A weekly stop and a green-pool rescue are not the same job.
Route pricing is the whole business — a solo pool tech's real leverage is stop density, not any single ticket, so a weekly visit has to be priced in minutes, not a rounded-up hour. Price every routine stop like a full-hour service call and the number looks absurd next to what customers actually pay for weekly service; price a green-pool recovery like a routine stop and you're subsidizing a multi-day chemical war out of that one account's entire monthly margin. A book that keeps recurring visits in quarter-hour tiers and green-pool recovery in its own graduated category prices the job you're actually looking at.
Pool maintenance rarely gets its own line item in flat-rate pricing software — most of it is built for HVAC, plumbing, and electrical, with everything else an afterthought. ServiceTitan's version sits behind a sales demo at roughly $245+ per tech monthly. Profit Rhino undercuts that on price, $39–59 a tech monthly, but its Pro tier tacks on a separate $1,499 "Success Coaching & Implementation" package. Both assume a company running several rigs on a route, not one truck and one net.
ServiceTitan price book · servicetitan.com/features/pro/pricebook · Profit Rhino pricing as of July 2026 · profitrhino.com/pricing/smartprice
The 110 pool maintenance templates in QuoteIron don't hand you a "market price" for a weekly stop and ask you to trust it. Each one carries a typical labor-hour range and a mid-grade chemical or parts cost, structure only. Your rate and markup do the actual pricing, and you can override any single row without rebuilding the book.
The book, one row at a time.
This is what a flat-rate price book for pool maintenance actually looks like — a row per job, typical hours, what's included, and a price. These nine come straight from the QuoteIron pool maintenance catalog, from the weekly route to the big equipment calls.
These prices are examples. Every row below is priced at a sample rate of $95/hr labor + 30% materials markup, rounded to $5 — the book-builder's defaults, not market rates. In the builder you set your own three numbers and every row reprices in one second. Some folks call it pool service flat rate pricing; others want a pool maintenance price list template. Same thing — a book of firm prices, built off your own numbers, that you own outright.
| Job (what a book row looks like) | Typical hours | Parts (mid-grade) | Example price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly pool service — per visit, up to 15,000 galSkim, net, brush, empty baskets, and test and balance chemistry on a standard weekly route stop; chemicals included in price. | 0.25 h | $8 | $35 |
| Shock treatment, standard chlorine (cal-hypo or dichlor)Superchlorinate the pool to burn off chloramines and combined chlorine; swim-wait applies per label. | 0.25 h | $11 | $40 |
| Manual vacuum, whole pool (no robotic cleaner)Vacuum the full pool floor by hand on a pole and hose when there is no robot or the robot cannot keep up. | 0.75 h | $2 | $75 |
| Green pool recovery, lightShock, brush, and run the filter continuously to clear a recently neglected pool that is still see-through at the steps. | 2 h | $38 | $240 |
| Spring pool opening, standardRemove and store the cover, clean off winter debris, restart equipment, and balance water for the season. | 2 h | $27 | $230 |
| Single-speed pump replacement, complete, 1.5 HPRemove the failed pump and install a new mid-grade 1.5 HP single-speed pump with new unions. | 1.75 h | $849 | $1,270 |
| Salt chlorine generator cell replacementReplace a worn-out or non-producing salt cell rated for a typical residential pool. | 1 h | $620 | $905 |
| Electronic/pressure leak detection, pool and equipment padPressure-test pad plumbing and use electronic listening equipment to isolate a suspected leak. | 2 h | $40 | $245 |
| VGB-compliant main drain cover replacement, pairReplace both main drain covers with current VGB/ANSI-APSP-16 anti-entrapment covers rated for the pool's flow. | 1 h | $85 | $210 |
| Weekly hot tub service — per visit, standalone (no pool)Test and balance a standalone hot tub, skim it, check the jets, and rinse the filter. For a hot-tub-only customer, no pool involved. | 0.25 h | $3 | $30 |
Templates carry structure — typical hours and mid-grade parts cost. Your rate and markup do the pricing; every number is editable in the builder and the app.
Three numbers.
Your whole book prices itself.
Pick the trade
Open the builder and tap Pool Maintenance. You get the real jobs — weekly and bi-weekly route visits, chemistry treatments, green-pool recovery, openings and closings, pumps and heaters, salt systems, leak detection, safety compliance, and a standalone Hot Tubs & Spas category for hot-tub-only customers — the work you bid every week.
Set three numbers
Your labor rate, your materials markup, your rounding. The sample reprices in one second. The example rows here use $95/hr and 30% — swap in yours and watch every price change.
Print it or quote it
Print the sample as a paper book for the truck, or open the QuoteIron app to quote a live job in about 90 seconds — then turn the quote into an invoice with one tap.
Not your trade? Pick it.
Every trade below has its own flat-rate book in QuoteIron — real residential jobs, priced from your numbers. There's also the multi-trade book builder and the main QuoteIron page.
Fair questions.
Can I edit every price?
Yes — every number. The 110 pool maintenance templates carry structure only: typical hours and mid-grade materials cost. Your rate and markup do the pricing, and you can override any single row. QuoteIron never ships "market prices" it can't stand behind.
Does it work offline?
The book-builder runs right in your browser. The full QuoteIron app, free on the App Store and Google Play, works with no signal at all — back yards, equipment pads, sites with no Wi-Fi. It's an app that lives on your phone, not a website that dies with the bars.
What does it cost after the free sample?
The sample book is free, no signup. The full app — the whole 110-job book, editing, 90-second quoting, invoices, e-signatures, and follow-ups — is free for 5 jobs a month, no card required. QuoteIron Pro lifts the limit for $15.99 a month flat, or $159.99 a year, and you cancel anytime in your App Store or Google Play subscriptions.
Why is the weekly visit priced in minutes instead of a full hour?
Because that's what the job actually takes, and pricing a 15-minute stop like a full hour makes every weekly-plan quote look absurd next to what pool routes actually charge. The recurring-service rows in this book use quarter-hour tiers — 0.25h for a small pool, up to 0.75h for a large one — so a weekly plan lands near real market per-visit prices instead of three times over.
Do I have to build the whole book myself before I can start quoting?
No. The app builds your book the first time you open it — all thirteen trades, including the full 110 pool maintenance templates. Set your labor rate, materials markup, and rounding once, and every row prices itself — you add custom lines only for the jobs that don't fit a template.
Does the book handle VGB, permits, or local code compliance?
No. Safety and code compliance items (drain covers, bonding, GFCI coordination) are priced as service line items, but the actual code call — what a specific jurisdiction requires, and whether panel-side electrical work needs a licensed electrician — stays yours. The book prices the labor and parts structure; it doesn't replace a code check.
What if a customer only has a hot tub, no pool?
The book has its own Hot Tubs & Spas category — twelve jobs priced for a standalone hot-tub-only customer, from weekly service through pump, heater, and control-pack repairs. It's separate from the pool-route spa add-on, which is priced as marginal time on an existing pool stop instead.
How do I figure out how many gallons a pool holds?
The app has a built-in gallons calculator, right in the Pool Maintenance section of your book and in the quote editor once a pool line is on the quote. Pick the shape, enter the dimensions, and it works out the volume and suggests the matching weekly-service tier — no separate app or spreadsheet needed.
Your book. Your prices.
Built in about a minute.
Start free — pick the trade, punch in three numbers, and watch the book price itself. No signup for the sample; the full 110-job book, editing, and 90-second quoting live in the app — free for 5 jobs a month, $15.99/mo for unlimited.
Want the method behind these pool maintenance numbers? Read how to build a flat-rate price book →
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