Talent Pool Cleaning runs four pool services, and the water in front of you decides which one you need: green or cloudy water points to a green pool cleanup, equipment that is noisy or weak points to equipment repair, a pool that has been sitting unused points to a pool startup, and water that is already clear points to weekly cleaning to keep it that way. Most owners who call us need one of the first three once, and then the fourth from then on.
If the water is green, cloudy, or slippery underfoot
Green or cloudy water, or a bottom step that feels slick rather than smooth, is algae, and that is a green pool cleanup rather than a regular visit. The slick step is the one worth checking, because it shows up while the water still looks mostly clear, which is the cheapest moment to catch it. A strong chlorine smell belongs on the same list and surprises people, because it reads like too much chlorine and usually means the opposite.
There are five of these signs, and the warning signs of a green pool walks through each one, including the difference between common green algae and the yellow or mustard kind. It also explains why a double dose of chlorine sometimes works and often does not.
If this is happening in summer, the cause is probably not something you did. Summer pool preparation in South Florida covers why water past 80°F burns chlorine off faster than a weekly dose can offset, which is when most of the green pool recoveries we run begin.
If the water is fine but the equipment is not
Air bubbles in the pump basket, a new grinding or screeching noise, weaker flow at the returns, water leaking around the housing, or a motor that keeps shutting off and restarting are all pool equipment repair, not cleaning. These show up with clear water, which is exactly why they get ignored: nothing looks wrong yet.
Five signs your pool pump is failing goes through each of those symptoms and what it usually points to. If the question is the filter rather than the pump, sand, cartridge, or DE explains the three types and how each one is cleaned, which is worth reading before you decide anything, because the three are maintained differently.
Rising filter pressure sits in between. It is checked on every weekly visit, so an owner on weekly cleaning usually hears about it before it becomes a repair.
If the pool has been sitting unused
A pool that has been off for a season, or that came with a house you just bought, needs a pool startup before weekly service means anything. Starting weekly visits on water that was never brought back into balance spends the first several visits doing a startup slowly.
The two seasonal posts cover what that involves at each end of the year: summer preparation for the heat and storm ramp-up, and winter preparation for the cooler months.
If the water is already clear
Clear water and quiet equipment mean the service you need is weekly pool cleaning, which is the one that keeps the other three from being necessary. The visit is the same everywhere we go, item for item: water chemistry tested and corrected, walls and steps brushed, the floor vacuumed, leaves skimmed off the surface, both baskets emptied, filter pressure, pump and water level checked, and the tile at the edge cleaned, waterline included. The filter is washed once a month, not every week. You get a photo after every visit.
Weekly is the floor here rather than an upgrade, and how often a pool needs cleaning in South Florida explains why: heat burns chlorine off and rain dilutes what is left, so a fortnightly pool is already behind when the technician arrives. If the question behind yours is what this costs, pool cleaning cost in Fort Lauderdale covers what moves the number.
Two questions that are not about the water
Whether the pool is in a condominium changes nothing about the service and everything about the access. We clean the private pool of a house inside a condominium, and not the community pool, and do pool services clean pools in condos draws that line.
Where you are decides the rest. We cover Broward County and Boca Raton, which includes Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Parkland, Deerfield Beach, Plantation, Sunrise, Margate, Coconut Creek, Oakland Park, Lighthouse Point and Boca Raton.
Still not sure? Say what you see
If none of the four is obviously yours, describe the water instead of naming the service, and we will tell you which one it is. A quote request gets an answer the same day. Pools are serviced Monday to Saturday, 7am to 7pm, and the office answers Monday to Saturday, 8am to 8pm, closed Sunday.
The four services side by side, with what each one includes and how often it is recommended, are in the comparison tables on the home page.
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