Arnold Pool-Spa Service & Repair

I felt so strongly about my five-​star review that I am posting it as Arnold is pulling away from the curb.
I have a refurbished spa @ 10 years of its’ second life. It had its first break down this past weekend. It could have been anything from a bad air switch to a failing board. It was beyond my limited ability to identify, plus the spa is on a dedicated 220V line — it could kill me if I stuck my hand into the wrong place.
Arnold diagnosed and fixed the problem within 15 minutes — a bad relay in the control box — approx $ 150 total parts and labor.
Understandably, for his safety here and now, and my family’s, in the future, he strongly recommended adding a GFCI to the electrical box. Codes are updated, and I missed the memo the last time my panel was upgraded.
I thanked him profusely, and assured him that, even though the spa is working, it will not be used until that issue is addressed by a licensed electrician.
I got more advice on the care and feeding of my spa, and how to conserve electricity, than I got from the company who installed the spa in the first place.
I found Arnold to be professional, friendly, and thorough.
I’d give him 6 stars if allowed, and will not hesitate to call him first for our future spa needs.
Thanks, Arnold ! and the other Unilocal users who steered me to him !

We have had the pleasure of working with Arnold for over 20 years. He is very knowledgable, fast at troubleshooting/​repairing and fair priced. Thank you.

The Best. I have had Arnold fix both my pool and my spa and would recommend him to anyone. he was on time and reasonably priced! I am going to call him back and help me with the pool and get it ready for summer 2014!

Arnold was very honest, fixed our spa and pool. Let me know what he could repair safely and what he couldn’t. Super friendly, I won’t use anyone else. He is very busy, he’s worth the wait. Thanks! Arnold.

We had a spa given to us a while back. Got the elecrical set up and we were ready to dip… but the spa didn’t work. A neighbor told us it was probably a pump, so we took it to a big named pool chain. They wanted to sell us a new pump for $ 600. We called Arnold and he said before he came out he wanted us to take the pump to this company in Walnut Creek to be sure. Pump worked fine so we called Arnold back. He came to the house and we really had the sense that he knew what he was doing. Found that there was a simple fix. He even came over and fixed it while we were at work and wasn’t worried about collecting from us. Super cool. He charged an extremely fair price… waaay less than we were ready to pay. Arnold doesn’t do much online advertising (mostly print), because he says he just likes to talk to his customers. Super cool guy… really great work… excellent follow up too.