Synopsis
If you are a pool owner, you have made a major investment and proper swimming pool maintenance is an absolute must! Keeping your pool clean and maintained should be a top priority since a clean pool is essential in many ways. First, no one wants to swim in, or look at, a dirty, green, or yellow pool. Keep in mind that although the pool may look clean, it may in fact be still contaminated with enough bacteria to cause sickness. If a pool is not maintained properly it can get very expensive to clean or fix at a later date. Dan Hardy has used every available resource in his 20-year career as a pool professional to add to his store of knowledge about making and keeping water safe. An untiring and dedicated "Pool Doctor," he has become the "go to" man for owners of some of the world's largest, most ornate, and expensive private swimming pools including that of award-winning actor Mr. John Travolta and his wife, Kelly Preston. Dan started working on pools as a boy in his dad's firm. Not content with doing routine maintenance, he began learning all he could about chemicals, mechanics, and safety. In this book he may just be a lifesaver to pool owners who want to save money on maintenance but need to know how to handle poisons safely. Pool maintenance business owners will want to have this book on hand as an easy guide to repairing filtration and pumps and dealing with serious pool problems. And anyone who wishes to have such a career could have no better mentor than Dan Hardy.
About the Author
Dan J. Hardy was born August 16, 1953, in Hereford, TX. His background in pool maintenance began on his dad's country club in Clovis, NM, in 1976. Ten years later, he opened his own business delivering and setting up spas and doing pool work at pre-manufactured homes in Albuquerque, NM. He moved to Ocala, FL, in 1998 and opened Dan's Perfect Pool Service, Pool Palace, Mount View Enterprises, LLC, and then D & C Enterprises. In 2006 he Joined Rick Lorick Construction to train pool and service technicians to maintain high end pools, performing mechanical service and repair. He has had worked on many fabulous pools for celebrities in Ocala including John Travolta and Kelly Preston; Terri Jones-Thayer, former Miss World and Revlon's perfect Charlie girl; and Brock Marion, a former Dallas Cowboy. "I also get to rub shoulders with Ricky 'The Rocket' Nattiel, former Denver Bronco, on occasion at the office," Dan said. Dan graduated from Boys Ranch High School in 1971, Boys Ranch Texas near Amarillo and from General Motors Technical School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1972. He attended Amarillo Vocational College for Auto Mechanics and studied mechanical engineering at Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA. Besides a career as a pool professional, Dan is a licensed Realtor® in Florida and a partner with his wife, Carol, in Real Estate for Keller Williams Cornerstone Realty. He has two daughters, Randi and Marcie, and two sons, Matthew and Michael. His pride is his grandson, Austin Shane.
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