The Pool Care Los Angeles

Pool service in Eagle Rock, CA

Flat mid-century lots and easy pads — then sycamores that shed in spring as well as autumn.


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The owner of Pool Care LA beside a Eagle Rock backyard pool

Licensed, insured and family-owned

Licensed contractor, CSLB #970493Certified Pool & Spa Operator, Pool & Hot Tub AllianceIndependent Pool & Spa Service AssociationThe Hartford, general liability insuranceBetter Business Bureau accredited businessFamily owned and operated, est. 2023

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What goes wrong on Eagle Rock pools

Four recurring causes, and only one of them is the water.

  • Sycamore leaf mats over the skimmer

    Broad and leathery, it floats instead of sinking, so one windy afternoon can choke the suction side and leave the pump pulling air. Bark and seed balls do the same in spring.

  • A pad assembled in instalments

    A modern variable-speed pump in front of a twenty-year-old heater. Left on the speed that saves electricity, it never gives the heater the flow its switch is looking for.

    Heater repair
  • Plaster at the end of its service life

    Mid-century finishes are thin by now and blotchy where they have been washed before. The honest first step is measuring what is left, not taking off another layer.

    Acid wash
  • Time clocks and controls from three eras

    A mechanical dial beside a controller nobody wired to the heater, so the pool circulates at the wrong hours for half the year. Run times get reset seasonally on our visits.

    Automation repair

Why Eagle Rock is different

Flat lots, mixed-age pads

Eagle Rock is the level ground between two hillsides, and the pools show it: a rectangle or a kidney a few steps off the back door, equipment on a slab against the side fence. Filter grids get washed where they stand.

What makes 90041 its own job is age, in two forms. The street trees are mature, and the equipment is not so much old as assembled — a pump bought one year, a filter another, a heater inherited with the house.

Both decide what the weekly visit has to watch.

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After: the finished pool with the deck and planting back inAfter
Before: the same pool drained, with its old painted interiorBefore

What we do in Eagle Rock

Five jobs cover almost every call

On mixed-age equipment the pad inspection is the part of the visit that earns its keep.

  • The finished pool and its enlarged spa, filled

    Weekly maintenance

    Full chemical panel, net and vacuum, tile and walls brushed, skimmer, pump and canister baskets emptied, whole pad inspected.

    Weekly service

  • The tiled wall and coping at the waterline

    Green to clean

    Leaf litter feeds phosphate and phosphate feeds algae. No draining, filter cleaned two or three times, swimming again in roughly two days.

    Green pool recovery

  • The old painted interior, drained before the work

    Acid wash

    For a mid-century finish gone patchy and gray. Drained, then taken back with acid and water at 50/50 — done rarely it buys years.

    Acid wash

  • Hoses and pipework on a pool part-way through the job

    Equipment repair

    Heaters, filters, pumps, salt generators, plumbing, electrics, automation, lights and time clocks. We repair before replacing wherever the part is worth saving.

    What we repair

  • New tiled steps and sandstone coping

    New plaster start-up

    Seven days of daily nylon brushing, calcium hardness 200–400 ppm, pH 7.2–7.6. Twenty-eight days before salt, fourteen before anyone swims.

    Start-up programme

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.

The same pool before and after, side by side
  1. Up to 15,000 gal (14×28 ft)from $159 / mo
  2. 15,000–25,000 gal (16×32 ft)from $179 / mo
  3. 25,000–40,000 gal (20×40 ft)from $219 / mo
  4. Over 40,000 gal, spas, water featuresfrom $249 / mo
  5. Second weekly visit+$129 / mo
  6. Spa on the same property+$35 / mo
  7. Extra cartridge filter clean$119
  8. Two deep filter cleans a yearincluded

Prices as of August 2026, for a pool in normal condition.

Worth mentioning when you call

We run routes, not postcodes

Eagle Rock is compact enough that one day covers a lot of pools in a few blocks.

  • The same day every week. Agreed before service begins, so the gate and the dogs are sorted once.
  • Autumn is not the only leaf season. Sycamores shed in spring too, so basket intervals follow the tree.
  • Recovery first, route after. A pool that has got away needs its own job before the weekly day starts.
  • Boundary streets still get a day. The line between Eagle Rock, Glassell Park and Highland Park is vaguer than any list.
  • Members get 20% off. Priority scheduling too — worth most in the week a heater stops.
  • Chemicals are included. No separate monthly invoice for chlorine and acid.

The crew

The people on the Eagle Rock route

Four of us. The same faces every week, not whoever was free that morning.

