Every automated pool still depends on people. Sensors need calibration and verification, filters need cleaning, baskets fill, salt cells scale, seals wear, and equipment eventually fails. AquaLit handles professional configuration, equipment inspection, water verification, maintenance, repairs, chemical replenishment, physical cleaning where needed and diagnostics.
This is also the layer that makes automation trustworthy. Equipment that nobody verifies is not automation — it is an assumption with a Wi-Fi connection.
Each branch, in full
The dedicated pages
This page is the overview. Each branch of the work has its own page that goes all the way down.
Pumps, heaters, filters, salt systems, controllers, valves, lighting and plumbing. We diagnose the cause rather than replacing parts until the symptom stops.
Pump and motor diagnostics and repair
Heater and heat pump troubleshooting
Filter service and repair
Salt cell cleaning, testing and replacement
Valve, actuator and plumbing repair
Controller and automation troubleshooting
Ongoing
Scheduled maintenance and oversight
Regular service that pairs with automation instead of duplicating it — verification, inspection and the work no equipment does for itself.
Water verification and chemistry correction
Filter cleaning and backwashing
Basket cleaning and debris removal
Equipment inspection and early fault detection
Chemical replenishment for automated systems
Sensor cleaning and calibration checks
Bigger changes
Renovations and equipment pad rebuilds
When a pool needs more than a repair — surface, tile, coping, lighting and a modernised equipment pad designed around how you actually want to control the pool.
Equipment pad reconstruction and replumbing
Lighting upgrades and specialty lighting work
Water feature additions and modifications
Automation retrofit into an existing pool
Differentiator
You can see what we did
Our customer portal is the visibility layer that most pool service simply does not have. Instead of wondering what your pool professional actually did, you get a record.
Technician worklogs from each visit
Chemistry readings over time
Full service history
Installed equipment and warranties
Subscriptions and invoices
Email notifications
On the roadmap: SMS notifications, arrival alerts and automated equipment alerts so a fault reaches you before it becomes a green pool.
Fit check
Repair, or replace?
Repair when
The equipment is otherwise sound and parts are obtainable
The fault is a seal, bearing, sensor or board rather than the whole unit
The unit is well matched to the pool and you are happy with it
You are not planning an automation change that would strand it
Replace when
Repair cost approaches a meaningful share of a new unit
The equipment is undersized or oversized for the pool
Parts are obsolete or lead times are unworkable
It cannot join the control architecture you are heading toward
It is a single-speed pump and you are paying to run it every day
Questions
Repairs & maintenance FAQ
Filter cleaning and backwashing, basket emptying, probe cleaning and calibration, equipment inspection, physical repairs, detail brushing of steps and corners, storm cleanup, and interpreting what the water needs when readings disagree.
Automation shrinks the list. It does not empty it.
Most automated residential pools still do well on a regular visit schedule — the work simply changes character. Instead of dosing and vacuuming, the visit is verification, filter and basket work, equipment inspection and calibration.
Yes. A large share of what we do is diagnosing and reconfiguring existing installations, including automation systems that were never properly commissioned.
Technician worklogs from each visit, chemistry readings over time, service history, installed equipment and warranties, subscriptions and invoices, plus email notifications. SMS, arrival alerts and automated equipment alerts are on the roadmap.
AquaLit's recommendation
Diagnose before quoting. We would rather spend an hour finding out why a pump is drawing air than sell you a pump that will do the same thing in the same plumbing.
If you are within a couple of years of wanting central automation, tell us now. It changes which replacement equipment we recommend today and prevents you buying twice.
Fix the cause, not the symptom
Replace single-speed pumps rather than repairing them
Plan the control architecture before major equipment purchases
Keep the human verification layer — automation depends on it
Let's talk about your pool
Call or text for a free pool assessment. We look at the pool, the equipment already on your pad and how you actually use the backyard — then tell you what is worth doing and what is not.
Tell us what you have and how you use the pool. We'll walk the equipment pad, ask what you ultimately want controlled, and give you an honest recommendation — including the upgrades we'd skip.