Pool calculators that answer before they ask
Every one of these is free, works as you type, and shows its reasoning. They are the same arithmetic we run on customers’ pools every week, which is the only real reason to trust a number on a pool company’s website.
What does a pool really cost to own here?
All five lines, not just the service rate: electricity, water, chemicals, filter cleaning, and the replacement reserve nobody puts on a quote. Prices your pool both ways, doing it yourself and having it done.
Price my poolHow long should the pump run, and what is that costing?
Turns your pool's volume and your pump into a run schedule and a monthly electricity figure, then shows what a variable-speed pump would save and how long it would take to pay for itself.
Work out my run timeWhat do I add, how much, and in what order?
Enter what your test kit read and get an ordered correction plan with real doses for your volume. Alkalinity before pH, sanitizer last, and never two things that should not meet.
Balance my waterIs my pool leaking, or is that just a Texas summer?
The bucket test, done properly. Two measurements 24 hours apart tell you whether the water is going somewhere it should not, and what it is costing you a month if it is.
Run the bucket testHow many gallons is my pool?
Measure three things and get your volume, the surface area, and what one adjustment costs at that size. Every other calculator here starts with this number.
Measure my poolNew to North Texas
Buying a house here with a pool in the photos?
A pool behaves differently here from almost anywhere people move from, and the differences all cost money. Our summers evaporate about half an inch a day off the surface, so water is a real line on the bill rather than a rounding error. Sun and warm water together mean chemical demand roughly doubles between February and August. And the expansive clay this county is built on makes draining a pool a structural risk rather than a reset, which changes how hard water is dealt with.
None of that is a reason not to buy the house. It is a reason to know the number before you are surprised by it.
Questions we get asked
- Are these calculators really free?
- Yes, and none of them puts a number behind an email address. Every figure computes as you type. The volume calculator will offer to email you a copy of your results at the end, which is optional and is the only place an address is ever asked for.
- Which calculator should I start with?
- The volume calculator, if you do not already know how many gallons your pool holds. Almost every other number about a pool is derived from that one: how long the pump runs, how much of anything to add, and what a repair or a resurface will cost.
- Are these figures specific to North Texas?
- The arithmetic is universal but several of the assumptions are local, and deliberately so. Evaporation rates, chemical demand through a Texas summer, equipment service lives in our heat, and the fact that draining a pool is not a safe option in Collin County clay are all built in. If you are somewhere milder, expect the water and chemical lines to come down.
- We are moving to the DFW area and the house has a pool. Where do we start?
- The cost of ownership calculator. It prices all five lines, including the ones no listing mentions, and it will tell you honestly what a pool costs before you have to find out month by month. Then the volume calculator, so you have the one number every technician and every product label is going to ask you for.
Would you rather somebody else did the arithmetic?
Weekly service means the water gets tested and dosed against these numbers every visit, and you get a photo report showing exactly what was read and what was added. Published pricing, no contracts, and Austin handles every job personally.