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Why Drain A Pool When You Can Dive?
When Steyning Leisure Centre in Horsham found that areas of their moveable floor had cracked, the first company they contacted informed them that the pool would need to be drained for repairs to be made. Although draining a swimming pool may seem like the only option in order for repair works to be carried out, a huge variety of work can be carried out underwater at greatly reduced cost. Draining a swimming pool is a very costly endeavour, due to the need to dispose of the huge volu me of water followed by refilling, re-heating and re-addition of pool chemicals. In addition to these costs a large amount of time must also be spent to ensure no structural damage occurs, typically tiling failures, as the pool expands
and contracts with changes in temperature. The initial quote received by Steyning to drain the pool for repair work would have taken the pool out of action for a minimum of three weeks. In addition to quoting a shorter
time scale than this, Commercial & Specialised Diving Ltd’s
divers completed
replacement of the floor panels two days ahead of schedule allowing the pool to re-open early.
In addition to saving money for the draining and refilling of the pool, and
A major refurbishment project at Mill House Leisure Centre in Hartlepool has utilised Durapipe products, to overhaul its pipe work that runs from the plant room to the swimming pool.
The refurbishment involved updating the corroded cast iron pipe work and the project was fast tracked and had to be completed in a six week time slot, during which the main public pool was
closed. Durapipe’s PVC-U pipe, valves and fittings, in sizes 250mm and below were used throughout the refurbishment.
The new pipework has been designed to transport chlorinated water, a disinfectant and sanitising agent designed to control germs in public swimming pool water.
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eliminating the risk of damage to the pool from draining, Commercial & Specialised Diving Ltd also helped save a huge amount of revenue that would have been lost by the leisure centre whilst the pool was closed for the proposed three weeks.
Commercial & Specialised Diving Ltd 01202 580007
www.specialised-diving.co.uk
Durapipe’s Installation At Leisure Centre Goes Swimmingly project, Chris Horton, Principal Mechanical Contracts Manager at Gus Robinson, said: “It was important the pipe work we selected was suitable to carry chemically treated water in a public arena. We needed to install pipes that were non-corrosive and could withstand transporting many litres of water mixed with chlorine. We chose Durapipe PVC-U as it’s the most effective product for
this project because it’s reliable, strong and easy to install.”
Steve Arnold, Mechanical Engineering
Team Leader at Hartlepool Council, said: “Our main concern with this project was the pipe work system being capable of transferring chemically treated water safely in a public swimming pool. We were happy that the Durapipe product complied with all of our specified requirements in terms of pressure, temperature and chemical resistance and the final result is a system that will work reliably for many years.” PVC-U is lightweight which makes it much quicker and easier to install, compared with alternative products, offering significant time and cost savings during the installation stage. Fully WRAS approved, the system is limescale and corrosion resistant.
Durapipe UK 01543 279909
www.durapipe.co.uk
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