Guest Guide · Pool
Three small things keep the pool clear all week, and none of them take more than a couple of minutes. Everything else is handled for you.
The short version
The pool is serviced and chemically balanced before every stay, and our maintenance team keeps it that way. You should never need to add chemicals, backwash the filter, or touch the equipment.
There are only three things worth your attention: the water level, the Dolphin cleaner, and the pressure gauge on the sand filter. All three are below, and together they take about two minutes a day.
For guests
Do these and the pool stays clear and swimmable for your whole stay.
The Dolphin is the robotic cleaner that lives in the pool and keeps the bottom free of debris. Emptying it takes about two minutes and makes a visible difference:
That is the whole job. Doing it once a day keeps the pool bottom clean for you rather than letting a week of leaves pile up.
Look at the pool intake and find the four screws on it. The water should sit above the midpoint between the second and third screws. If it has dropped below that line, feel free to top it off with the hose.
Run the hose for 20 minutes at a time, then stop. After topping off, hold off on heavy water use in the house — long showers, laundry, dishwasher — for two to four hours.
The sand filter has a pressure gauge on it. Normal operation sits below 22 PSI. If you see it reading over 22, let us know and we will schedule a backwash in the next few days. Nothing is wrong and you do not need to do anything else — it just means the filter is due for a cleaning.
The property runs on well water. Running the hose into the pool for too long can exhaust the well, and recovering from that is not a quick or pleasant fix for anyone. Stick to 20 minutes at a time, and give the well two to four hours to recover before using heavy water in the house. If the level still looks low after a top-off, wait a few hours and repeat rather than running it longer.
Safety
There is no lifeguard here and help is not close by. These exist so your trip stays a good memory.
Everyone using the pool does so at their own risk. Guests are responsible for themselves and for anyone they bring onto the property, including day visitors and children who are not on the reservation. The full house rules live in your Airbnb or VRBO booking.
Children need an adult watching the water — not nearby, not on a phone, watching. Non-swimmers should stay in the shallow end and wear a flotation device. Keep the Dolphin's cable out of the way while people are swimming.
Emergency: call 911. The property address is [full street address] — worth saving in a phone before you need it.
Something looks off
Usually a heavy swim day, sunscreen, or a passing storm, and the filter clears it within a day. Empty the Dolphin, check the PSI, and message us.
Not normal. Stop swimming and message us right away so we can get maintenance out.
The filter needs a backwash. Let us know and we will take care of it — no action needed on your end.
Pull it out, empty it, and put it back. If it still will not run, leave it out of the water and message us.
A few inches over a hot week is normal evaporation. Needing to top off every day is not — tell us.
Accidents happen and we would much rather know immediately than find it at turnover. Send a photo through the booking platform.
For maintenance & cleaning staff
This section is for our maintenance and cleaning team, not for guests. Guests do not need to do any of the following.
Chlorine is monitored by a Water Guru unit in the filter basket area. It is battery powered and occasionally loses its Wi-Fi connection, which stops the owner from seeing readings.
To reset it, only when the owner asks: take the Water Guru out, remove the cover, pull one battery out, put the battery back in, and return the unit. That restores the connection.
Always kill the breaker first. Never open the basket with the pump running.
Needed roughly every three to four weeks. A PSI reading over 22 is the signal that it is due. Total time is about four minutes.
The water level will usually be low after a backwash — top it off following the water level guidance above, including the 20-minute limit on the well.
Pool questions
Messages through Airbnb or VRBO reach us fastest and keep everything documented for both of us. For anything urgent involving safety, call 911 first and message us after.
More in the guide
Property boundaries, quiet hours, creek and woods, fire pit, and connectivity.
Lake days, wineries, waterfalls, racing weekends, and dark-sky stargazing.
See the pool, deck, creek, and the rest of the property before you arrive.