New Orleans Pool Builders provides professional green pool recovery & acid washing in New Orleans, LA for residential and commercial properties across Greater New Orleans and the Northshore. Green pool recovery in New Orleans turns a swamp back into a swimming pool, usually without draining it and usually in two to four days. We assess whether yours is a treat-in-place job or a genuine drain and acid wash, tell you honestly which it is, and then do the unglamorous work: sustained shock, repeated filter cleans, and daily brushing until the water is clear. A green pool here is not a mystery, it is arithmetic with a Gulf Coast multiplier. Chlorine ran out, the pump ran too few hours, cyanuric acid climbed until the chlorine present stopped working, or a storm dumped two inches of rain and a tree's worth of organic material into the water in an afternoon. Warm water, relentless sun, and phosphate-rich debris from live oaks do the rest. We see more full blooms per pool per year in this metro than almost anywhere, and we have got fast at reversing them. The decision tree: if the water is green but you can still see the main drain, we treat in place. Balance first, shock hard and hold the level rather than dosing once and hoping, run the filter continuously, brush daily, clean the filter repeatedly as it loads, and use a phosphate remover when the algae keeps returning, which here it often does because the source is the tree rather than the pool. That takes two to four days and costs a fraction of a drain. If the water is opaque, if black algae has rooted into the plaster, or if the surface is stained under the algae, we drain and acid wash or chlorine wash. Draining in New Orleans requires care: we check the water table, use hydrostatic relief, and never leave a shell empty longer than necessary, because an empty pool in saturated ground can float and crack, turning a cleaning into a catastrophe. An acid wash removes a thin layer of plaster along with the stains, and a surface can only take a handful over its life, so if yours is one wash away from needing a resurface we will tell you before we start rather than after. We also deep clean or replace the filter afterwards, because a filter full of dead algae will reseed the pool within a fortnight.
With 15+ years of experience, our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — gunite and shotcrete construction, hydrostatic relief valves for a high water table, PebbleTec and quartz interior finishes, travertine and brick coping with glass waterline tile, variable-speed pumps and cartridge or DE filtration, saltwater chlorination — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve New Orleans and nearby communities including Metairie, Kenner, Gretna, Harvey.
What We Handle
Everything our green pool recovery & acid washing in New Orleans covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of green pool recovery & acid washing work in New Orleans, LA. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
- green pool cleanup
- algae removal service
- pool drain and clean
- acid washing a pool
- chlorine wash
- black algae and mustard algae treatment
- storm and flood pool restoration
- pool stain removal
- organic and tannin stain removal
- filter deep clean after algae
- phosphate removal
- neglected and abandoned pool cleanup
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our New Orleans services.
Materials, equipment and how we do green pool recovery & acid washing
The difference between green pool recovery & acid washing that lasts and green pool recovery & acid washing that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with gunite and shotcrete construction, hydrostatic relief valves for a high water table, PebbleTec and quartz interior finishes, travertine and brick coping with glass waterline tile, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every New Orleans job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. 15+ years of pool work in Greater New Orleans and the Northshore means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do green pool recovery & acid washing outside New Orleans
New Orleans Pool Builders covers New Orleans and the surrounding communities of Greater New Orleans and the Northshore. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Metairie, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 143,500
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Kenner, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 66,400
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Gretna, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 17,800
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Harvey, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 22,200
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Marrero, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 32,400
- Green Pool Recovery & Acid Washing in Terrytown, LA — Jefferson Parish, population 25,300
Start on the New Orleans Pool Builders homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why New Orleans Chooses New Orleans Pool Builders
- ✓Over 15 years building and servicing pools across Greater New Orleans and the Northshore
- ✓Built for our water table: hydrostatic relief valves, dewatering plans, and subsidence-aware design
- ✓Residential and commercial, from courtyard pools to hotel, short-term rental, and HOA pools
- ✓Hurricane preparation and post-storm restoration handled in-house
Every green pool recovery & acid washing project in New Orleans gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free green pool recovery & acid washing free estimate in New Orleans, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.