Most pool companies in the East Valley keep their rates off the website on purpose. We’ve done it the other way since 2012 — every standard rate posted, every job priced before any work starts. The list is below.
Most pool service companies in the East Valley keep their rates off the website on purpose. The reasoning is straightforward: if you don’t know what something should cost, they can quote whatever the moment seems to allow. We’ve inherited customer pools where the previous company charged $250 for a cartridge clean that took us forty minutes the next quarter.
Honest rates, posted in the open.
Wild Coyote Pool Service has published its rates online since the shop opened in 2012. The numbers are fair, they cover the work and the chemicals, and they don’t move based on what the driveway looks like or how new the truck out front is. If a job needs more — a deeper acid wash, a glass bead blast, a pump replacement that turns out to be a manifold collector failure — we tell you on the spot, and you say yes or no before any wrench turns.
The list below is everything we charge for, in the open. Weekly service is the one item that varies — a 12,000-gallon screened pool isn’t the same job as a 30,000-gallon pool under three eucalyptus trees — so we quote those after a walk-through. Everything else is a flat number, and the number on the work order is the number on the invoice.
Brushing, skimming, basket clearing, filter backwash, full chemical analysis and adjustment, timer adjustment, and a walk-around equipment check. Price depends on gallons, screen, in-floor system, salt vs chlorine, and tree cover.
Full cartridge disassembly, deep clean of each element, inspection of the manifold collector and bottom plate, O-ring check, full reassembly. Recommended every three months in our dusty climate.
Grid pull, inspection for fabric tears and cracked plastic frames, deep clean, recharge with fresh D.E. media. Recommended every six months. Service plus media.
Drain, sand removal, lateral inspection for cracks, fresh sand load, backwash and rinse to clear lines, return to service. Service plus sand media.
Full pool drain when chemistry, calcium buildup, or maintenance state requires it. Often paired with an acid wash or chlorine bath for stain removal afterward.
Surface treatment for stained or algae-bound plaster after a pool drain. Removes metal stains, organic stains, and the calcium ring at the waterline.
Surface restoration for plaster and pebble finishes too rough or too stained for an acid wash. We quote after seeing the pool because the right pressure and media depend on the finish.
Pump and motor replacement (Hayward variable-speed swaps a specialty), filter assembly replacement, in-floor cleaning system service, pop-up head screens, Jandy valves, leaking pump housings, cracked pump lids and pressure gauges.
From algae bloom to swimmable in a few days. We treat the algae, balance the chemistry, and follow with an acid wash or chlorine bath for any staining left on the plaster.
Removal of the calcium scale that builds along the waterline tile in hard-water East Valley pools. Restores the tile look without etching the grout.
Six variables decide whether a weekly route is a quick stop or a full hour-plus visit. We walk every pool before quoting so the monthly number on the work order matches the actual time and chemicals it takes to do the job right.
A 12,000-gallon play pool isn’t a 30,000-gallon diving pool. More water means more circulation time, higher chemical demand, and a longer chemistry adjustment at every visit.
An open pool collects palm seeds, eucalyptus leaves, and monsoon dust week after week. A screened pool stays cleaner between visits — less skimming, fewer baskets to empty, and a lower filter load.
Pools with an in-floor cleaning system take less manual brushing, but the pop-up head screens get checked every visit. Pools without one need a deeper hands-on brush of the plaster and the steps.
Salt-water pools follow a different chemistry routine and add a salt-cell inspection cycle to the visit. Traditional chlorine pools are tablet-based and need the basket and feeder checked weekly.
One mesquite, palo verde, or eucalyptus over the pool can double the skimming time. Two or three trees can mean the filter wants a quarterly clean instead of every six months — that shows up on the maintenance side, too.
A pad in the open by the back gate is faster than a pad squeezed behind a side-yard fence with a latched gate. Access matters for weekly service and especially for repair calls where we’re carrying parts and tools.
The questions we hear most often when a new customer is sizing up weekly service. If anything’s still unclear, the fastest path is a call — Chad picks up and walks through the specifics for your pool.
Weekly service is billed monthly — a flat number that covers all four or five visits in the month. Per-job work (filter cleans, drains, acid washes, equipment repair) is billed when the work is done and the invoice is emailed the same day.
Yes. Standard chemistry — chlorine tabs, shock, stabilizer, acid, baking soda, and salt for salt pools — is included in the monthly weekly-service number. The exceptions are heavy treatments for algae bloom, copper or iron stain remediation, and replacement salt-cell cartridges. Those we quote separately so you can see what they actually cost.
No. The monthly number stays the same year-round, even when a single monsoon storm fills the skimmer basket twice in one night. If a storm dumps enough debris to require a second visit in the same week, that’s part of the service, not an add-on charge.
No. Weekly service is month-to-month. If you’re not happy with the work, you tell us and we stop — no early-cancellation fee, no paperwork. We’d rather earn the route every month than lock you into a year you’re not sure about.
Call (480) 276-7700 or send the form on the contact page. Chad walks the pool — gallons, screen, in-floor system, salt or chlorine, tree cover, equipment access — and quotes a flat monthly number before any service starts. The number on the quote is the number on the invoice.
Chad does the walk-through himself. The number you get is the number you pay — every month, every chemical, every basket.