Building a Garden Pool Free Technical advice with all Equipment Sales

Starting off with the basics, Bestway and Intex above ground swimming pools are the two big names in this type of garden installation. They both produce decent quality frames and liners. With the growth in domestic pool popularity many other quite reasonable brands have popped up over the last couple of years.

Like many UK households a garden pool taken down at the end of summer and garage stored over the winter is a great cost effective way to enjoy a home swimming pool. Simple preparation of the ground ensuring no roots or the odd tent peg left over from last year’s garden camp can pop the liner and you are away. It is worth covering the ground with a thick ground sheet, larger than the footprint of the pool liner and frame so both sit on top will help stop weeds and give a bit more protection to the frame and liner.

Heating:-

If you intend to have pool heating it is worth placing foam insulation slabs on the groundsheet and then the liner on top. When the pool is closed at the end of summer they can be simply lifted and stored with the pool over winter. You will be surprised how much heat will be retained. We suggest a minimum of 30/40mm thickness and once laid as long as the base is well drained can be covered with thin 3 ply wood sheeting. Again the foam and ply sheets need to be wide enough to sit the liner and frame on top maintaining the same height and strength when filled with water.

The Correct Equipment:-

As for the standard pump and filter equipment normally supplied with Bestway and Intex and smaller pool types, they are just not man-enough to cope with anything but light use. In addition many of their pipe fittings are their own proprietary types and will not take the standard fittings of the pool industry.

All is not lost – To build a garden pool we have pipe fittings that will convert the liner feed & return connections and skimmers into standard swimming pool types. They will also take larger capacity flexi pipes if required. We carry from stock replacement swimming pool pumps and filter units to suit every pool type that outperform the units originally supplied with the pool.

Garden framed pools for filtration and pump combinations expect to pay:-

Water volume up to 12/15m³ maximum and with basic heating our compact FSU units is more than man enough for the job. From £195

Water volumes 15m³ and upwards for unheated pools our FSP combos are outstanding value. From £358 There are side mount versions in this range.

For the above with heat pumps or heat exchanger central heating our fiberglass filter vessel models are the FSF and from £383 and the side mount options FSB ranges.

Of course buying the same pump and filter individually can offer more flexible positioning options and come in a little cheaper but a small amount of extra piping is required for the in-between connection.

 

 

 

 

 

Emaux Genuine Parts. A Complete Range.

To maintain performance, efficiency and system integrity for all service and repairs use Emaux Genuine Parts.

For your yearly maintenance routines, winterisation and re-commissioning we advise the use of genuine seals and a high pressure assembly grease. Maintaining system integrity prolongs equipment life span and reduces breakdown instances.

Critical genuine replacement parts such as water bearings will maintain system performance and prolong equipment life.

 

Swimming pool salt chlorinator

How it works – the Dumb Down Version

Crystal clear water starts with standard salt and a swimming pool salt chlorinator. Salt being introduced to around 4000 parts per million (4000 ppm). Most domestic systems work around this value. Some do differ. This being around the concentration of a human tear drop. At this level just about has a taste. This concentration is around 10% of seawater values.

A swimming pool salt chlorinator works by the process of electrolysis. The pool water with its salt load being pumped around the pool system in the normal cycle of filtration. Thus passing through the electrolytic cell. This splits apart the salt (sodium chloride) into sodium and chlorine gas. The gas dissolves into the pool water to sanitise the pool. This result is the same as adding chemical chlorine to the water. The sodium and gas recombine back into salt over a few hours. The next time around gets split during the process of circulation and the whole process begins again without additional salt.

Super efficient as most chlorination systems do not require any additional pumping power. They normally use the flow of water during the normal filtration times. Salt does not evaporate and the only loss is by the cleaning and backwash routine. Splashing and wet bodies exiting the pool. This minimal loss can be compensated for by adding 4kg of salt per cubic meter of fresh water required in any top up.

Some additional plus points are reduced stingy eyes compared to chemical chlorine. Is a much nicer product on the skin with greater ph balance. Therefore has not the feeling of full blown sea water but does offer the pleasant skin affect.

Some Tech Bits

The salt cell (Electrolysis Cell) in domestic use, are mainly manufactured from Titanium alloys. They work by applying a very low DC voltage to the plates of the cell. Around the power of a 12v car battery. The salt is then split as it passes between the cell plates one negative and one positive. If a buildup of scale is present on the cell plates the voltage is simply reversed. The scale dissolving back into the pool water. This is normally an automatic process controlled by a timer within the cell control box.