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Originally Posted by villagetinker
OP, what do you consider very expensive, I believe the pool service I use for our spa charges around $120/month for a pool, the spa is $60 a month.
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Our pool used to be $120 per month but it has steadily gone up over the last couple years. Most services now charge between $150 - $160. Their cost for labor and fuel has gone up, but their biggest price increase is the cost of chlorine tablets for a non salt water pool and stabilizer for a salt water pool. By far the largest domestic producer of chlorine and stabilizer was a plant in Texas that burned down. Most of the remaining supply of those products comes from, you guessed it, China. If we were full timers I would definitely do the service myself, it’s not rocket science. Unfortunately, being a part timer, we have to hire a service company or our pool would quickly become a swamp during the hotter months.