Rains take toll on home service maintenance

Home service companies across SWFL told us they got a number of phone calls after last night's severe weather. It's a trend they see continuing as we enter the summer months. But just because the mercury is going up doesn't mean the cost of maintaining your home has to.

"Every time I tell people what I do, they go, "Oh! You're a pool boy! Oh! You're a cabana boy! But there's a lot more to job than just showing up with the chemicals and a smile," explains Nick Williams.

He and his dad run Performance Pool Service Inc. in Cape Coral. Williams services dozens of pools each day and says the summer months bring about a special set of challenges, especially with excess rainwater.

"You're adding fresh water to something that you already have chemicals in," explains Williams. "So it's going to ruin your chemistry."

Joe Mitchell with Pool Pros Inc. says that's also a big concern among his customers.

"We've already had a few phone calls that pools are a little cloudy."

Mitchell says running your pump more often can be a quick fix. His company maintains more than a thousand pools and says this is his busiest year yet.

The pool guys aren't the only ones seeing the mini boom. Franz Regner, owner of Tropiscape Landscape Services, says his business is up twenty percent over last year. He just got eight new customers last week alone.

The most common mistake he sees is people taking too much of their trees.

"Over trimming is not really good because just like anything else, if you trim it too far back, the root system doesn't have anything to sustain itself," says Regner.

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Rains take toll on home service maintenance