Green Pool Restoration
Green to blue.
A green pool isn't ruined — it just needs the right process. Our three-visit restoration kills the algae, clears the water and rebalances your pool, usually inside a week.
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Why good pools go green.
Algae only needs a few warm days without enough sanitiser. In a Perth summer, a pool can tip from cloudy to swamp in a weekend.
Sanitiser ran out
Chlorine dropped — empty drums, tired salt cell, or heat and heavy use burning it off faster than it's made.
Equipment fault
A failing pump, exhausted filter media/cartridge or a chlorinator not producing chlorine quietly stops the pool defending itself.
Heat + nutrients
Warm water plus phosphates from leaves, dust, fertiliser and bore top-ups — prime conditions for algae to prosper.
Winter neglect
Maintenance wound down over winter — and by the time it was restarted for the season, months of missed attention had already turned the water.
Three visits. One comeback.
No guesswork and no mystery dosing — a structured restoration that follows industry best practice, with a photo report after every visit.
Hit the algae, hard.
We test your water on-site, size up the severity, then dose the pool properly — a heavy shock treatment matched to your pool's volume, with algaecide and a flocculant or clarifier where needed. Walls and floor get brushed so nothing survives the first hit.
- Full on-site water analysis
- Severity + equipment assessment
- Shock dose sized to your pool
- Algaecide, floc & brush-down
Get the dead algae out.
Once the treatment has done its work and the dead algae has settled — usually within 24 hours — we vacuum it straight out of the pool to waste, and top up chemicals if the water needs another nudge.
- Vacuum settled algae to waste
- Skimmer & pump baskets cleared
- Water re-tested mid-recovery
- Booster dose if required
Why "to waste"? Dead algae is pumped out of the pool entirely instead of through your filter — in line with WA Health guidance. Push it through the filter and it clogs the media, then seeds the pool all over again.
Polish, rebalance, swim.
Final vacuum and brush, filter backwashed or chemically cleaned so yesterday's problem isn't living in the media, then a full rebalance across up to seven parameters — chlorine, pH, alkalinity, stabiliser, calcium, salt and phosphates. You get the all-clear and a photo report.
- Final vacuum, brush & skim
- Filter backwash / deep clean
- 7-point water rebalance
- Swim-safe sign-off + photo report
Real Perth rescues.
These aren't stock photos — they're PPE jobs, shot on our technicians' phones before and after the three-visit process.
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Yanchep, WA
Left to turn over summer, with a sand filter past saving. Restored in five days — including supplying and fitting the new filter that stops it happening again.
Your pool could be next.
Send us a photo of your pool today and we'll tell you straight what it needs, how long it'll take and what it'll cost.
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It's not ruined. It's just green.
MOST GREEN POOLS DON'T NEED DRAINING — THEY NEED THE RIGHT PROCESS.
How far gone is it?
Severity sets the timeline. Here's how we read a green pool — and what each stage usually means.
Stage 1 — Cloudy & tinged
Usually clear in 2–3 daysYou can still see the bottom, but the water's dull with a green tinge. Caught early, this is the quickest and cheapest fix — sometimes visits two and three combine.
Stage 2 — Proper green
Typically 3–7 daysBottom's gone, walls feel slippery. The classic post-winter or post-holiday green pool — exactly what the three-visit process is built for.
Stage 3 — Black-green swamp
A week or more — honestly quotedOpaque, dark water, often with debris and mosquito larvae. Still very saveable — but it may need extra visits, and we'll tell you that before we start, not after.
And when chemicals aren't the right call, we'll say so.
A small number of pools are better served by a partial drain and refill — long-abandoned swamps, stubborn black algae in the surface, or stabiliser (CYA) so high that chlorine can barely work. If your pool is one of them, we'll explain why, quote it up front, and manage it safely — draining a pool the wrong way can damage the shell, so it's a professional's call.
We fix why it went green.
- Every restoration includes an equipment health check. A green pool usually has an accomplice — a tired pump, an exhausted filter cartridge or a chlorinator that's stopped producing chlorine.
- We're equipment specialists first. We sell, install and repair this gear every day, so the person rescuing your water can also fix what let it turn.
- One team, one visit, no hand-balling. If something needs repairing or replacing, we quote it on the spot — no waiting for a second company.
- Honest chemistry. Your photo report shows exactly what was dosed and why. No padding, no mystery jugs.
No swimming until we say so
Green water can harbour bacteria, and treatment doses run high. We'll confirm when levels are back in WA Health's safe range — usually by visit three.
Kids & pets kept clear
While the heavy dosing does its job, the pool area is off-limits. We'll give you clear timings at every visit — no guessing.
We handle the chemicals
Professional dosing, professional storage. Nothing left in your shed, and no risk of over-shocking damaging your pool's surface or liner.
Keep it blue for good.
The best green pool recovery is the one you never need again. Once your water's back, a Pool Care Membership keeps it that way — scheduled visits, chemicals included for normal use, and a photo report every time.
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Let's get you swimming again.
Send us a photo of your pool or book an assessment — we'll size it up, quote the full plan, and start the comeback.
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