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Pool Cleaning in Lakeway, TX

Lakeway has been pool country since the 1960s, before most of Austin knew where Lake Travis was. That history is in the backyards: pools around the Live Oak and Yaupon courses on their third pump, and pools in Rough Hollow and Serene Hills so new the automation still has the factory password. We service both, and they need different things.

From our Dripping Springs shop it is about 25 minutes up Hamilton Pool Road and RM 620 to Lakeway Boulevard, which makes Lakeway and The Hills a core route, not an outer stop. Same technician on the same day every week, with the photo and chemistry readings sent to your phone each visit.

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Three Utilities, One River, Two Generations of Pools

How Lakeway Water and Lakeway Pools Actually Behave

Lakeway water comes from Lakeway MUD in the older core, Travis County WCID 17 around Flintrock Falls and Serene Hills, or the West Travis County PUA in the newer areas. Three bills, one source: treated Lake Travis surface water, moderately hard, around 70 to 130 ppm. The utility is not what separates Lakeway pools. Age is. A pool that has evaporated and refilled since the Reagan administration without a partial drain can carry 500 ppm of calcium and enough cyanuric acid to make chlorine sluggish, while a new Rough Hollow pool is still near its fill numbers.

So the pool's history is our first input. On the old-core pools, the weekly panel watches calcium and cyanuric acid, and when the numbers say so we book a partial drain for a cool month, never August on old plaster. On the new builds, the job is keeping fill numbers from drifting: pH held at 7.4 to 7.6, alkalinity at 80 to 120 ppm, salt in the 2,700 to 3,400 ppm window, cyanuric acid at 60 to 80 on salt cells. Both generations get the same saturation-index math; scale does not care what year the pool was built.

Then, everything the lake and hills throw in. Wind off Lake Travis fills a skimmer basket in a day in cedar season; Ashe juniper and live oak add pollen, catkins, and leaves on their own calendars; deer add whatever deer add. Golf-course lots at Lakeway Country Club, Flintrock Falls, and The Hills get clippings and fertilizer drift, and fertilizer means phosphate, which feeds algae. Hillside lots put the spa above the pool, and a spillway aerating water all day pushes pH up. And plenty of these are second homes, so the owner reads about it on a phone.

What Weekly Service Covers

Weekly Pool Service for Both Generations of Lakeway Pools

One checklist, two sets of instincts: a 1985 DE filter and a new salt cell do not need the same things.

Cleaning and circulation, wind included

Baskets first, both of them, because a Lakeway skimmer can be packed solid with cedar duff by the time we arrive, and a starved pump moves nothing. Then skim, brush walls, steps, and tile line, and vacuum whatever the wind laid down. On golf-course lots we work the edge nearest the fairway, where clippings drift in and settle. On hillside lots we brush the spa and its spillway, where scale shows first. Before leaving we check return flow, read filter pressure against baseline, and give the pad a look and a listen.

Water chemistry that respects the pool's age

Every visit: chlorine (free and combined), pH, alkalinity, calcium hardness, cyanuric acid, and salt on salt pools. Targets do not change: pH 7.2 to 7.8 (we aim 7.4 to 7.6), alkalinity 80 to 120 ppm, free chlorine 1 to 3 ppm and toward the top in July and August. What changes is what we watch. Old-core pools get a running eye on calcium and cyanuric acid so the partial drain gets planned, not forced. Spillway pools get acid on a schedule. Golf-lot pools get a phosphate test when algae persists despite good chlorine.

Equipment and filter care, from DE grids to salt cells

Old Lakeway and The Hills still run plenty of single-speed pumps, DE filters, and original plumbing, which is fine as long as someone is watching. We watch pressure, listen to bearings, check seals and unions for drips, and tear DE grids down at 8 to 10 psi over baseline. The Rough Hollow and Serene Hills generation runs variable-speed pumps, cartridges, salt cells, and automation, so the work is cartridge cleaning on pressure, cell descaling before output falls, and confirming the app ran what it shows. Failures get a flat quote and a plain yes or no on replacement math.

Why Lakeway Chooses the Squad

Why Lakeway Keeps Us on the Schedule

Lakeway is 25 minutes from our shop and a core route, so your technician is in town every week regardless, often at a neighbor's the same day. Same person, same day, every week, and a photo with the full chemistry panel on your phone before the truck is back on RM 620.

A single flat monthly rate quoted in advance, no contract, month-to-month, licensed and insured, with a CPO® Certified Pool & Spa Operator setting the chemistry. If the pool is not swim-ready after a scheduled visit, tell us within 24 hours and we come back at no charge. That guarantee covers 1975 pools and 2025 pools alike.

  • Core route, 25 minutes from our shop
  • Same technician, same day, every week
  • Photo + readings after every visit
  • One flat monthly rate, month-to-month, no contract
  • Licensed, insured, and CPO® Certified (Pool & Hot Tub Alliance)
  • 24-hour make-it-right guarantee
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Prevention Beats Rescue

Lakeway Pool Problems We Prevent Every Week

Each has a Lakeway flavor, and each is cheaper to head off on a Tuesday than rescue on a Saturday.

