Green Pool Cleanup and Algae Treatment in Frisco and Collin County
Green-to-clean from $400, quoted after the first look
You left for a week in July with a blue pool and came home to a pond. Or the pump quit on a Friday and by Monday the steps had a green fuzz. Or the storm dropped a tree's worth of leaves and the water went cloudy, then green, in two days. North Texas storm season peaks from March through May, when hail, straight-line wind and two-inch rains hit Frisco in the same afternoon, and a second round arrives in October and November. A storm dumps leaves, dirt and phosphates in the water and can knock the power out long enough for the pump to miss a day.
What a cleanup involves
Killing algae is the easy part. Getting a pool clear is about filtration, and that takes time and attention.
- First visit. The tech confirms the pump and filter run, tests the water, and removes the large debris with a leaf rake. Every surface is brushed to break the algae off the plaster. Then the pool gets a heavy chlorine dose sized to the water volume and the color, plus an algaecide where the strain calls for it.
- Filter cleaning. Dead algae clogs a filter fast. The filter is cleaned on the first visit and usually again on the second or third.
- Daily follow-ups. The tech comes back, brushes again, re-doses, vacuums the dead algae to waste where the plumbing allows, and cleans the filter. Each visit the water gets clearer.
- Rebalance. Once the water is clear, pH, alkalinity, calcium and stabilizer are brought back into range so it stays clear.
- All-clear. You get a chemistry report and a photo when it is safe to swim.
Green, yellow and black
Green algae is the common one and the easiest to clear. Yellow or mustard algae clings to shaded walls and comes back unless the toys, brushes and filter are treated too. Black algae roots into plaster and needs a steel brush and direct treatment on each spot. The tech identifies the type on the first visit because the plan is different for each.
When draining makes sense
A pool that was off all summer can hold so much organic load that chemicals cost more than fresh water. Very high stabilizer, which locks up chlorine, is another reason. Frisco's stormwater ordinance bars filter backwash and chlorinated pool water from the storm drain and allows only dechlorinated pool water there, and Allen and other Collin County cities enforce the same rule. We backwash and drain to the sanitary sewer cleanout at a slow rate, or let the chlorine fall to zero first. The water utility and the weather both decide when a drain and refill is the smart move. The tech will give you the cost both ways.
Screens, trees and storms
Screen enclosures are almost unknown in North Texas. Frisco pools sit open to the sky inside the fenced yard the city barrier code requires, under live oaks, cedar elms and crape myrtles that drop leaves, pollen and berries straight into the water. Pools under mature trees need the baskets emptied twice a week in fall and after every storm, because a basket packed with leaves starves the pump, and a starved pump is day one of a green pool.
Pricing
A green pool cleanup starts at $400 and is quoted after the first look, based on the water, the debris load and whether the equipment runs. The quote covers chemicals, the follow-up visits and the filter cleanings. A pump or filter that turns out to be broken is quoted separately, and nothing is repaired without your approval.
Most customers keep weekly service after a cleanup. The monthly fee is less than the cleanup, and it is the only way to keep the pool from doing this again in August.
Call (972) 640-4665 for a green pool in Frisco and across Collin County. Send a photo and we will give you a rough number over the phone.