Acid wash, green pool recovery, salt conversions, automation and sand changes in Cave Creek, AZ. Call (480) 800-0993.
Some pool work does not belong on a weekly route. Bahama Blue Pool & Spa handles those jobs in Cave Creek, AZ. Acid washing, green pool recovery, salt conversions, automation and filter sand changes.
These are one off jobs. You book one when something needs putting right, or when you want the pool to run a better way.
Call (480) 800-0993 and tell us what the pool is doing. If the work turns out to be routine after all, pool cleaning services covers that side.
An acid wash strips a thin layer off the plaster and takes the stains with it.
It is the answer for a surface gone permanently dull, stained brown or black, or crusted with calcium. Brushing will not touch any of those. The pool gets drained, the surface washed, then refilled and balanced.
Acid washing removes plaster, so it is not something to do often. A pool can take only a handful across its life. If the plaster is already thin, resurfacing is the better call and we will say so. For calcium on the waterline tile alone, pool tile cleaning is the cheaper fix.
A green pool is an algae bloom. It means chlorine has been at zero for a while, and in our summer heat that takes days, not weeks.
Recovery is shock, filter, brush, repeat. The filter runs almost non stop, so it gets cleaned partway through. Most pools clear in a few days. Pools that went past green into swamp sometimes need draining, because that costs less than the chemicals.
One thing worth saying plainly. If the water is light green and the pump works, you can often do this yourself. The CDC is clear on the other half of it: water with no chlorine is not water to swim in. If the pump is the reason it went green, start with pool repairs.
Automation puts the pump, heater, lights and valves on one controller, and usually on your phone.
It suits a pool with a variable speed pump, a heater and lights. That is where the schedules actually save money. On a simple pool with a single speed pump and nothing else, a timer does the job for far less.
Older equipment sometimes cannot talk to a controller at all. That becomes pool equipment installation first, then the controller.
A salt system makes its own chlorine from salt in the water. The water feels softer, and you stop hauling jugs.
We convert chlorine pools to salt, and we replace cells that have worn out. Cells last a few years. Our hard water scales them faster when the chemistry runs high.
A cell that has stopped producing is usually scale or age. The difference matters. One is a cleaning, the other is a replacement, and we will tell you which one you have.
Sand filters work by catching dirt between sharp grains. Years of backwashing wear those grains smooth, and smooth sand stops filtering.
Five or more years in service, and water that stays cloudy after a good backwash, point at the sand. New sand goes in and the laterals get checked on the way. Pressure then drops back to where it should sit.
If the tank or the laterals have failed instead, that is pool filter repair.
Sometimes the water itself is the problem. Years of evaporation leave calcium and salts behind, and no amount of chemistry brings that back.
A drain and clean empties the pool, cleans the surface, then refills with fresh water. It often comes with an acid wash when the surface needs it too.
Draining a pool here needs care. An empty pool can lift or crack if the ground water is high or the shell is old. Plaster should not bake in the sun either. So we drain, work and refill on one schedule, not across a week.
We work across Cave Creek and the north valley, including Carefree, Desert Hills, Anthem, north Phoenix and north Scottsdale. See our service area page.
Specialty work is one piece of it. Here is the rest of what we handle for pools around Cave Creek.
Weekly visits, filter cleaning, tile cleaning and pool inspections, so the water stays clear and the equipment gets watched every week.
New pumps, filters, heaters and lights, sized for your pool and installed so circulation stays strong and the power bill stays sane.
Pump, filter and heater repair, for when the fix beats the replacement. We tell you plainly which one your equipment needs.
Algae recovery for pools that have gone green, from shock and filtering through to clear water. Draining when that costs less than chemicals.
The questions we get asked most, answered straight. If yours is not here, call (480) 800-0993 and ask.
Acid wash cost depends on pool size, how bad the staining is, and the water needed to refill. Call Bahama Blue Pool & Spa at (480) 800-0993. We look at the surface before quoting, because thin plaster changes the answer.
Most green pools in Cave Creek clear within a few days, once the chemistry is right and the filter runs. Badly neglected pools take longer, or need draining. The filter does most of the work, so it gets cleaned partway through.
Treating is usually cheaper than draining, because chemicals cost less than a full refill. Once a pool is dark green with debris on the floor, draining wins. We look at the water and say which way costs less.
A pool can take only a handful of acid washes in its life. Each one removes a thin layer of plaster. Done too often, it wears the surface through, and then resurfacing is the only answer left.
Arizona pools eventually need draining, because evaporation leaves calcium and salts that chemistry cannot remove. How often depends on your fill water and your chemistry. Draining needs care, since an empty shell can lift or crack.
A salt cell typically lasts a few years, and hard water shortens that. Scale on the plates is the usual reason one stops producing chlorine. Cleaning fixes a scaled cell. Age and wear mean a replacement.
A salt pool is still a chlorine pool. It makes chlorine from salt instead of taking it from a jug. The water feels softer and the routine is easier, though the cell is a part you replace every few years.
Pool automation is worth it on a pool with a variable speed pump, a heater and lights. That is where it saves money and effort. On a simple pool with a single speed pump, a timer does the same job for less.
Filter sand needs changing when the water stays cloudy after a good backwash and pressure climbs again quickly. Sand usually lasts about five years. Worn grains go round and smooth, so they no longer trap dirt.
Yes. Calcium on the waterline tile comes off with tile cleaning, which does not touch the plaster. An acid wash is for staining and buildup on the pool surface itself, and it is the bigger, more expensive job.