Algae on a golf-course lot with good chlorine

When a fairway-lot pool keeps growing algae despite a solid chlorine reading, the answer is usually phosphate: fertilizer drift and clippings feed algae faster than chlorine kills it. We brush every visit, test for phosphate when that pattern shows up, treat it, and if a pool has gone green, Green-to-Clean brings it back in days.

Green pool rescue →

Spillway pH creep and calcium scale

An elevated spa spilling into the pool aerates the water all day, and aeration drives pH up. Add the calcium three summers of evaporation leave behind and you get scale: a white ring at the tile line, a crusted spillway lip, a heater exchanger you cannot see. We keep pH pinned at 7.4 to 7.6 and the saturation index near zero.

How we manage pH and calcium →

Skimmer baskets and filters full of lake wind

Cedar duff December through February, catkins in spring, leaves and dust the rest of the year, all pushed in by a wind that does not quit. A basket packed solid means the pump is pulling against a wall; a DE filter or cartridge loaded with the same debris means circulation drops and corners go dead. Baskets get emptied weekly, and the filter comes apart at 8 to 10 psi over its clean baseline.

Filter cleaning details →

1980s pads reaching end of life

Original single-speed pumps, DE filters, and plumbing in old Lakeway and The Hills are reaching the age where bearings sing, seals weep, and unions drip. None of that means a full replacement today. We diagnose and repair pumps, filters, salt cells, timers, and pad leaks, and we say plainly when replacement math wins, as it sometimes does on a tired single-speed pump.

Pool equipment repair in Lakeway →
Where We Work in Lakeway

Lakeway Neighborhoods on the Weekly Route

From the 1960s core around Lakeway Country Club to the newest streets in Rough Hollow and Serene Hills, plus The Hills and Flintrock Falls in 78738, all of Lakeway is on a weekly route.

Rough HollowFlintrock FallsSerene HillsLakeway HighlandsOld LakewayThe HillsVineyard BayCosta BellaRidge at Alta VistaBella MontagnaTuscan VillageCardinal Hills

ZIP codes on this route:

7873478738

Nearby areas we also serve

Bee Cave →

Down RM 620 to the 71 junction: glass tile, negative edges, and raised spas on custom pools, on the same Lake Travis water.

Hudson Bend →

Just north off RM 620 via Hudson Bend Road: a peninsula of lake houses, rentals, and infinity edges that live on the weekly photo report.

Steiner Ranch →

Across Mansfield Dam to Quinlan Park Road: canyon-lot pools from the 1990s to 2010s, many with spas and salt cells, hitting first big repairs.

← All service areas

Full Service

Everything Your Lakeway Pool Needs

Weekly Pool Cleaning →

Skim, brush, vacuum, test & balance, same day every week, one flat rate.

Chemical Balancing →

Full water panel every visit, dosed for hard fill water and Texas heat.

Green-to-Clean →

Green pool rescued in days: shock, daily visits, and a filter teardown so it stays clear.

Filter Cleaning →

Cartridge, DE, and sand teardowns that restore flow after pollen season and algae events.

Pool Repair →

Pumps, filters, salt cells, timers, leaks at the pad, diagnosed fast and quoted flat.

Commercial Pools →

HOA, apartment, hotel, and gym pools with logged readings and code-ready records.
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What Pool Owners Say About the Squad

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Lakeway Questions

Pool Cleaning in Lakeway: FAQs

Our 1980s Lakeway pool still has a DE filter and a single-speed pump. Do we need to upgrade first?
No. We service what is on the pad. A DE filter that gets a real teardown when pressure climbs works beautifully, and a quiet, dry single-speed pump can go for years. We watch pressure, listen to bearings, and check for drips, so we can say plainly when replacement math wins, often because a variable-speed pump uses far less electricity.
Does it matter whether my house is on Lakeway MUD, WCID 17, or the West Travis County PUA?
Not much for the chemistry. All three deliver treated Lake Travis surface water in the same moderately hard range, so the calcium climb and the saturation-index work are the same citywide. The pool's age matters more than its address: the older core has older pools with more accumulated calcium and cyanuric acid, and that is where partial drains come in.
Do you service The Hills and Flintrock Falls?
Yes. The Village of The Hills and the Flintrock Falls area carry a 78738 address and ride the same weekly route as the rest of Lakeway. The Hills has some of the older pools, on original equipment and plumbing, and golf-course lots at The Hills Country Club and Flintrock Falls bring clippings and fertilizer drift we plan for.
Why does my skimmer basket fill up so fast in Lakeway?
Because the wind comes off Lake Travis most days, through Ashe juniper and live oak. In cedar season, a basket on a lot facing the water can fill in a day; catkins do the same in March and April. A packed basket starves the pump and drops circulation, so we empty both baskets every visit and clean the filter by the gauge.
We are only at our Lakeway house on weekends. How do we know the pool was actually serviced?
The photo report. Each visit sends a picture of the pool and the complete set of readings to your phone. You see the same technician's readings on the same day every week, and if a scheduled visit leaves the pool short of swim-ready, tell us within 24 hours and we come back at no charge.
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Get Your Lakeway Pool on the Weekly Schedule

Tell us the neighborhood, roughly when the pool went in, and what the equipment sounds like. You will have one flat monthly rate in hand, usually the same day.

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