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NEWS IN BRIEF
HERITAGE POOLS ENTER THE
US Spa company
collapses
MOVEABLE FLOORS MARKET
A major spa manufacturer in the
United States has shut down Award winning Heritage Pools
operations, voiding warranties have just completed a
and leaving behind several swimming pool with a movable
popular brands. Living Water floor, meaning that within a
Products, gleaned from the April matter of minutes it can change
2008 consolidation of Tatum from being a swimming pool to
Manufacturing and Gulf Coast a flat open space.
Spa Manufacturers, closed its The moveable floor can be
doors on 20March 20 2009. Based stopped at any point in its path
out of Clearwater, Fla., Living upwards, meaning the depth of
Water made products under a the pool can change with the
variety of brands, including Gulf touch of a button. When at its
Coast Spas, La-Z-Boy Spas and deepest, the pool is 2.1m but if
Coleman Spas. you want a paddling pool for
children then the floor can be
raised to suit. The private owners of the in the structural design of the
Solar boom As the floor is raised, the water pool, who live in Kent, wanted pool as well as excavation and
PcPools, one of America’s drains down a 8mm gap that to have a multifunctional area construction,” says Brian
leading direct marketers of surrounds the pool, finally locking that could be used for Andrews of Heritage Pools. “The
above-ground pools and pool into place and allowing the tiled swimming but could equally be volume of water is some 40 cubic
supplies for residential and floor to seamlessly merge with used for a social function or as a metres more than would have
commercial pool owners has the surrounding tiles to create a play area. Some new technology been necessary, which has
predicted a huge increase in the flat open and dry space. From was used to create the floor implications for filtration, but the
sale of solar pool products. From bottom to top, moving the floor with the development of an new technology which created
solar pool heaters to solar pool takes between 8 and ten minutes. aquadraulic pump. This pump the aquadraulic pump is an
covers, demand is increasing at The 9.5 x 5m pool has its own uses the pool water rather than exciting step for the industry and
an exponential rate. A CNN building and includes oil, meaning there can never be we hope to be using it in many
Money report shows that gas and environmental controls that any contamination of the water. more applications in the future.”
overall energy prices are automatically change the The pool had to include a
mounting during the coming temperature and humidity of the working zone beneath the pool
HERITAGE POOLS
weeks and months throughout room depending on whether the of an additional 850mm. “This
pc www.heritagepools.co.uk
the United States. That would be pool is open or closed. additional depth had implications
an astounding 50% increase from
November.
POOL DEAL BOOSTS money for Durand Primary State school at £70,000 a year,
Stathis award TEACHER’S SALARY School, Lambeth, South London, in a bid to stop him quitting.
Stathis Avramidis, International A primary head teacher from the public. But the school There are a block of
Safety Consultant of The doubled his earnings to a pays GMG £146,000, making Mr. apartments, a swimming pool
Swimming Pool Safety Company £155,000 last year – because Martin £85,000 profit and the and gym on the site, which
has recently been inducted into he also manages the school’s best-paid primary teacher. have been built by the school’s
the Swimming Hall of Fame in swimming pool and fitness Governors at Durand Primary commercial arm London
Fort Lauderdale. Stathis was centre. School in Stockwell, London Horizons to generate
nominated for his outstanding Greg Martin, 56, earns a defended the salary and said Mr additional income and offer
contribution to world water £70,000 salary but also received Martin was ‘a fantastic teacher leisure activities to pupils.
safety. He is the author of many £85,000 profit as sole director and a great businessman’. About £300,000 was made last
publications, the most recent of GMG Educational Support. They said the Board allowed year from rents on the flats and
being The Handbook of Safety The firm runs the “non-profit” him to head a private health spa, charging the public to use the
and Lifesaving. As well as working pool, gym, spa and flats to make as well as run the 900-strong gym and pool.
for The Swimming Pool Safety
Company, Stathis is a part time
lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan
University.
ENGLAND RUGBY
battle hardened, muscle men of protection for the hotel’s pools
the England Rugby Union team and spas by allowing operators
CHOOSE ATG UV
are in need of protection. to achieve optimum water
New Zealand show With the threat of waterborne atg UV Technology are to disinfection, protecting against
SPLASH! New Zealand 2009 diseases at a high, even the provide two ultraviolet harmful waterborne micro-
takes place later this month – disinfection chambers to organisms such as e-coli and
bringing the NZ and Aussie protect swimming pool users of Legionella.
specialist trades together for a England Rugby’s latest The systems feature an
two day show on 29 and 30 July. development, the London automatic wiper to prevent
The event, which includes a Marriot Hotel and Virgin Active the build-up of deposits on
pre event seminar day on the leisure facility which is located the quartz tube and UV
28th, is being held at the within the home of English monitoring to ensure the
Hilton Auckland. Rugby, Twickenham. systems consistently run at an
The systems will provide optimum level.
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