POOL REFURBISHMENT
ALL SOME NEGLECTED POOLS NEED IS A LITTLE TLC It’s sad but true that many swimming pools are often left unused and neglected. Sometimes there’s a change in family circumstances with children growing up and moving away. Often a pool isn’t opened up for summer and is left with a pool covering on it for year after year. The problem is once a pool isn’t used, it starts to fall into disrepair and that’s when the longer term problems start to arise. The truth is getting a pool back to life, looking good and ready to use may not cost that much – and the rewards are huge. This outdoor pool within a lovely walled garden in Boston, Lincolnshire hadn’t been used for some time and had become an unsightly problem.
Then the owner wanted something which would make the visit of his new grandchildren a bit special so he decided to perform a rescue act and bring the once-loved pool back to its former state. It was sadly very typical of a lot of pools which have been neglected but yet could still be quite easily and quickly restored. The process wasn’t expensive and didn’t take long. A good clean up was followed with a new pool lining and two very important bits of equipment. Firstly, a new automatic dosing system was installed to provide an easier, user friendly system to keep the pool water safe and clean. Then an eco friendly heat pump was added.
The final piece of equipment which gave the whole family some re-assurance about child safety was the fitting of a top quality automatic pool cover.
The work on the pool won a national award within the swimming pool industry for Lincolnshire based pool specialists Asher Swimpool Centre Ltd as part of the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association’s annual awards in February this year.
people will purchase covers to reduce the evaporation from their pool when not in use. The following ideas have been suggested by the
SPATA Technical Committee to reduce water useage. • Keep floating covers on the water surface whenever swimming has stopped to reduce evaporation (and cooling).
• Lower pool water temperatures to reduce evaporation and minimise the effect of algae etc.
• Water can be abstracted from other areas and brought in by tanker to fill the pool. Costs for receiving a tanker with 10m³ (or 10,000 litres) of water will vary depending upon the location, with more remote sites potentially costing more than other areas. But prices are likely to be in the range of £295 – £395 (inc VAT).
• Re-cycle the backwash water by pumping it into a settlement tank and then suck it back into the system; this will save up to 90 – 95% of the backwash. Treat the water with chlorine before sucking it back to the pool. Check and clean out the sludge regularly, say monthly.
• SPATA Standards require the turnover period (the theoretical time the pump will take to empty the pool) to be between four and eight hours. Therefore a four hour turnover will
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require a flow of 30.25 m³/hr and an eight hour turnover reduces the water required to 15.125 m³/m²/hr.
• Cleaning of the filter or backwashing is the reversal of the flow through the filter and it is generally recommended that this should take approximately two minutes. Recent information has shown that this figure is true for backwashing on a fortnightly basis.
INSULATING POOLS Refurbished pools are less likely to be affected by some other new legislation which came into force last October, based on the Building Regulations Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Power). However, where significant improvements are made to the shape of the pool tank, then there may be a need to meet these new Regulations retrospectively. Outdoor pools are exempt from these Regulations, but the pool industry is addressing energy conservation issues for these type of pools, as this will assist in reducing heating costs for owners and provide a more energy efficient installation which will contribute towards reducing CO2 emissions.
WHAT POOL & HOT TUB 41 CONTACTS
n SPATA Tel: 01264 356210
www.spata.co.uk
n Asher Swimpool Centre Ltd Tel: 01400 272583
www.asherswim.com
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