Award-winning residential refurbishment projects… Refurbishment and renovation is the throbbing heartbeat for the residential UK swimming pool sector. A mainstay for most, refurbishing pools continues to contribute a huge slice of swimming pool contracting business. Upgrades will initially focus attention on design. Out with the dolphins and in with a modern, sophisticated aquascape of colours […]
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Community campaigning is helping lidos enjoy a renaissance, writes Judith Wojtowicz… Alfresco pools around the country are experiencing a joyful revival, with many derelict sites being restored and new projects taking shape. Last year saw the opening of three new or re-vamped lidos… the restored Cleveland Pool in Bath, the oldest lido in the UK; […]
Keith Osborne reports on recruitment and retention challenges… The construction industry is estimated to need around 250,000 trade skilled workers over the next four years, in multiple disciplines including wet leisure. Even if you can find candidates to invest in, there is a struggle to provide sufficient resources to train in-house teams, commercial clients and […]
La Defense Arena in Paris was transformed into a temporary Olympic swimming venue in just 60 days, reports Judith Wojtowicz. The home of French rugby, and just days previously the setting for Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour, La Defense Arena was transformed in an astonishing feat of technical and architectural engineering. Two modular 50m pools, […]
What goes together like salt and pepper, bread and butter and even hamburger with fries, is now equally true with hot tubs sold with heat pumps. No self-respecting retailer is installing a home spa this season unless it is accompanied by a super-efficient spa heat pump. What is more, switched-on hot tub specialists are contacting […]
How to make the most of pool and spa service visits… For growing and maintaining a solid brand and a faithful customer base, providing high-quality servicing is an essential. But beware. Without careful management, a number of avoidable mistakes by engineers on site can quickly taint a good reputation. Whether for one-off jobs or seasonal […]
Newcastle Turkish Baths have been restored reports Judith Wojtowicz… The unique appeal of the award-winning City Baths in Newcastle upon Tyne lies in the hidden gem that is the original Turkish Baths, painstakingly restored and reopened in April. Closed for a second time in 2022, due to problems with the heating system, it is now […]
Panel pools are the industry’s flexible friends… Panel pools stand out from the crowd as one of the fastest and cleanest way of installing a pool. With an average residential pool installation time between three to five hours, installers can save a lot of time, so they can move on to other aspects of the […]
One of a host of counter current options available through SCP UK, the BAMBO 2 is the first counter-current system to have integral lighting. Two 10-watt LED lights create just the right ambience for customers’ swimming pleasure, two swivel jet nozzles are activated at the press of a button and can circulate up to 21 […]
Paramount is packing a significant panel pool punch with its combined 5m x 2m x 1.2m UltraSwim and UltraFlow training pool package. “A training swimming pool is a worthy investment if your customers take their swimming and health seriously and want to improve,” says Paramount’s Steve Martin. “Training swimming pools take up much less space […]
