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Portrait of the founder of APlus-Pools standing beside a pool at golden hour, holding a water test kit

OUR STORY

We started with one truck and a test kit.

18 years later the truck is newer and the kit is digital. The way we treat your water hasn't changed at all.

THE TIMELINE

Every year, the same promise.

A route built one referral at a time — no billboards, no gimmicks, just water people can see from the street.

  1. 2008

    One truck, one test kit

    Our founder leaves a pool-route job that treated water like an afterthought, buys a used truck, and knocks on doors with a Taylor kit and a promise: test everything, every time.

  2. 2011

    The first hundred pools

    Word travels street by street. The route fills purely on referrals — neighbors comparing water over the fence is still our best marketing channel.

  3. 2016

    From routes to builds

    Clients keep asking who should build their pool. The honest answer becomes us. First in-ground install: finished on schedule, photographed weekly, still serviced by us today.

  4. 2020

    Certified and insured, properly

    CPO® certification for every technician, full liability coverage, and a rule we still keep: nobody touches your water alone until they've run a route beside a senior tech for a full season.

  5. Today

    2,400 pools and counting

    18 years in, the test kit is digital and the truck is newer. The promise hasn't changed: show up, test everything, leave it better.

THE CREW

The people who'll know your pool by name.

Small team, long tenures, no revolving door of strangers at your gate.

Portrait of Ray Delacroix, Founder & Master Technician at APlus-Pools

Ray Delacroix

Founder & Master Technician

Still personally tests the first pool of every new route. Old habits.

Portrait of Miguel Ortega, Senior Service Technician at APlus-Pools

Miguel Ortega

Senior Service Technician

Keeps 60 pools blue and has strong opinions about pH.

Portrait of Dana Whitfield, Installations Lead at APlus-Pools

Dana Whitfield

Installations Lead

Has never missed a weekly photo update. Not once. Ask her about it.

CREDENTIALS

Licensed, certified, and boring about paperwork.

Insurance certificates and license numbers available on request — we'll email them before you even ask twice.

  • Licensed · [LICENSE #]
  • Certified · [STATE LICENSE]
  • CPO® Certified Technicians
  • PHTA Member
  • Fully insured · liability & workers' comp

HOW WE WORK

Three rules. No fine print.

01Show up.

Same day, same window, same tech. If we're running late, you hear it from us first — with a photo of where we are.

02Test everything.

Seven-parameter chemistry, logged every visit. We don't eyeball water, and we don't guess doses.

03Leave it better.

Gate latched, deck rinsed, equipment checked. The small things are the job, not a bonus.

Looking down the length of a still in-ground pool at dusk with glowing underwater lights

Come see what careful looks like.