This Pool was completed in Spring 05
The Pool is a concrete structure constructed using a concrete raft and PSS concrete swimming pool blocks for the walls.
The tiles were chosen by the customer from a pool they had seen on holiday in South Africa.
The automatic cover was supplied and installed by Grando a company who D&S would highly recommend. We at D&S were supplied the dimensions by Grando and we built the pit to there dimesions and then the cover was fitted by Grando.
We were told by Grando that the slats on the cover were strong enough to support a person should the situation arise, so we constructed a ledge along the pool wall for the cover to rest on in case someone were to walk/fall on the cover.
It is demonstrated in the picture below holding one of our employees. The slats on the cover are translucent solar slats which will also heat the water when the sun is out.
The coping stones on the pool are york stone and have a milled bull nosed edge the stones were calibrated so each stone was exactly 100mm (4″) thick.
The pool is circulated by a Sta-rite 1.5 hp pump and filter by a Triton sand filter. The pool is heated by a calorex heat pump which heats the pool from April through till November.