ep96 Creepy Spooky Scary Pool Stories. Halloween episode

Listen up and make sure none of these ever happen to you. Frank and Jacque discuss some of Frank's scariest and most odd memories he's had over his many years in the pool industry. Some of the worst that Frank has seen, felt, and smelt.

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00:00 - Inroduction

07:50 - customer's children were getting shocked every time they swam in the deep end of the pool.

08:55 - customer's pool floated out of the ground because they drained their swimming pool to fix their pool, which was unnecessary. destroyed their pool

12:20 - pool friend drained an abandoned pool to clean it out and found a dead cow in the bottom of the pool

14:10 - pool heater was having a delayed ignition issue. heater cabinet would fill with natural gas before it would ignite, causing a small explosion whenever it would finally ignite. be careful when checking heater ignition

18:30 - rats in heaters, some of the creepiest pool heater issues I have ever dealt with were due to rat infestations.

20:10 - turned a heater on a 4 ft long rat snake came out, half burnt from the heater ignition. this partially burnt snake was extremely aggressive and not happy

22:35 - 3 live baby opossums in a skimmer.

24:17 - giant bullfrog in a skimmer, the worst Frank has ever been hurt working on a swimming pool

24:57 - Frank walked up on a young lady nude sun bathing.

26:45 - Frank was diving on a swimming pool doing a leak detection. while exiting the pool he realized there was a copper head coiled up in his air hose.

30:40 - Frank opened up a heater cabinet to find the largest red wasp nest he's ever seen. 4 to 5 wasp stings to the head taught him to always be prepared when opening any kind of outdoor cabinet. be careful with the type of wasp spray you use around electrical components. there are non-conductive wasp sprays

34:10 - frank went into a backyard with two very large Rottweiler dogs. at first these dogs were friendly and playful, but the mood changed quickly when one of them bit Frank by accident. dogs can turn on you, even after first being friendly

38:55 - Frank had a Chow bite him, and a Saint Bernard in the yard protected Frank and kicked the Chow's butt

40:05 - Frank severely burnt both eyes with muriatic acid.

44:15 - customer got killed by his pool filter coming apart. this client was fortunate to have someone nearby that was able to resuscitate him, which saved his life. pool filters under pressure can be extremely dangerous.

48:55 - mixing pool chemicals in any way can be dangerous. many of these chemicals can react resulting in spontaneous combustion or dangerous gasses. Frank has seen pool scoops ignite while in someones hand, and has had associates almost burn the service vehicle up

51:00 - use caution when working with chlorine. chlorine can gas off. chlorine is extremely acidic and can burn your lungs and cause very bad health issues, or damage property.