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SWINDON POOL HITS PROBLEMS Swindon’s Link Centre swimming pool is to remain shut for longer than planned after major structural problems were discovered. The pool is currently closed for essential re-tiling work. But removal of the tiles around the pool has revealed problems with the concrete walls behind, and repairs are also needed to ducts in the pool structure. The work requires specialist contractors to be used.
POOL IS BACK AFTER £440,000 REVAMP A Sheffield swimming pool has reopened after a 12 week refurbishment to secure its long-term future. Public swimming, lessons and other sessions are back at King Edward’s swimming pool which faced closure without the revamp. A £440,000 programme to upgrade the building and equipment is now completed, although the community trust that runs the pool will continue fundraising so that additional decoration can be carried out. The trust took over the running of the pool 20 years ago when the council said it could no longer afford to keep it going.
NEW ENFIELD 25 METRE POOL
Fusion Lifestyle is celebrating a site redevelopment in North London, as the Albany Leisure Centre opens its doors to the public after an eight month redevelopment programme aimed at transforming the 20 year old site. After a £2m investment from Enfield Council, Albany Leisure Centre in the heart of Enfield boasts the very latest in modern facilities, including a 25m pool with separate learner pool.
Cresta Leisure Ltd, the Dorchester based swimming pool contractor, has won another national prize to add to their achievement of Swimming Pool Contractor of the Year 2012. Following on from this initial success in February, they completed the double with Commercial Air Source Installation of the Year at the National Heat Pump Awards in Birmingham.
Tim Bareham, Managing Director, was delighted: “We install heat pumps for many of our existing and new swimming pool customers. They work very well in this application and can reduce energy costs considerably. We have found that renewable energy is only useful if it delivers major savings, without costing the earth to install.”
He added: “Leisure centres in holiday parks nation-wide are a major part of our business and this award was for a new indoor pool complex in Burnham on Sea, where we were able to re-use warm air to heat the pool in an entirely new way. We now have a splendid engraved trophy to demonstrate our green credentials.”
IndustryNews OCT 2012 SPN
5559 CRESTA MAKE IT AN AWARD WINNING DOUBLE
Cresta Leisure says its business continues to thrive in a difficult trading environment because of innovation both in building swimming pools and in using energy-saving technology.
Tim added: “The swimming pool industry tends to be very conservative in this country. We think we are different in that we use the latest Italian technology to build beautiful contemporary pools at least cost and we utilise renewable energy where possible.”
Established in 1985, Cresta Leisure is a family run firm. Their construction team builds prestige pools for private and commercial clients all over the south of England. Cresta has recently been appointed as main dealers in the UK for Proteus Pools, world renowned swimming pools.
i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
F CRESTA LEISURE ( 01305 259253 :
www.cresta-leisure.co.uk
DEHUMIDIFIERS BUCK THE SALES TREND SAYS MEACO
A Surrey dehumidifier company has reported that swimming pool dehumidifiers seem to be bucking the national trend of austerity and lower sales.
Meaco (U.K.) Limited has been involved with dehumidifiers since 1991 and has reported sales increasing sharply this financial year. Company director Chris Michael said: “Despite the challenging economic climate and people tightening their belts, we have seen a marked increase in demand for the models with the metal or stainless steel finish, sales are up ten-fold against the same period last year. I guess that customers have paid a lot to complete and decorate their pool halls and want something that is in keeping with that standard and plastic will just not do.”
The dehumidifiers can either be hung in the pool hall or mounted in a plant room and ducted through the wall; it is the former option
where customers are opting for the metal and stainless steel finish. The range has been designed to be compatible with the connections of other brands of dehumidifiers making replacing other manufacturer’s units with a Meaco model simple.
“When we developed the swimming pool range having the relative humidity and temperature sensors located in the return air flow of the dehumidifier was the obvious, industry standard, thing to do. But pool halls tend to suffer from cold spots where condensation and mould will still form, even with a dehumidifier in use.
So being able to position the sensor in these locations and send a radio signal across the room to the dehumidifier ensures that we get much more accurate dehumidification and fewer issues with condensation and mould in the remote spots.
“We prefer it if customers call us with a few basic pieces of information about their pool and then let us help them select the correct dehumidifier rather than guessing, we have been doing this for years and to date no-one has come back to us and said that we have under sized their dehumidifier. Using a good quality cover will reduce the size of the dehumidifier required, as the evaporation from the surface of the water will be reduced. On top of this, keeping the air temperature about 2°C will help to warm the water temperature. The important thing is that everything is taken into consideration and the dehumidifier is sized correctly,” Chris commented.
i FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
F MEACO (U.K.) LIMITED ( 01483 234900 :
www.meaco.com
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