A FAST FIT

Cornwall Pools recommend the Starline one-piece-pool approach… When a couple approached Cornwall Pools, the UK Pool Contractors Of The Year, the brief was simple. The family loved to swim and they wanted a family pool that was simple, low maintenance and most of all, quick to install. Over several site visits, Cornwall Pool’s Nigel Brawn […]

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A QUESTION OF TASTE

Miles Hammond presents some latest pool lining styles… All swimming pools will require some kind of repair or renovation at some point in their lives which means a steady flow of crunch cash flow for core builders and restorers. Bag liner and tile-band finishes are probably one of the most subjective areas of pool building […]

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SHOW STOPPERS

Miles Hammond on the role showrooms play in boosting home wellness sales… The sales journey for pool and spa retailers, over the past five years, plots something like a white-knuckle roller coaster ride of highs and lows with a smattering of stomach-churning steep twists and turns. Despite the boom in on-line media channels, like You […]

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CENTRE OF WELLNESS EXCELLENCE UNVEILED

Luxury sauna, pool and spa market leader, KLAFS, and renowned thermal wellbeing specialists, Dröm UK, have unveiled their brand new showroom in the heart of Surrey. The impressive Byfleet showroom, already home to a range of luxury saunas, steam baths and thermal rooms, is now equipped with a new collection of KLAFS products, giving KLAFS […]

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NEW POOLS FOR OLD

Liners offer quality pool refurbishment upgrades… Service and refurbishment offers a vital revenue stream for the core pool trade. Specialist distributors are more than willing to help out with a steady flow of new and improved equipment to promote. Pool liners are an obvious avenue for repeat maintenance business. Tell tale signs of an ageing […]

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NO HALF MEASURES

Stay-at-home holidays a refurbishment catalyst, reports Steve Merrell… One of the very few benefits of the pandemic, and particularly the lockdown in 2020, was an upturn in the demand for residential swimming pool restoration. With blanket instructions not to travel, owners of home swimming pools began to think about how they could invest in what […]

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DREAM TEAM

Featuring an award-winning Dreamspas project… With four UK showrooms the Dreamspas team have been living up to their name. Building a growing reputation for product choice, installation and after sales back up, the Dreamspas team believe they are the UK’s fastest growing hot tub retailers. The Dreamspas mission, when they began their spa retailer journey […]

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SPOILT FOR CHOICE

Quality covers for energy-efficient pools… With the continued increase in global energy prices, alongside growing environmental concerns, maintaining an energy-efficient swimming pool has become more vital than ever. So perfect timing for some new and exciting product launches, all backed by research and superior technical know-how. Stepping into the main spotlight, Ocea UK has introduced […]

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FRESH APPROACH

Coverstar completes pool transformation… This stunning, refurbished pool, in rural Warwickshire, bears no resemblance to the dilapidated pool that greeted Gareth Lancaster of Simplex Pools when he was first given the task of transforming it into ‘a luxury family pool’ for all-year-round use. Planning meetings with the owners and much hard grafting by the Simplex […]

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KLAFS FLEX UK MUSCLE

Dröm joins KLAFS wellness family… Already a market leader in the sauna, pool and spa sector, KLAFS acquired a majority stake of Dröm UK this summer – another high-profile company to further strengthen both its UK and international market position. At the forefront of thermal wellbeing in the UK since 2002, Dröm UK Ltd was […]

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