A guide to buying and owning a hot tub

Summer is almost upon us, casting glorious sunshine into our gardens and making us pine for a place to dip and enjoy lazy days. For many people a swimming pool is too large or cumbersome for their property, but a hot tub or spa offers that extra relaxation at a fraction of the size. They’re great all year round as a place to dip and soak up the brilliant sunshine or on huddle into on a cold evening in winter. What then, do you need to consider when buying and owning a hot tub? Here we’ve put together a few top…

Choosing the right swimming pool heating

With the coldest weather seemingly out of the way you might have started to think about having a swimming pool installed, or re-opening your existing pool for use after a long winter hibernation. The temperature outside has been hitting the teens so far but this is still pretty chilly weather to go for a dip. Whether you’re holding off for a few more degrees or just can’t wait to get going, we’ve put together a guide to choosing the right kind of swimming pool heating for your pool. Gas and oil boiler swimming pool heating You can get heating…

Swimming Pool Construction – Top Things to Consider when Building a Swimming Pool

Planning a swimming pool for your home or property can be exciting and fun to do, but there are a lot of things to consider if you haven’t gone through the swimming pool construction process before. It isn’t as simple as digging a hole and putting the water in – you need to think about the planning before it is built as well as the purpose and upkeep of the pool once it is complete. That’s why we have collected a range of points to factor into your planning. Below you’ll find a few top suggestions and pieces of information…

Pool Maintenance: UK Seasonal Guide

The New Year is here and your pool will probably still be under wraps until the weather warms up, but this isn’t the time to rest on your laurels. When you own a swimming pool you should be ever vigilant in planning the seasonal pool maintenance; plan what things you need to do now so that it makes it easier to get equipment, pool chemicals and swimming pool accessories. We’ve drawn up a guide to the four seasons so you can get a better idea of your swimming pool maintenance duties for 2014. Spring It’s time to wake up…

Warm up this winter in your hot tub!

So the pool is covered and set away for winter but that doesn’t mean you can’t still get outside for a dip. A hot tub is the perfect addition to any home since it can be used all year round, imagine using one as the snow falls, you sit submerged in hot water with steam rising for the small pool. There have been many incarnations of the hot tub through the ages but they were popularised in western culture in the 1940s when they were introduced into the USA by a Japanese company. All Year Round The reason you can…

Swimming Pool Maintenance Tips for Winter

If this is your first winter with a swimming pool then you might have been thinking about pool maintenance now the pool is no longer in use over winter. Even if you think the real frost hasn’t started to bite yet it will be worth protecting your pool now rather than learning the hard way about broken pipes, algae and staining. In this post we can offer you some handy hints on getting your pool ready for hibernation over the winter. Pool Maintenance Tips Strike the right balance – The chemical balance of your pool over winter is going to…

Welcome to H2o Swimming Pools news page

Welcome to the new monthly blog from H20 Swimming Pools. This page will be your new best friend when it comes to being up to date with any and all swimming pool related news. We like to think we provide fantastic customer service and feel this blog will help us keep you in the loop, giving us even more channels of communication with you. Each month we will provide a piece of industry news or special insight into the work that we do in constructing, designing and maintaining swimming pools for homes. Advances in technology and the law come along all…

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