Free pool tools

Questions we get asked

Are these tools really free?

They are, and none of them hides a number behind an email address. Every figure computes as you type. The volume calculator offers to email you a copy of your results at the end, which is optional and is the only place we ever ask for an address.

Which tool should I start with?

The volume calculator, if you don’t already know how many gallons your pool holds. Just about every other number about a pool comes from that one: how long the pump runs, how much of anything to add, and what a repair or a resurface runs you.

Are these figures specific to North Texas?

The arithmetic is universal, but a good many of the assumptions are local, and that’s on purpose. Evaporation rates, chemical demand through a Texas summer, how long equipment lasts in our heat, and the fact that draining a pool isn’t a safe move in Collin County clay are all baked in. If you’re somewhere milder, expect the water and chemical lines to come down.

We’re moving to DFW and the house has a pool. Where do we start?

Start with the cost of ownership calculator. It prices all five lines, including the ones no listing ever mentions, and it’ll tell you straight what a pool costs before you 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.