And is that really the right way to do it? That could be a scary thing.

Most certainly.

And you bring up a very, very good point.

We have been doing, well, you know, we just got through celebrating our 50th year in the pool business.

Now, during that time, my dad that started the company, he purchased a spa manufacturing company primarily to, because we couldn't find a really good, serviceable, very, how I say, serviceable, easy to use, good looking spa that was just not out there.

Now we're talking about in the 90s and late 80s, early 90s.

So we had more locations opened up at the time and we needed a steady supply of spas.

Yeah.

not

like we'll send you a strap.

We'll send you a buckle.

We'll send you another part.

No, they, they, that's how strong their service is.

So, um, you know, it's really, it's like a, it's a no fault warranty.

And, uh, and they do that the first time you have an issue with a cooler.

And, you know, maybe they're thinking, oh, we're, you know, going to upgrade some things in the backyard and sort of, you know, there's a lot of availability with that too.

Let's kick it off with the pump conversation because that's a big one.

It is.

So building pools, as long as we've been building pools, it's been a long time.

So that being said, we have got a lot of pools in the ground.

And, you know, you start talking about 50 years in the business.

You know, believe it or not, there are still pools today that we built that are in the ground and still functioning and working.

So it's maybe gone through several ownerships, different homeowners, that type of thing.

not

It's like, how did it do that?

But it will get there.

So that being said, if it's big debris, pine straw, leaves, acorns, and things like that, put the cover over it.

And you can just do it for a couple months.

Let all the leaves fall off.

You know, some people will cover it about like, you know, early October and, you know, leave it covered and, you know, remove it, you know, somewhere like late December or right before Christmas.

Most of the leaves are fell by that time.

Right.

Don't wait.

Don't wait.

Don't wait.

It's a really big deal to just maintain it year round because we're in the market.

The region of where we're located at in the States is we're just right at the cusp.

We're not like Florida, but we are just in the winter.

We do get cooler.

right.

So another reason to have this sort of regular sort of cleaning with that, not let it go to the wayside in the cooler

months.

That's correct.

So you're talking about like running the pump? Yeah.

You know what you're saying? Yeah.

So very good point.

It's, if you got, if you got, we always say the elements of, you know, there's five keys to pool care, but the first two is circulation, filtration.

the best, right?

Yeah.

It has.

And we kind of see that in all phases of the industry.

What I mean by that is we've got the retail, we've got the service, and obviously the new construction.

I think we probably see it more on the new construction side.

I think Warren made...

I've done an episode in reference to our in-ground pools and all the features and everything that come with the pool as a standard feature now.

yeah.

And

you got so much lighter.

Your buoyancy is different.

Your body weight is just changes.

And it just is amazing of the effect that you get from the aquatic therapy, I call it.

And Before the summer was over, he was walking in and out.

He was walking in and out of the backyard at the gate.

Yeah.

But to come in here and touch and feel and see everything and even test soak,

that's a big deal.

It is.

That's a big deal.

For us, we try to... you know, put ourselves in the situation that the customer's in.

And, you know, we know where spas fit best in the backyard.

And, you know, we can, we do a lot of in-ground pools with spa attachments, but, and that's nice and it, and it looks nice and, but you get a different feel on that.

you.

It's got

the cutout.

You can set that in because you need a place.

You know, the egg, we offer, you know, the stand or what they call the wings.

Yeah.

And we try to include all that with the grill.

The last thing you want to do is get a grill and you have no place to put it.

you.