Outdoor swimming pool products
Owning and running a swimming pool involves long term care and maintenance of the pool, its mechanical and aesthetic components and the poolside environment.
This information relates to two important elements of a swimming pool, namely the swimming pool liner and the pool heater. Both of these products are critical to the performance and visual characteristics of any pool and both provide vital functionality that make the pool usable all year long.
Pool liners
A special swimming pool lining separates the structural base and walls of the pool from the water that it contains. This barrier is called a swimming pool liner and liners can be constructed using either adhesives and tiles or vinyl liners.
Pool Heaters
A pool heater maintains the water in a swimming pool at an acceptable temperature for bathing. This piece of equipment is vital for external pools, but also a necessity for internal pools too.
The vinyl swimming pool liner
A flexible vinyl pool liner provides an alternative to traditional structural pool liner constructions like tiles. It also offers practical advantages and the flexibility to line an above ground swimming pool. Other systems cannot line above and semi-above ground swimming pools.
Types of vinyl swimming pool liners
Vinyl pool liners can be of the overlap, or track and beaded variety. Each type has different characteristic and applications.
An overlap pool liner has an application that is for above ground and semi above ground swimming pools only. With this kind of pool the top of the liner hangs over the lip of the pool walls where it is secured with clips and a plastic cosmetic facia. These types of swimming pool liners are cheap, but they do improve the appearance of above ground swimming pools.
A beaded or tracked swimming pool liner has a proper liner securing mechanism and a professional finish. This kind of vinyl liner is more attractive and also more expensive than its overlapping option. Beaded swimming pool liners use a beaded protrusion on the top edge of the liner that clicks into the liner track at the head of the pool's walls. The track is fitted close to the top of the walls for the best aesthetic.
Swimming pool liner selection and differences
- Beaded pool liners are more expensive than overlap liners, but they have more colour and pattern availability.
Beaded liners are suitable for above and below ground swimming pools.
Beaded liners are almost indistinguishable from tile and adhesive pool linings.
Beaded liners can be used to replace old linings or existing beaded or overlap linings.
Any swimming pool liner will enhance the appearance of a non lined pool or an old liner.
Swimming pool liners protect the structure of a pool and provide a soft tactile touch to the sides and base of a pool.
Swimming pool liners can last up to 15 years and replacement is quick and cheap when compared to tiled systems.
In summary, vinyl swimming pool liners provide internal pool comfort, hard surface protection and a vast range of colour and pattern options.
Swimming pool heaters
Swimming pool heaters come in a vast range of energy sources, power outputs and price tags.
Small pool scan benefit from electric heaters whilst large pools can use gas, propane or oil fired boilers and condenser boilers. There are many pool heater options.
Pool heat exchangers
Heat exchangers can heat pools cheaply and efficiently and offer some of the lowest running costs. They are not always suitable for large pools, or pools in cool environments. In these circumstances, boilers are the best performers. They have fast heat-up times and enough energy to heat large volumes of pool water. These powerful pool heaters require dedicated space, ventilation and a fossil fuel energy source. Their performance is however the best.
Pool heaters are a necessity for any outdoor swimming pool, but they are also important for indoor pools where water temperatures rarely reach pleasant bathing temperatures.
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