressure is 8–10 psi above clean
- Inspect the salt cell for scale
- Check lid o-rings and lubricate them with a pool lubricant
- Check the timer or automation schedule
Between visits
For the homeowner, or for a tech checking in on a pool another day.
- Look at the water clarity and colour
- Clear the skimmer basket after wind or storms
- Make sure the pump runs its daily schedule
- Keep the deck and cover clear of leaves and debris
Every week
What a Weekly Visit Covers
A weekly visit has three jobs in a fixed order: take the debris out, test the water, and then correct it. Skimming and emptying the skimmer and pump baskets keep the water flowing through the filter, and a clogged pump basket is a common reason for a pump to run hot or lose its prime. Brushing comes before vacuuming, because brushing lifts what is stuck to the walls and floor and the vacuum or filter then takes it out.
Testing after cleaning gives a truer reading of free chlorine and pH, which are the two readings that move from week to week. The pool chemical calculator turns those readings into doses, and the pool log sheet keeps the record. Last of all, a minute with the equipment catches the slow problems: a filter whose pressure keeps creeping up, a drip at a union, or a pump that has started to sound different.
Weekly, monthly, in between
Splitting the Work Across the Month
Some jobs only need doing monthly. Total alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid and salt change slowly, so testing them once a month is enough to catch a trend. The filter is cleaned when its pressure reaches 8 to 10 psi above the clean reading, and the salt cell is inspected for white scale, which builds faster in hard water and hot weather.
The between-visits section is for whoever is at the pool on the other days. For a homeowner with a weekly service, that means glancing at the water, clearing the skimmer after a storm and making sure the pump runs its schedule. Those small checks are what stop a pool turning green in the four days between visits.
When to do more
Weeks That Need More Than the Checklist
A heat wave, a big storm or a weekend of heavy swimming can use up a week's chlorine in a day or two. After any of them, test free chlorine and pH again rather than waiting for the next visit. Rain dilutes the water and washes in debris and phosphates, and heavy use adds the contaminants that show up as combined chlorine.
If the water turns cloudy or green despite the routine, the checklist is no longer enough. The pool shock calculator sizes a shock for the pool's stabilizer level, and our guide to fixing a green pool walks through the clean-up step by step.
For pool service companies
Keep these records without the clipboard
A paper log works until somebody else needs to read it. In Pool Runs the technician logs readings and works through the service checklist on their phone at the pool, and each visit lands in the customer's service history and report without anyone typing it up later.
- Readings, doses and checklists saved against each pool, with the saturation index for every visit
- A mobile app that works offline in a backyard with no signal
- Chemicals and parts tracked on every truck and in the shop
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Free for 30 days, month to month, with white-glove onboarding to move your customers in.
Questions
Weekly Pool Maintenance Checklist FAQ
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