  • The owner of Pool Care LA in a branded polo
    Daniel RamirezOwner
  • A Pool Care LA route technician in a branded polo
    Jake MitchellRoute technician
  • A Pool Care LA repair technician in a branded polo
    Robert AndersonRepair technician
  • The Pool Care LA office and scheduling desk
    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
The finished tiled interior, dryThe old painted pool, drained, before the workThe finished pool and enlarged spa, filled

An Eagle Rock job, start to finish

From painted to fully tiled in Eagle Rock

An early-eighties painted pool and spa, stripped back, rendered flat and finished in pale blue ceramic.

Property
Pool and spa, early 1980s
Location
Eagle Rock
Work
Strip-out, render, full tiling
Finish
Pale blue ceramic, teak sandstone

What went into the job

  • Failing paint stripped back as far as it would come
  • Loose waterline tile removed
  • Walls rendered flat before anything was laid
  • A fern rooted between the steps cut out and repaired
  • Spa enlarged, which meant structural work first

The result

A pale blue ceramic interior with a deeper blue band inside the spa, and teak sandstone sealed and bedded to sit below the waterline.

Nearby, and on the same routes

Finished pools around Eagle Rock

Glendale, Pasadena and Los Feliz share the days that serve Eagle Rock.

Step by step

Eagle Rock, before and after

The preparation under the tile decides how long the finish lasts.

  • The old painted pool, drained, before the work
  • The stripped shell with hoses and pipework
  • The same pool with the spa tiled and the interior still bare
  • The tiled wall and coping at the waterline
  • Sandstone sealed for immersion and carried into the water
  • The finished pool with the deck and planting back in

What Eagle Rock neighbors say

Excellent

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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 full
A green pool before the recoveryThe same pool after the recovery

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 full

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 full
A pool pump opened up on the equipment pad

Jason T.

25 February 2026

Great company. Always on time, pool looks amazing and communication is easy. Highly recommend.

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 full

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 full

Rachel M.

17 October 2025

We thought we needed a completely new pool system. Turns out it was just a few issues with the pump and filter. They saved us a lot of money by fixing what actually needed fixing.

Jennifer C.

Local Guide · 15 reviews · 4 photos

7 September 2025

We have two kids and keeping the pool safe is important for us. Since switching to Pool Care LA the water has been consistently clean and balanced. It is nice knowing someone is actually paying attention every week.Read in full

Tell us about your Eagle Rock pool

Tell us what the pool needs, how big it is and your ZIP — and a price the same day.

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    Green-to-clean, acid wash, plaster start-up and repair labor, plus priority on the schedule.

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Which day would we run Eagle Rock?

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

On the edge of the neighborhood?

Send the address and we will check it against the routes.

Written for Eagle Rock pool owners

Written for Foothill and Valley homeowners.

Not stock footage

Filmed on the Eagle Rock route

Filmed on the Eagle Rock route and the streets next to it. Nothing staged, nothing bought from a stock library.

  • Dye test finds the leak, then the repair goes in
  • Acid wash and pressure washer taking a pool back to white
  • A swamp-green pool drained and washed back to bright
  • The crew troweling fresh plaster across an empty shell

Questions from Eagle Rock owners

Sycamore leaves float and never sink. Why is that worse than oak?

Because floating debris goes where the water goes, which is the skimmer. A leaf that sinks waits on the plaster for the vacuum; a mat of sycamore across the weir stops the skimmer working within hours and starves the pump. Baskets, not chemicals, decide how a pool here looks between visits.

Our pump, filter and heater were all replaced in different years. Does that matter?

It matters when the pieces disagree. A filter sized for an older pump, or a variable-speed pump run below the flow a heater needs, produces faults that look like failed equipment and are really a mismatch. The cheapest fix on a mixed-age pad is often a setting.

The plaster is original from the 1950s. Acid wash or replaster?

Whichever the remaining thickness allows. With at least half an inch of finish left, a wash can bring the color back and buy years. If earlier washes have already used the reserve, more acid takes you into the shell, and a replaster with a proper start-up is the real answer.

Is service cheaper because our lot is flat?

An easy pad helps, but access is not the biggest lever — volume, tree cover, spa and whether chemicals are included matter more, and the sycamores push the other way.

How much does pool service cost in Eagle Rock?

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. Eagle Rock 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.

Nearby, and on the same routes

Send us the pool and we will price it

Gallons, how much tree sits over the water, whether there is a spa, and when the equipment was last replaced.

(818) 740-6099