Weekly maintenance
The full panel, including calcium hardness and cyanuric acid — the two readings that decide a valley summer — plus seasonal pump and clock adjustment.
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Pool service in Burbank, CA
Flat lots, valley heat, and pools older than the equipment running them.
Licensed, insured and family-owned
Most calls start here
What goes wrong on Burbank pools
Four things, and the first causes more bad summers than the rest together.
Water only ever gets added, never removed
Evaporation leaves minerals behind and the auto-fill adds more. Over a hot season calcium hardness and stabilizer both climb while the level never looks wrong.
Weekly serviceThe schedule is set for spring and left there
Chlorine demand roughly doubles between April and August here. The gap does not show as a slow decline — it shows as a green pool three days after a missed visit.
Green pool recoveryThe pad does not agree with itself
A modern pump on old, undersized suction lines. High pressure, a noisy pump, air in the basket and cartridges that never last are one hydraulic mismatch, not four faults.
Pump repairOld plaster gets treated as a cleaning problem
A wash removes a layer of finish each time, and a pool is built with roughly half an inch to spend. On a 1960 shell the question is whether to wash or resurface.
Acid wash
Why Burbank is different
Old shells, newer pads
A great many Burbank pools were built in the 1950s and 60s behind studio-era houses. The shell is original, and the pad in front of it has been replaced a piece at a time across sixty years — a pump from one decade, a filter from another.
The valley runs hotter for longer than the Westside, and heat is a chemistry question rather than a comfort one: warm water and hard sun burn chlorine faster, drive evaporation and concentrate whatever is left behind.
A run time that was right in March is wrong by the second week of July. What other companies charge is compared on the cost page.
After
BeforeWhat we do on Burbank pools
Weighted to heat, hard water and mileage
Seven jobs cover almost every call on a pad with sixty years of history on it.
Pump repair
Noise, lost prime, leaking seals, or a motor at the end of its life on a pool that has outlived several of them.
Filter cleaning
Rising pressure and falling flow. In summer a filter here does more work per week than the same filter does in spring.
Green to clean
A July green pool happens in about three days. Recovery without draining, and back in the water roughly two days later.
Acid wash
Drain and clean, acid cut with water fifty-fifty, scheduled around the heat — a drained shell should not bake through a valley afternoon.
Equipment repair
Heaters, salt systems, plumbing, electrical components, lights and time clocks. Diagnosed before anything gets replaced.
New plaster start-up
Seven days of daily attention. In a Burbank July that means brushing a fresh surface daily while the heat works against it.
Pricing
Weekly pool service, by pool size
Volume decides chemical demand, so it decides the price. Typical homes land between $179 and $249 a month. Chemicals included, no minimum contract.
- Up to 15,000 gal (14×28 ft)from $159 / mo
- 15,000–25,000 gal (16×32 ft)from $179 / mo
- 25,000–40,000 gal (20×40 ft)from $219 / mo
- Over 40,000 gal, spas, water featuresfrom $249 / mo
- Second weekly visit+$129 / mo
- Spa on the same property+$35 / mo
- Extra cartridge filter clean$119
- Two deep filter cleans a yearincluded
Prices as of August 2026, for a pool in normal condition.
One-time work
Bigger jobs, and where each one starts
Quoted on the job, because nobody can price a green pool from a web form.
Worth mentioning when you call
Your day of the week, through the year
The day stays yours, so the gate, the dogs and the schedule settle down. What changes is what the visit is mostly doing.
- Summer: level and run times. Evaporation can pull the level below the skimmer between visits.
- Autumn: baskets and pressure. A full basket is a pump working against resistance.
- Winter still counts. A pool left alone from November spends March being recovered.
- Diagnosed as a system. High pressure, a noisy pump and short-lived cartridges are often one fault.
- No closed season. Los Angeles pools run all year; only the work inside the visit changes.
- Members get priority. Priority scheduling and 20% off individual services.
The crew
The people on the Burbank route
Four of us. The same faces every week, not whoever was free that morning.
Daniel RamirezOwner 
Jake MitchellRoute technician 
Robert AndersonRepair technician 
Emily CarterOffice & scheduling
- 2023
- Family business since
- #970493
- Licence C-53 · C-61/D-35, bonded
- 20
- Neighborhoods on our routes
- $159
- Weekly service from, per month
A Burbank job, start to finish
Plaster to fully tiled in Burbank
An older concrete pool with a plaster interior, a waterline band, tiled steps and brick paving, converted to a fully tiled interior. Finished around 2011.
- Property
- Older concrete pool and surrounds
- Location
- Burbank
- Work
- Plaster stripped, full retile, paving
- Finish
- Fully tiled interior and steps
What went into the job
- Plaster interior and waterline band removed
- Shell prepared and set out for full tile
- Steps tiled rather than re-plastered
- Brick paving repaired at the same time
- Interior finished as one surface, not a band
The result
A permanent interior instead of another consumable one. On hard water, plaster would have meant the same job again in eight to twelve years.
Nearby, and on the same routes
Finished pools around Burbank
North Hollywood, Studio City and Glendale share the days that serve Burbank.
Pool tiling
Rust repair and full tiling
Hollow render and rust cut out, then the whole shell tiled.
Glendale
Pool tiling
Painted pool to fully tiled
Out of repaints, so retiled, with sandstone paving around it.
