Pool service in Lane Cove

Your local pool technician in Lane Cove

Name: Aqua Andy
Brand: Aqua Andy
Rating: 5.0 (10 reviews)

Courtyard pool with clear blue water after a service, with the brush and vacuum hose resting on the coping

Andy is based here, so a Lane Cove callout is minutes away rather than an hour of Sydney traffic. Green pool recoveries, acid washes, installations and pressure testing.

Aqua Andy is based in Lane Cove, which is the practical reason this suburb gets the fastest response of anywhere on the list. Andy is usually already within a few streets, so a pump that has stopped or a filter that is losing pressure often gets looked at the same day rather than next week. Green pool recoveries, acid washes, equipment installation and pressure testing, all quoted upfront before anything starts.

The suburb runs from the shops on Longueville Road and Burns Bay Road out to Batten Reserve and Tambourine Bay, so the housing is a mix: interwar homes, post-war flats and newer apartment stock closer to the village. On the streets backing onto the reserves the established canopy drops a lot of leaf into pools, which is hard on filters and ends up as staining on the surface. A few streets away on a more open block, the same pool has none of that. Andy works off the property rather than off the postcode.

What Andy does in Lane Cove

Winterising and summerising, booked around the leaf drop
Green pool recovery, from $550
Pump, filter, chlorinator and heater installation
Acid washing, from $1,100

Pool services in Lane Cove

Winterising and summerising

Local enough that Andy can do the May shutdown and the October startup without either becoming an expedition. Chemistry dropped, cover on, equipment shut down, then the reverse in spring. On the streets under heavy canopy it is the difference between opening a clear pool and paying for a recovery.

Green pool recovery

Being local means a Lane Cove green pool usually gets started on quickly. Andy works out what caused it first, because a bloom is nearly always a symptom of equipment or circulation rather than the chemistry alone. From $550, most pools swimmable again in two to three days.

Equipment installation

Pumps, filters, chlorinators, heaters and covers. Andy is independent and brand-agnostic, so the recommendation is based on your pool rather than on what a supplier wants moved. Astron, Zodiac, BWT, Pentair, Jandy, Waterco and Aquaheat.

Acid washing

For a surface that has gone past what brushing will fix. Drain, pressure-wash the sludge, acid-wash the surface, then refill and rebalance. Three to four hours on site, from $1,100, and much cheaper than resurfacing.

★★★★★

“Andy has looked after my pool in Lane Cove for years and I can’t recommend him highly enough. He is proactive, highly professional, reliable and responsive. He really knows his stuff and is great to deal with.”

Evan Economo

Pool questions from Lane Cove

Is Aqua Andy actually based in Lane Cove?

Yes. Aqua Andy operates out of Lane Cove NSW 2066, which is why this suburb gets the quickest response of anywhere in the coverage area. Call 0468 650 172 and Andy will tell you honestly what he can do that day rather than booking you in and hoping.

How often does a Lane Cove pool need servicing?

It depends far more on the property than on the suburb. A pool with heavy canopy over it can need a weekly visit through autumn to stay ahead of the leaf load, while a more open block is often fine fortnightly or monthly. Andy recommends an interval after seeing the pool rather than selling a fixed package up front.

Can Andy take over a pool that has been neglected for a while?

Yes, and that is a common first job. Andy assesses the water, the surface and the equipment, gives you a written price for getting it back to swimmable, and tells you what it will take to keep it there. There is no obligation to sign up for anything ongoing after a one-off recovery, which is just as well, because regular cleans are booked out at the moment and running on a waitlist.

Get in touch

Get a free quote

Tell Andy about your pool and he'll get back to you within one business day. Or call direct on 0468 650 172.