Pool Maintenance Company

• An alternative to these time-consuming duties is to hire a pool maintenance company that comes to your home a few times a week. A pool maintenance company will clean your pool and test your water for bacteria. It will add the needed chemicals and backwash your filter.
  
  This could be costly and you should shop around to get the best price. Having a service such as this will relieve much of your workload, but you'll still need to do a few things on a daily basis. Skim the top of the water for bugs and leaves and vacuum at least every other day. Most people do it daily to avoid a buildup that could overtask the filter.
  
  

Hire a Teen

• Another alternative is to hire a teenager in the area who could do this as a part-time job. Kids are always looking for part-time work, especially when school is out. Put a want ad in the paper to find someone willing to do this. This will be less expensive than a formal cleaning company, but you still must provide the chemicals for cleaning and testing.
  
  The teen you hire can do all the tasks you'd normally do. Check with your insurance company to make sure the teenager will be covered against injury. It may fall under a different category because he is not a guest, he works for you.
  
  

Technology Alternative

• The most time-consuming task is to vacuum the pool. It's necessary to vacuum an average-size pool for an hour every day. Use technology for this chore by using the pool vacuum that works all by itself. Put it in the pool overnight and it slowly vacuums the whole pool by crawling along the bottom and sucking up the dirt.
  
  Installing a motorized pool cover will keep debris out of the pool and lessen the time you spend skimming bugs and leaves off the surface.