At the surface
A family that goes in the water to find your leak
Aquatrace is owned and operated by Chris and Catherine Sears out of Fair Play, SC. It began as a side business on Memorial Day weekend 2016, at the pool of Chris’s father-in-law, a longtime pool builder. He asked one question: “Want to help me find a leak?”
Chris kept at it on the side for years. In March 2020, after he and Catherine prayed it through, he left his low-voltage career and went full time. The company has a line it works to, and it hangs over every visit: Saving Our Clients Money. One Gallon at a Time
Between them, the team brings over 30 years of industry experience. Here is who you will meet, and how the visit actually runs on our leak detection process page.
In the lines
Chris Sears, founder, trainer and lead inspector
Chris spent about 15 years as a low-voltage trade manager and trainer, and before that worked as a superintendent in commercial and industrial construction. That is where he learned to read a job site, run a crew and explain a problem in plain terms.
He started NAUI dive training in 2019 and has been a NAUI dive professional since 2021. He is a certified scuba instructor and the founder of Dive Factor. The dive is why Aquatrace can inspect a pool shell from the inside when listening gear and pressure tests point at the basin.
Catherine Sears, business operations manager and co-owner
Catherine is the voice most customers hear first. She handles the calls, the quotes, the scheduling and the reports, so the person at your pool is free to work. She became NAUI scuba certified in April 2021, with open water dives at Devil’s Den, Ginnie Springs and Fanning Springs.
Pricing depends on the type of pool, so every job starts with a phone consultation. Call, and she will walk through what you are seeing. The services page shows the four kinds of pool and spa we work on.
Logan Sears, technician
Logan works the jobs alongside Chris. The Big Ivy Community Center in Barnardsville, NC put it this way in September 2023: “Chris and Logan, his partner on the job, were fast and efficient.”
Integrity is the value the family works by: say what the water is doing, say what it will cost to find out, and tell you when a repair is not worth it.
On the floor
Pools we have stood beside
Water drawn low, equipment pads and stone surrounds. Each frame is a pool where the question was the same: where is the water going?
Kidney pool, water drawn low, iron fence line 
Stone-coped spa that shares its plumbing with the pool 
Flagstone surround, water drained to mid level, cleaner parked 
Rectangular pool, equipment pad and deck lines
Customers on their own site
These notes sit on the company’s own website, unrated, with the name, town and month they were left. Google holds 4.9 from 57 reviews on top of them.
- Steve GrahamFair Play, SC, Nov 2023
- “Very knowledgeable & professional throughout the whole process.”
- Tom ZitielloFletcher, NC, Nov 2023
- “Chris and his team did a thorough job. Follow up was great and they are a solution base company!”
- Big Ivy Community CenterBarnardsville, NC, Sep 2023
- “Chris and Logan, his partner on the job, were fast and efficient. They showed up right on time and they explained everything, which in turn will end up saving us money. I would highly recommend them.”
Want the long version of a visit? Read the step-by-step process, then see which of the four pool types matches yours.
Fair Play, SC · Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Tell us what the pool is losing
Catherine will take the call, and Chris will take it from there.
Toll-free (888) 896-AQUA