Opening your Swimming Pool for Spring

A pool properly maintained during the winter months can be prepared for a new season of swimming with a minimum of effort. In fact the re-opening process begins the moment the pool is closed and basically entails reversing the instructions for closing it but by keeping an eye on the pool over the winter, this process becomes that much easier.

1) The first thing is to get all that horrible, decaying and soggy mess off the pool cover. Depending on which type of swimming pool cover you have, this is best accomplished by the use of a cover submersible pump especially if you have a hard type slatted cover or a PVC safety cover where excess rain water has gathered throughout the Autumn/Winter. Alternatively if you have left your solar bubble pool cover on since the summer or you have utilized a winter debris pool cover you may want to try and sweep the leaves off to the side and gather them up by hand.

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On the 1st February this year manufacturers and distributors of swimming pool and spa equipment announce their 2010 price lists, which unfortunately generally result in increases across a variety of products.
To take advantage of 2009 prices place an order this week with aspectspools.co.uk and save on items such as swimming pool covers, automatic pool cleaners, swimming pool heaters, pumps and filters.

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We are pleased to announce that after 5 years of being called Aspects Pools & Spas Limited we have decided to return to our roots in 1983 and have reverted to our original name of Aspects Pools & Leisure Limited. This is due to the expansion of our services and the diversity of our leisure products related to the swimming pool industry. These now include Swimming Pool Enclosures, Log Cabins, Steam Rooms, Saunas as well as maintaining our strong Hot Tub / Spa division.

We are dedicated to offering the best value on swimming pool equipment, so we have delayed applying the VAT increase to the majority of our products until 1 February 2010. And, as we regularly check and aim to compete with other retailers, you can be confident in our prices, even during sales.

Happy New Year from all at Aspects Pools & Leisure. Enjoy the snow whilst it lasts and lets look forward to a good summer!

Aspects Pools & Leisure are continuing to expand our portfolio of pool enclosures with our latest swimming pool enclosure installation down in Callington in Cornwall. The customers main objective was to have a telescopic structure which allowed him to swim throughout the colder months yet still allowed him the option to extract the cover on warm summers days. Although another goal was to cut down the maintenance time of cleaning the pool, a key point was not to harm the look of the garden and spectacular views of the Cornish countryside.

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Over the years the process of determining measurements (i.e. volume, capacity, weight, power, area, etc.) has become more complex with the variety of ways to calculate them.

Imperial (feet and inches) and Metric (mm, cm, metres and kilometres) are everyday examples of this. In many cases the size, bulk or speed of something may be measured using multiple methods. In different industries and businesses the method used may change by product, manufacturer, model, etc.

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Swimming Pool Equipment Guide

Our swimming pool equipment sizing guide has been designed in order to help you choose which equipment is most suitable for the size of pool you have. This chart relates to new pool builds or those just replacing swimming pool equipment within your current set up.

We have selected a few standard pool sizes which are all based on an average depth of 4ft 6″ (1.35m). If your pool is shallower or deeper then please adjust the volume of water in column 2 using the formula Length x Width x Average Depth x 6.25 for UK Gallons and Length x Width x Average Depth x 1.0 for Cubic Meters (m3).

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Your swimming pool is a big investment, so you want it to run as smoothly and efficient for many years. Choosing the correct size swimming pool pump and pool filter system is imperative as these items are central to the running of the pool. By selecting the  most appropriate pump, it will ensure that your water is well-filtered and that the pipes and filter system won’t be damaged by excessive water pressure. It will also ensure that your pool is as energy-efficient as possible.

We do offer a very simple swimming pool sizing equipment guide that details which pump, filter, heater etc are suitable for certain size pools.

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If you have a leak in your swimming pool and it has caused damage to your pool surround you may be able to claim on your insurance as did one of our customers in Oxfordshire.

Recently Aspects Pools & Leisure were approached by a company called Tangible Building Solutions who are a company that deal with insurance claims on behalf of individuals.  There was a suspected leak  somewhere in the pool which needed identifying and as we specialise in this area we were seen by Tangible as the ideal partnering company.

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