Waterline
Tile Cleaning and Calcium Removal
Calcium removal and tile cleaning at the waterline, plus pressure washing for the deck.
Chapter 01
Why Phoenix-area water leaves a white line
The water in the Phoenix area is hard, and the desert sun pulls a lot of it off the pool every week. Evaporation takes the water and leaves the minerals behind, and they settle on the tile at the waterline as a white, crusty band of calcium scale.
It shows up on pools across Paradise Valley, Scottsdale and Carefree, on glass and mosaic tile, on spa walls and on stone coping. Left alone it thickens, and a light haze becomes a hard crust that brushing alone will not move.
Travertine deck and coping at the pool edge with a skimmer net resting on the stone
Tile cleaning and calcium removal
Lakeside offers tile cleaning and calcium removal for pools where the scale has built up past what routine brushing can handle. The tile material decides the method: glass, porcelain and natural stone each take different handling, and the aim is to lift the scale without scratching the surface.
The weekly visit is what keeps this from coming back fast. Brushing the walls and tile line is on the checklist for every visit, and a tile line that gets brushed each week collects scale more slowly than one that is left for months. Tony's crew logs it in the emailed report along with the rest of the visit.
Chapter 03
Pressure washing decks and coping
The water line is not the only place the pool shows its age. Dust, monsoon grime and splash-line mineral stains build up on the deck and the coping, and pressure washing takes them off travertine, pavers, flagstone and concrete.
Lakeside pressure washes the deck as part of keeping a pool looking cared for. Ask Tony about it at (480) 363-6158, ROC 350584, and he will tell you what your surface can take.
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Where scale collects
Surfaces the waterline touches
- Waterline tile
- Spa walls
- Coping
- Travertine and paver decks
Other work on the route
- Weekly Pool ServiceBrushing, skimming, baskets, pH and chlorine, filter pressure and a full equipment check, with an emailed report every week.
- Equipment Repair and New EquipmentNew pumps, new filters, full equipment sets and repairs on Pentair, Jandy and Hayward pads.
- Automation and Pool LightsAutomation systems and most pool lights, including Pentair architectural series fixtures.
- Green Pool CleanupsGreen to clean: taking a murky pool back to clear water, then keeping it there.
- Acid Wash and Chlorine WashDraining and washing the pool shell when stains and scale have gone past what brushing can reach.
- All servicesThe full list of what Lakeside does across the North Valley.