Creating The Right Environment For Your Indoor Swimming Pool Room
Once you’ve decided on the type and structure of the swimming pool of your dreams, you’ll need to think about the pool room itself. This is important because not only does the room need to look good to match your aesthetic aspirations for your indoor swimming pool, it also needs to function correctly to keep […]
Preparing Your Pool For Winter: Check Your Levels
Before you position your winter cover on your outdoor swimming pool and fully close it down for the cold season, you should always prepare the pool water properly. You are aim to create as sterile an environment as possible so minimise the growth of algae and bacteria. In addition to this, you’ll need to lower […]
Preparing Your Pool For Winter: Your Winter Pool Cover
In last week’s post, we covered how to begin preparing your swimming pool for the winter. If you have an outdoor pool you’ll need to starting thinking about this pretty soon – we’re forecast a few more weeks of sunshine, but by early October it’ll definitely be time to begin closing down. The final step […]
Preparing Your Pool For Winter: Draining Your Equipment
With the summer coming to a close and the nights drawing in, it’s time to reluctantly begin thinking about preparing your outdoor swimming pool for the winter. You may not actually need to do this until the end of September or even October, depending on how chilly you’re prepared to get before you stop using […]
Swimming Pool Maintenance: Seasonal Opening and Closing of Swimming Pools
Outdoor swimming pool owners will be well aware of how exposed an outdoor pool is to the elements. It’s subjected to rain, snow and hail, as well as enjoying glorious sunshine, of course! Swimming in an outdoor pool is typically a seasonal activity: it’s just not tempting to dive in when it’s freezing outside! An […]
Swimming Pool Maintenance: Differences Between Indoor and Outdoor Pool Maintenance
If you’re a swimming pool owner, you’ll know the importance of developing a proper maintenance routine to ensure that your pool is clean, that your water is fresh and clear and that your equipment; pump, filter and heater, is working safely and efficiently. This applies whether you have an outdoor or an indoor swimming pool. […]
Swimming Pool Maintenance: Automatic Cleaners
Whatever type of home swimming pool you have, indoor or outdoor, large or small, it will need to be cleaned regularly in addition to other essential maintenance, in order to keep it hygienic and functioning well. This is a job you could do yourself, or you might decide to engage the services of a swimming […]
Swimming Pool Maintenance: Chemistry In Action!
Swimming pools, particularly outdoor pools, are open water systems and require regular cleaning and maintenance in order to keep them hygienic, healthy and pleasant to swim in. Whatever kind of swimming pool you have, from a small hot tub or spa to an olympic-sized pool, you’ll need to add chemicals to the water on a […]
Exercises In The Pool: Swimming For Fitness – Vary Your Stroke
In the last few blog posts we’ve focused on aqua aerobics and how you can use specific exercise routines to work on particular areas of your body such as your arms, legs and abdominal muscles. If there’s not a class available for you to join or you’d rather just use a pool for traditional swimming, […]
Exercises In The Pool: Tips For An Effective Water Workout
Water aerobics is easy, accessible and suitable for all. Exercising in the water is great for your muscles, gentle on your joints, will get your heart pumping and your lungs working to capacity, as well as being a fabulous mood booster. Follow our tips to get an effective aqua workout every time: Warm Up and […]