Hot Tub & Pool Service in Holladay, Utah

Hot tub and pool service in Holladay, Utah, for older east-bench homes with big lots, mature trees, and equipment that has run for decades. Book online now.

Long hot tub with the jets running and clear blue water in a fenced backyard

Holladay has some of the oldest hot tubs in the valley and a good share of its backyard pools, and both of those things come from the same place: the houses. Holladay was built out as large lots along the east bench between the fifties and the eighties, by people who put a pool in when they built and added a tub sometime in the twenty years after. A lot of that equipment is still there. Some of it has been running longer than the technicians who service it have been alive.

That is not a complaint. Older tubs and pools are good work. But they need a different kind of attention than a new tub on a new deck, and that is what this page is about.

The house

A Holladay lot along Cottonwood Lane, Walker Lane, or the streets below Olympus Hills is typically a third of an acre or more, with a house set well back and a yard that was landscaped decades ago and has grown into itself. The tub is on a deck or patio that has been there since the tub was installed. The pool, if there is one, is in-ground, plaster or old fiberglass, with an equipment pad tucked behind a fence at the back of the lot.

What that means for service:

The equipment is older. Pumps, heaters, and controls from the nineties and early 2000s work fine until they do not. A routine visit includes running the pumps and listening to them, and on an older tub that is the most valuable minute of the visit. A pump that is starting to go sounds different before it fails.
The hose runs are long. A third of an acre puts a lot of distance between the bib and the tub. A drain and refill here takes closer to the two-hour end of our one-to-two-hour range. Tell us where the bibs are and we will bring hose.
The access is easy. Big lots mean wide gates, room to park, and space to work. Holladay is the opposite of Sugar House in that respect.

The yard

Holladay’s trees are the other thing. Mature cottonwoods, sycamores, maples, and fruit trees over a tub or pool put debris in the water every week from April through November. Cottonwood fluff in early summer clogs skimmers and filters faster than anything else in the valley. Fall leaves do it again. A pool under a canopy needs weekly service in season, not because the chemistry is harder but because the debris load is.

Removing all debris is on the list for every routine visit. On a Holladay pool it is usually the longest part of the visit.

The water

Holladay does not have one water supplier. Salt Lake City Public Utilities serves portions of the city, and other portions are on a different system. Which one you are on depends on your street, and your water bill will tell you.

If you are on Salt Lake City water, here is what to know. The city’s canyon treatment plants deliver water that is on the softer side for this valley in spring: the Big Cottonwood plant, at the mouth of the canyon just above Holladay, runs about 8 grains per gallon, and the city’s other plants run about 10 to 12. In summer the city supplements from deep wells that run up to more than 33 grains, and a tub filled in August can start with several times the dissolved mineral of one filled in April. Fill water from all the city’s plants also arrives with alkalinity and pH above the spa range and needs adjusting from the hose.

If you are on the other supplier, we do not have published figures for it and will not make them up. We test calcium hardness and the other four water factors on every visit, and after a couple of visits we will be able to tell you what your street’s water actually does in a tub.

Next door

We are based in Millcreek, which shares a border with Holladay along its entire north edge. A Holladay stop is a few minutes from where the truck starts the day, which is why Holladay is on the route every Thursday and Friday rather than fitted in when there is time.

Services in Holladay

Routine hot tub maintenance, $75 a visit
Pool and swim spa maintenance, $110 a visit, the service Holladay tends to need most
Drain, clean, and refill, $275 flat
Repair, $65 an hour plus parts, quoted after we look, and on an older tub the question we most often answer is “is it worth fixing”
Deep cleaning and installation, quoted

Routine visit prices include chemicals. We are Certified Pool & Spa Operators.

Book a visit or call. If the tub is older than the technician, that is fine by us.

Holladay questions

Do you offer weekly hot tub maintenance in Holladay?

Yes. Holladay is next door to our base in Millcreek, on the Thursday and Friday routes. A routine hot tub visit is $75 and a pool or swim spa visit is $110, chemicals included. Weekly or every other week, booked online.

Do you service backyard pools in Holladay?

Yes, and Holladay has more of them than most of the valley. A routine pool visit is $110 and covers the same five water factors plus pump and circulation checks and debris removal. Older pools with older equipment are where a trained eye on the pump and filter matters most.

Which water does Holladay have?

It depends on the street. Salt Lake City Public Utilities serves portions of Holladay, and other portions are on a different supplier. If you are on city water, the canyon plants deliver water on the softer side in spring and the city supplements from harder wells in summer. Check your water bill and tell us when you book.

My hot tub is twenty years old. Is it worth maintaining?

Usually, yes. A well-built tub from the early 2000s with a working shell and plumbing can run for years more on new pumps and heaters. Holladay has a lot of these. Routine maintenance catches the parts that are wearing before they fail, and repair is hourly and quoted after we look. We will tell you honestly if the tub is past saving.