For the pool jobs weekly cleaning can’t handle: stained plaster, green water, tired filter sand and a couple of upgrades worth making.
Weekly cleaning keeps most pools in good shape, but some problems need a bigger job. Our specialty pool services in Milpitas cover that pool restoration work, like acid washes and green pool cleanups. We also handle two pool upgrades that make a pool easier to live with: automation and salt.
Each one has a short section below and its own page with the details. Not sure which your pool needs? Call (408) 317-7550 and tell us what you’re seeing. Plenty of problems turn out to be water chemistry, and we’ll say so if that’s the case.
An acid wash takes a thin layer off the plaster, and the stains go with it. It’s for marks that brushing and stain treatments won’t lift. The pool gets drained first, then the surface is washed and the pool is refilled.
Because it removes plaster every time, an acid wash isn’t a yearly job. Most plaster pools can take one every few years at most.
An acid wash takes out:
A green pool means algae took over, almost always because the chlorine ran out. A pump that quit or a hot stretch of Milpitas summer can turn clear water green in a few days.
A green to clean job covers:
A light green tint often clears in a day. A pool where you can’t see the bottom takes longer.
Pool automation puts the pump, heater, lights and schedules on one controller you can run from your phone. It pays off most if you have a heater or a spa, since you can start warming the water before you get home.
Our pool automation work includes:
A salt system makes chlorine from dissolved salt, so you stop buying and storing chlorine. The pool is still chlorinated. The water just feels softer, and the salt cell needs a cleaning when scale builds up on it.
For salt systems, we handle:
Filter sand wears smooth over the years and stops catching fine dirt. When that happens, you get cloudy water no matter how long the pump runs. A sand change empties the tank and refills it with fresh media.
Our pool sand changes include:
The team that handles your acid wash or green cleanup also runs weekly service, so we look for what caused the problem, too. A pool that went green because the pump timer failed will go green again if nobody fixes the timer.
Weekly cleaning keeps the chlorine up and the filter working, which prevents most green pools in the first place. Specialized pool services are for problems that built up anyway, or for a pool that sat untouched before you bought the house. If regular care is all you need, our weekly pool service is the better fit.
Specialty jobs are quoted after we see the pool, and the quote is free. You don’t need to be on our weekly service to book one. Contact Clean Co and we’ll come take a look.
Weekly care, repairs and new equipment from the same local team.
Weekly care that keeps these problems from coming back: weekly pool service, filter cleaning, spa cleaning and tile cleaning.
For equipment that broke instead of wearing out: pool pump repair, pool heater repair, pool filter repair and spa repair.
New equipment when the old units are done: pool pump installation, pool heater installation and pool light installation.
Acid washes, green pool cleanups, sand changes, salt systems and automation, all on this page.
Answers about acid washes, green pools, salt systems and the other jobs on this page. Call (408) 317-7550 with anything we didn’t cover.
Algae. A pool turns green when chlorine stays too low for too long, often after a pump failure or a stretch of hot weather. Our green to clean service kills the algae and gets the water balanced again.
A light green pool can clear in a day. A dark green pool usually takes several days to a week, depending on how much algae there is, the size of the pool and how well the filter keeps up.
It depends on the size of the pool and how heavy the staining is. We quote after seeing the pool, and the quote is free. Call (408) 317-7550 to set up a visit.
Every few years at most, and only when stains won't come out any other way. Each acid wash removes a thin layer of plaster, so a plaster pool can only take a handful over its life.
Yes. The acid goes on bare plaster, so the pool is drained first and refilled afterward. Our pool acid wash page explains how the job works.
Yes. The salt cell turns dissolved salt into chlorine, so a salt pool is still a chlorine pool. You just stop adding chlorine by hand. Hayward explains how salt chlorination works.
For a lot of owners, yes. The water feels softer and you stop hauling chlorine home. The trade-off is the salt cell, which needs cleaning and eventually replacing. Our salt systems page covers conversions.
Usually every 5 to 7 years, or sooner if the water stays cloudy while the chemistry is right. Fresh sand won't fix a chemistry problem, so test the water first. See our pool sand changes page.
It is if you use a heater, spa or pool lights often, because you can run them from your phone. For a pool with just a pump on a timer, it's a nice extra. See our pool automation page.
Weekly cleaning prevents most problems. Stains that won't brush off, a green pool or cloudy water with good chemistry usually need a specialty job. Our pool cleaning page covers regular care.
