Pool Cleaning Areas North of Houston

Pool cleaning in Spring

Harris County, along Spring Creek

Creeks, rain & live oaks

Big rains water down your chlorine

Spring Creek runs right past Spring, and Gulf storms can drop a lot of rain here fast. Rainwater dilutes the chlorine in your pool and washes in dirt and lawn runoff, which feeds algae. After a heavy rain, take a look: the water should still be clear.
Live oaks drop leaves in spring, not fall

Live oaks hold their leaves through winter, then shed them in late winter and spring as the new leaves push the old ones off. Expect a wave of small, tough leaves in the pool right when you start thinking about swimming.
Yellow film on the water? Probably pollen

Pine and oak pollen can coat a pool with yellow-green dust that drifts into the corners. It’s easy to mistake for mustard algae. A quick way to tell: pollen floats and moves when you stir the water, while algae clings to the walls.

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A planned community in the pines

Life under the trees

A town built around its forest

The Woodlands was planned to keep as much of its forest as it could, so a lot of backyards sit under tall pines and hardwoods. That means needles, leaves and seed pods landing in the pool for most of the year.
Leaves left on the floor can stain

Wet leaves give off tannins, the same stuff that colors tea. Left sitting on the pool floor, they can leave brown spots on plaster, and they use up chlorine as they break down. The sooner they come out, the better.
Shade helps, but it isn’t a free pass

A shaded pool loses less chlorine to sunlight, which is a plus. But the same trees keep dropping debris into the water, and a shady pool full of leaves can still turn green.

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Northwest Harris County, along Highway 249

Sun & wind

Full sun burns off chlorine

If your pool sits in the sun most of the day, Texas sunlight breaks down chlorine fast. Outdoor pools use a stabilizer (cyanuric acid) that shields chlorine from the sun, but too much of it slows chlorine down, so the balance matters.
Wind brings the yard in

Open ground lets the wind carry dust, pollen and grass clippings straight into the water. Fine dirt settles on the floor or clouds the water, and all of it uses up chlorine.
Filling from a private well?

Well water can carry iron and other metals. When chlorine meets them, the water can turn brown, rusty or green, and stains can follow. If your pool is filled from a well, tell us when you ask for a quote.

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Northwest Harris County, along Highway 290

Young trees & big heat

Young trees, little shade

Many Cypress neighborhoods are newer, and their trees aren’t big enough to shade a pool yet. In a Houston summer, a pool in full sun warms up fast, and warm water burns through chlorine quicker and helps algae grow.
Afternoon storms, then sun again

Summer thunderstorms often pop up in the afternoon, dump heavy rain and clear out. The rain dilutes your chlorine, then the sun comes right back out on warm water. That mix is a common way a clear pool slides toward green.
Building going on nearby?

New construction puts dust and fine dirt on the wind. It settles in the pool as silt, clouds the water and makes the filter work harder.

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Montgomery County seat, near Lake Conroe

Lake country & pines

Pines and the national forest

Conroe sits close to the Sam Houston National Forest, and tall pines are a big part of the view. Expect needles in the pool much of the year and a coat of yellow pine pollen in spring.
Frogs and other visitors

Near the woods and the lake, wildlife finds your pool. Frogs and other small critters often fall into pools and can’t climb back out. A small escape ramp gives them a way out, which is why every new customer gets free frog slides. Happy frogs belong in our name, not in your pool.
Ready for a hard freeze

Hard freezes don’t come often, but they do come, and Conroe can run a little colder than Houston on winter nights. When one is forecast, keep the pump running so water keeps moving through the pipes. If the power goes out, that protection stops, so look your equipment over once it thaws.

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Everywhere we work

The same weather hits every city on our list. Here’s what it does to a pool.

Hurricane season: June through November

Before a storm, bring in loose furniture and pool toys so the wind can’t throw them in. Don’t drain the pool: a full pool holds its shape, and an empty one can be pushed up by soaked ground.
After a storm

Get branches and leaves out before they sink and stain. If floodwater got in, keep everyone out until the pool has been cleaned and the water is safe again: floodwater can carry sewage and silt.
Long, hot summers

Houston summers keep pool water warm for months. Warm water and strong sun use up chlorine quickly, which is how a pool goes from clear to cloudy to green so fast in July and August.

Pool already green? Green-to-clean starts at $350 and goes up to $1,500, depending on how bad it is.

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