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DOUBLE ACT
PAYS OFF!
Pool contractor opts
for Delifol lining to
solve school
community pool water
leakage crisis
ontacute School in Poole, dates for the intended re-painting so there “As soon as the Bluewater Pools team
M
Dorset knew they had a was just two weeks to get the pool back finished work on the steps at the deep
problem when large cracks up and running. end, so the lining fitters followed on, with
appeared in their pool and He wasn’t sure that a site lining system everyone involved all working their way up
water literally started disappearing. For the could cope with the steps and wheelchair towards the ramp at the shallow end and
community based pool which is heavily access ramp but a call to B. Haythorne Ltd hoping that the steel parts for the ramp
used by local clubs and organisations it put his mind at rest as the Delifol heavy- would arrive in time – and Mike Ritchley
was nothing short of a crisis. duty pool lining system was chosen to hoping that he’d got all of his
The solution when it was found and solve the problem. measurements and drawings correct! Three
carried out was a perfect example of Adds Mike Cramp: ”There certainly days later, with the ramp still to be lined,
speedy response from pool contractor and wasn’t the time or money to replace the the hose went in and the deep end of the
the specialist liner company. old concrete skimmers so, reluctantly, pool started to fill.”
Built with tiled walls sometime in the these would have to have clamp-plates Delifol non-slip material in the same mid
early 1970s, the pool floor had been made up for them to be screwed and blue colour was mechanically fixed and
painted for the umpteenth time last year. plugged into the wall around the mouths then bonded to the ramp and step treads
Mike Ritchley of Christchurch based but, the inlets would be broken out and with the toe edges picked out in black to
Bluewater Pools was called in for advice replaced with the correct liner type and make them as visible as possible. This
after the Christmas holiday as the pool was the one sump replaced with two liner type material, achieved the highest safety rating
losing water and the paint was coming off drains, both with anti-vortex grills to bring possible under the original, universally
in large flakes. the pool up to standard. acknowledged DIN standards (Deutche
His answer was to remove all the paint The big problem was the hand-rails set Industrial Norms) more than 20 years ago.
and start again with the original into the concrete steps and ramp. These same standards have now been
concrete floor. Bluewater Pools cut the hand-rails off flush incorporated into EN (European Norms)
Once sand blasted, numerous previous with the concrete and then got sleeved standard 13451-1 giving it the highest
repairs were exposed but, more worryingly, flanges or “wide-brimmed top hats” made rating of Class C.
large cracks which had been covered by up from stainless steel. Although the pool has many disabled
the paint were now very visible around the “Eight days later, the new pool fittings users, the standard, non-lacquered,
base of the walls. were being set in place as the walls of the smooth Delifol material is not slippery and
There was no point in painting the floor delifol lining were being hung from the was perfectly adequate for the depth of
again but Bluewater were up against a PVC coated ‘profile’ track was set into a water. spn
tight budget and an even tighter deadline. thin chase, cut carefully, beneath the
The Montacute School is very community edge tiles.
FURTHER INFORMATION
based and the pool is very heavily used by Once the walls of the lining were in
B HAYTHORNE
local clubs and organisations to help cover place, and with new gaskets in position,
telephonesolid 01424 200882
the running costs. this all went back up smoothly with every
BLUEWATER POOLS
They had all been given the shut down bolt tightening up first time.
telephonesolid 01202 480880
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