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THIS: The Walu cover from Certikin provides
the perfect secure cover for the winter months
RIGHT: Pool enclosures like this one from Arqualand offer
the option of all year swimming certainly well into the winter
Dripool has been making pool safety provides three covers for the price of one: damaged, all individual parts on the Walu
covers for 20 years and now tailor-makes installing one of these means you can cover are replaceable. The cover’s panels
its designs for both indoor and outdoor dispense with a solar bubble cover and its and anodised aluminium tubes are
installations. Recent developments have reel system, a winter cover and all other interchangeable and so can be replaced, if
included an automatic cover, aimed at mid- safety systems. necessary, and on site so, you never have
range buyers, as well as a cover that can First and foremost it is a safety cover. to be without your pool safety system.
be used over an infinity pool. “The appeal Manufactured to the stringent French NF An enclosure allows the season to be
of a cover is simple,” continues Jeffrey. “It p90-308 safety standard and comfortably extended throughout the year and gets rid
makes the pool safe, clean and it prevents holding a weight of 100kg, the Walu offers of the need to prepare the water for
water from diluting the chemicals. And solar and heat retention benefits and acts colder weather.
when spring comes, you simply press the as a first class winter cover. Unlike other “A pool enclosure really is an excellent
button to reveal nice blue water.” safety covers, where the whole system way of gaining extra usage in the winter
The new Walu cover from Certikin needs to be replaced if it should become months,” says Anthony Gordon of Certikin,
A fully automatic, energy efficient and secure safety cover from
Aquatrac should give you peace of mind throughout winter Three steps to take…
STEP 1: Go through the tried and tested
shutdown plan which includes everything
from shock dosing the pool with
chemicals, closing valves and isolating
the power supply. Easy, straightforward
but just takes some time.
STEP 2: Remember that a pool cover can
be added to prevent a build-up of dirt
and debris, as well as making the area
safer for children. The market is full of
effective easy to fit and operate covers
and their all year round use is also an
advantage with energy saving benefits.
STEP 3: Deal with the problem by
finding a more permanent solution, by
installing a pool enclosure also improves
safety and security and can be used to
extend the swimming season far beyond
the brief months of the UK summer.
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