Eagle Rock
Pool tiling
Fully tiled pool and spa
Grey tile across pool and spa, seen from the air.
La Cañada Flintridge
Step by step
Burbank, before and after
The plaster, the brickwork, the steps and the finished interior, in order.
What Burbank neighbors say
Jason T.
25 February 2026
Great company. Always on time, pool looks amazing and communication is easy. Highly recommend.
James L.
7 reviews
26 November 2025
My pool heater stopped working in October when the water was just getting to cold to use without it. Called Pool Care LA and they came out within a couple of days, the technician diagnosed the problem, a faulty igniter and a gas valve issue and explained everything clearly before starting any work. They had the parts and got it fixed in one visit. What I really appreciated was that they gave me options and explained what each repair would cost before doing anything. No surprise charges the heater has been running perfectly since then. If your dealing with a heater issue dont wait on it, call these guys.Read in fullCollapse
Mike T.
8 July 2026
House is off Magnolia, near the 5. Pool is from 1982 and the plaster had never been touched. Got to the point were the rough spots were actually scratching my kids feet when they pushed off the wall. Called Pool Care LA, they came out, assessed it, gave me a fair quote and got it on the schedule. Replastering went smooth and they explained the curing process so there were no surprises. Feels like a completely different pool now and the chemistry has been way more stable to. Should of done it three years ago honestly.Read in fullCollapse
Mark H.
Local Guide · 42 reviews · 18 photos
3 September 2025
Came home from a two-week vacation and our pool was basically green. The previous company told us we needed to drain it, which sounded crazy. Pool Care LA came out, tested everything, explained what was happening and started the cleanup. Took a little time but now the water looks better than it has in years.Read in fullCollapse
Linda R.
4 reviews
25 May 2026
We had another pool company for almost five years and slowly the service got worse. They would say they came but the pool was always dirty. Jake from Pool Care LA has been completely different. He actually checks the equipment and lets us know if something needs attention.Read in fullCollapse
Kevin B.
15 December 2025
Our pump stopped working on a Friday afternoon and we were worried because we had family coming over that weekend. Robert came out, found the problem and got everything running again. Honest guy, and he explained everything before doing the repair.Read in fullCollapse
Ashley P.
11 reviews
4 March 2026
I don't usually leave reviews but these guys deserve it. My pool was a mess and I was tired of trying to fix the chemicals myself. They came out and took care of everything. Water is clear now and I don't have to worry anymore.Read in fullCollapse
Thomas W.
Local Guide · 27 reviews · 9 photos
10 February 2025
Bought a house in Beverly Hills with an older pool and honestly had no idea how to maintain it. The equipment was old and everything was confusing. They walked me through what needed to be done first and what could wait. No pressure. That was appreciated.Read in fullCollapse
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Who picks up
Daniel RamirezOwner Emily CarterOffice & scheduling Jake MitchellRoute technician
Tell us about your Burbank pool
Tell us what the pool needs, how big it is and your ZIP — and a price the same day.
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20% off one-time work
For weekly maintenance members
Green-to-clean, acid wash, plaster start-up and repair labor, plus priority on the schedule.
Where we work
Where our routes run
Crews leave from Studio City every morning. Open any area for what is different there.
Which day would we run Burbank?
Send your ZIP or cross streets. We come back the same day with the day we would be there — and what weekly service would cost on your pool.
Or call (818) 740-6099
Draining for an acid wash?
Scheduled with the forecast in hand, not on the first free date.
Written for Burbank pool owners
Written for Foothill and Valley homeowners.
Water
What to do with the pool after rain
The order to work in after a storm, and where the overflow is allowed to go.
Equipment
What a pump replacement costs in LA
Equipment, labour, and the California rule that picks the pump for you.
Not stock footage
Filmed on the Burbank route
Filmed on the Burbank route and the streets next to it. Nothing staged, nothing bought from a stock library.
Questions we get from Burbank owners
My chlorine reads fine, so why does the pool go cloudy every August?
Usually because two readings nobody checks have drifted. Cyanuric acid protects chlorine from sunlight, but too much of it slows the chlorine until a normal reading does very little work — and it builds up every time stabilized chlorine goes in. Calcium hardness climbs the same way.
The pump is from the nineties and still runs. Replace it now or wait?
Worth knowing before it decides for you: replacement pumps sold in California have to meet state efficiency rules, so the like-for-like swap for an old single-speed no longer exists. What goes in is a variable-speed unit, and manufacturers put the saving at up to $1,100 a year.
Our pool is from 1959. Does it need an acid wash or a resurface?
An acid wash lifts a stained or blotchy top layer and returns the plaster to one color. It does not repair a surface gone rough, chalky or thin, and every wash spends some of the finish — a pool is built with about half an inch to spend.
Do I really need weekly service through a Burbank winter?
Yes, though the work changes. Chlorine demand drops, leaves do not, and equipment left unrun through a cold snap is exactly what fails on the first warm weekend in April. Winter visits are mostly baskets, brushing, run-time adjustment and equipment checks.
How much does pool service cost in Burbank?
Weekly service starts at $159 a month for a pool up to 15,000 gallons and runs to $249 a month for pools over 40,000, with standard chemicals included. Most customers pay between $179 and $249. Burbank is priced the same as everywhere else on our routes — the address does not change the number, the pool does. One-time work is quoted on the job: green to clean from $349, acid wash from $749, equipment repair at $175 an hour.
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