Waxahachie Pool Service & Repair
This is our home base. A&M Pool Service & Repair has worked out of 1210 N Creek Cir since 2006, in the same water you fill your pool with. The City of Waxahachie (PWS 0700008) runs entirely on surface water, blended from Lake Waxahachie, Bardwell Reservoir, Cedar Creek Reservoir, and Richland-Chambers Reservoir, then disinfected with chloramine for most of the year. That blend matters more than most owners realize, because it sets how your water behaves by August. We handle weekly cleaning and equipment repair from $140, and we already know this supply firsthand.
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- Based in Waxahachie at 1210 N Creek Cir, in the same supply we service every day
- We work the 2024 city report: hardness around 103 ppm, pH up to 8.82, chloramine around 3.2 ppm
- We service pools around downtown, the Highway 287 corridor, and the newer subdivisions south of town
- We know the Lake Waxahachie area and the seasonal pull on water levels a few miles south of town
What four-reservoir surface water does to a Waxahachie pool
The 2024 city chemistry puts total hardness around 103 ppm, with calcium near 38 ppm and alkalinity about 91 ppm. That is moderate hardness, not the heavy mineral load that cakes a heater overnight, but the published pH runs as high as 8.82. High-pH fill water tips your balance toward scaling, and on a salt pool the cell runs hot enough to push calcium out of solution onto the plates. We watch the cell and the heater exchanger, because those are the two surfaces where moderate hardness still finds a way to build.
Disinfection here is chloramine for most of the year, with the residual sitting around 3.2 ppm. Chloramine holds more steadily than free chlorine, which is good for a distribution system but means your fill water already carries combined chlorine before it ever reaches the pool. Once that water sits under sun and bather load, chloramine demand climbs and so does the chance of that flat, eye-stinging smell. We track combined chlorine rather than trusting a single total-chlorine reading.
Once a year, usually in October, the city switches from chloramine to free chlorine for a maintenance period. Pools react to that swing. Free chlorine is more aggressive, demand patterns shift, and a pool that ran clean all summer can suddenly drop its residual faster than the owner expects. We adjust the routine during that window so your water does not drift while the city is flushing its lines.
TDS sits around 208 ppm and sodium near 31 ppm in the 2024 report, both modest. We still test rather than assume, because a salt pool adds its own sodium and a pool that has gone a few seasons without a partial drain builds TDS on its own. The city number is a starting point, not the number in your pool.
Common pool service calls in Waxahachie
- Scale on salt cells. Moderate hardness plus fill water that can reach pH 8.82 leaves calcium scale on cell plates and heater exchangers. We descale on a schedule before output drops.
- Chloramine and combined chlorine. Year-round chloramine disinfection means your fill water arrives with combined chlorine already in it. We manage demand so the water stays clear instead of going dull and smelling sharp.
- October chlorine switch. The annual change from chloramine to free chlorine shifts how fast your pool burns sanitizer. We adjust dosing through that period so the residual holds.
- Clay-stressed decks and plumbing. The Houston Black clay under your deck expands in wet weather and pulls back in drought. We check mastic joints and watch for plumbing movement that shows up as small leaks.
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What Waxahachie Customers Say
"We have used A&M for over three years and they are always reliable. Our pool has never looked better. They actually show up when they say they will — and that matters."
"Had them winterize the pool last November. Neighbors who skipped it ended up with burst pipes during the freeze. Best money I have ever spent on pool maintenance."
Pool Service FAQ — Waxahachie
That smell is usually combined chlorine, not too much chlorine. Your fill water already carries chloramine, and once bather load and sun add to it, combined chlorine builds. We measure it directly and shock or adjust to clear it rather than just adding more sanitizer.
The city restricts irrigation between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from June 1 to September 30, but hand-held and soaker watering are exempt, and topping off a pool is not lawn irrigation. It is still worth knowing, because summer evaporation here is high and you will be adding water often.
Hardness is only part of it. The fill water can run up near pH 8.82, and a salt cell heats the water right at the plates, which drives calcium out of solution there first. We descale the cell on a schedule so you keep full chlorine output.
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Last updated: June 2026
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Call A&M Pool Service & Repair at (214) 399-7347 for weekly service or equipment repair from $140, run by Thomas Spann and his family right here in town since 2006.