A full assessment of the pool, its equipment and its water, delivered as a written report with photographs. Built for buyers, for pre-season checks, and for pools that keep going wrong without an obvious reason.
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Green-to-Clean
From a pool you cannot see the bottom of, back to swimmable.
Algae recovery for pools that have been left too long — after a bad winter, a failed pump, a holiday, or a house that has just changed hands.
Most green pools come back. It is a process over several days, not one dose of shock.
What's included
How a recovery is handled.
Assessment first
How far gone it is, whether the filtration can actually cope, and an honest answer about whether draining is the cheaper route.
Debris removal
Leaves and sludge off the floor before chemistry, because chlorine spent on a leaf pile does nothing for the water.
Balance, then shock
pH and stabiliser corrected first — shock added to unbalanced water is largely wasted, which is the usual reason a DIY attempt stalls.
Filtration and flocculant
The filter run hard and cleaned repeatedly, with flocculant where the dead algae is too fine to catch.
Return visits
Recovery takes several days and several visits. It is included in the quote rather than billed as it drags on.
Handover clear
Finished balanced, clear and swimmable, with the reason it went green in the first place explained so it does not repeat.
How it works
Send a photo
A picture of the pool tells me most of what I need to quote. Green, dark green, or cannot-see-the-step green are three different jobs.
Assess and quote
On site, I check the equipment can support a recovery and give you a flat quote covering the visits it will take.
The recovery
Several days of treatment and filtration, with return visits to adjust as the water turns.
Back to normal
Clear, balanced and handed back — with the option to keep it that way on weekly service.
Common questions
How long does it take?
Typically three to seven days depending on severity and how well the filtration copes. A mild green can turn in 48 hours; a pool left all winter takes longer.
Is it cheaper to just drain it?
Occasionally, but draining a pool carries real risk — an empty pool can float out of the ground with a high water table, and a vinyl liner will often shrink and never fit again. I will tell you honestly which is the better call.
Can I do it myself?
Sometimes. Most DIY attempts stall because shock goes into water with a high pH and high stabiliser, where it does very little. If you have already thrown chlorine at it for a week with no change, that is usually why.
Will it go green again?
Not if the underlying cause is fixed. It is almost always undersized filtration, a run time that is too short, or chemistry that drifted — and I will tell you which one it was.
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Other things I look after.
Regular service through the season: the water balanced to the numbers, the pool cleaned properly, and the equipment checked while I am there. You get a report after every visit.
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Seasonal opening and winterization done thoroughly, because almost every expensive pool failure in the Okanagan traces back to a rushed close in October.
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Send me a photo of the pool.
Serving Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country and Peachland. Send a few details about the pool and you will get a straight quote back, usually the same day.