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LinerPools AUG 2011 SPN
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delifol heavy-duty site lining material installed by Barry Haythorne
which give any pool a stunning and unique look. The Elgin range offers a true marble stone effect with either a subtle blue or grey vein on a white background, offering the overall effect of a natural stone pool. Either can be manufactured as an all over patterned liner or as a pattern with a choice of tile band around the perimeter.
Tough enough for use in hydrotherapy pools, busy school pools and any commercial facility, the system will also add muscle to domestic pools and comes with a 10 year pro-rata guarantee.
LIGHT BLUE ‘WITH A TILEBAND’ FROM DELIFOL
Mike Cramp of Barry Haythorne Ltd believes it was the sudden abundance of panel pool kits in the early 70s that got the UK pool business off the ground.
“Back then I’m sure they couldn’t have imagined the range of colours and patterns available now.” The delifol heavy-duty site lining material installed by Barry Haythorne has a limited range of patterns but is produced for heavily used commercial pools where a pattern really isn’t such an issue. It obviously doesn’t put too many people off as domestic pools still make up around 75% of the company’s work.
“We are forever asking for more patterns for the UK but plain colours are far more popular in the rest of Europe. delifol offers a light and a dark grey (granite) in response to demand from the Italians. There is a light and a dark green, and the deep marine blue colour makes three different blues on offer. If you add in the white, sand and black, these 10 plain colours are often ignored but can look fantastic in the right setting. “On a trip to the factory last year we asked the reps which of the two mosaic patterns was the most popular for a tileband in other countries: apparently, a ‘tileband’ is a very English thing. “We’ve installed far more of the granite and sand colour material although, the delifol Green Marble pattern which looks great in a pool has definitely made a bit of a comeback in the last year or two.
“From an installer’s point of view we really like to use the random patterns, especially on difficult shapes as they hide the welded seams so well. They’ll also disguise the fact that a pool is out of level, as we had recently. The customer was determined to have a ‘tiled’ pool and was adamant that he wanted the Mosaic Aqua pattern even if it meant having eight tiles visible above the water in one corner and only four on the other side.
“It really is the most realistic tile pattern on the market at the moment and very easy to
match the tiles up as you would with real mosaics. If the floor is good, you really can play ‘hunt the seam’ afterwards.
“And with all these fabulous colours and patterns available, the shame is that, by far the most popular choice is still light blue with a tile band!”
NORTHERN LINE UP
Microbline is a unique new liner underlay product from Certikin North that is designed to give an extra level of confidence when lining a pool. Microbline is applied and handled like any other underlay product, but the fine, tough fibres are individually coated and protected by the trade mark Aegis Microbe Shield solution to offer a defence against biological and fungal attack from behind the liner. The underlay is effective indefinitely against a broad spectrum of bacteria, mould, mildew and fungus.
Microbline is a through air bonded non-woven fabric with a weight of 300g/m2 and a nominal thickness of 6mm before compression. It has good tensile strength and minimal shape distortion making it easy to handle. It comes in a neutral blue colour and is available as a full roll only, sized 50m x 2m.
New and exclusive to Certikin for 2011 is a range of Natural Finish effect 30 thou linings
ABOVE RIGHT: A selection from Certikin's range of liner patterns and colours
Another welcome newcomer is Pearl vinyl. Offering an amazingly realistic mother of pearl finish, this product will create a stunning effect in any pool. Available in grey or white, the pearlescent finish to this vinyl catches both natural and synthetic light and creates a glittering effect around the pool. The use of coloured lights within
the pool takes on a new dimension as the Pearl vinyl catches and reflects the light to stunning effect. Certikin can also offer the premier
quality vinyl liner called Tower Infinity. Available in 20 thou thickness in a vibrant Oceanstone finish, either as an all over pattern, or with the
Cambridge border, Tower Infinity offers
Microbline underlay is effective against a broad spectrum of bacteria, mould, mildew and fungus
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