A chemical reading log, not a dosing calculator
Log pH, free chlorine, alkalinity, CYA, salt and temperature per visit, tied to the exact body of water it was measured on. PoolTechDesk records what you measured — it doesn't tell you how much to add.
Why this is a log, not an advisor
Some pool software calculates dosing recommendations from a reading. PoolTechDesk deliberately doesn't. We're a software company, not a water chemistry authority, and telling a technician how much chemical to add is a call we're not qualified to make on your behalf. What we do instead: keep a clean, dated, per-property record of what was actually measured, visit after visit — so the history is there when you need it, and the judgment call stays with the person who's trained to make it.
What gets logged
pH, free chlorine, total alkalinity, CYA, salt and temperature, plus a free-text note for anything else worth flagging — a green tint, a cloudy reading, an equipment issue noticed on-site. Every field is optional; a tech records whatever they actually tested that visit.
Tied to the right body of water
A property with a pool and a spa gets separate reading histories for each, not one blended record. See how multiple bodies of water work on a single property.
Feeds the service report automatically
Readings logged during a visit show up in the service report emailed to the customer after that stop — no separate step to compile them.
Chemical readings questions
Does PoolTechDesk tell a technician how much chemical to add?
No. PoolTechDesk records what a technician measured — pH, free chlorine, alkalinity, CYA, salt and temperature — and keeps a dated history per body of water. It doesn't calculate or suggest dosing amounts. We're not chemists, and we'd rather not give advice we're not qualified to give.
What fields are included in a reading?
pH, free chlorine, total alkalinity, CYA, salt and temperature, plus a free-text note field. Every field is optional — a tech logs whatever was actually measured on that visit.
Can a customer see their pool's reading history?
Readings feed into the service report sent after each visit, and into the customer portal on the Growth and Pro plans, so a customer can see the trend over time, not just today's numbers.
Is the reading log the same as a water-testing tool?
No. PoolTechDesk doesn't test water and doesn't replace a test kit or meter — it's where the numbers a technician already measured get recorded and kept on file per property.