Swimming Pool Costs in the U.K.

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Can anyone enlighten me as to the running costs of a pool in the U.K.

Also recommend any good traditional Pool Construction Companies in the South of England

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danyeates said:

These guys have their offices on my route to work. Might be worth talking to them. I've never seen any of their work, but they serve all the big houses around Beaulieu so must be pretty good!

http://www.pbspools.co.uk/

Thanks very much,could be very handy as it will be on the IOW.

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The reason I am interested is that my 11 x 5 mtr x 2 mtr deep pool in Ibiza costs me £5000 p.a. excepting any maintenance.
As it was a Chlorine pool every 10 yrs we would check the tile grouting and change the filter sand, but this was/is something that I have always done myself.

I now wish to build one in the U.K. and as I haven't lived here for over 24yrs would like to know how much to construct a pool, typical running costs and any recommendations for pool companies who build traditional pools, not Fibreglass.

The costs seem to vary immensly

[Kneetrembler]

Any more decent answers then ?

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amccan10 said:

Send me PM with your number and I'll give you a call.

Andy

You have mail,Thanks

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Andy as my mail to you I will be looking for a pool as the photo of the Lap Pool,they all look very nice and some lovely locations.

As you say a lot of pools constructed in Europe tend to be Gunite these days,if done correctly can be fine,in Spain I have seen some where the Re-Bar has not been correctly fabricated with the wrong spacers and after 5 yrs the rust marks have appeared,I think as you have said that you only get what you pay for.
Pool lights are a must.
This will also be the first pool that I have had that will require heating for most of the period,something else to consider,what type ?

Thanks once again and I will be in contact.

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amccan10 said:

The type of heating will depend upon entirely upon your site. What's best for one job may not suit another.

If the house has a large boiler it would be worth while connecting into the system and running heated water through a 3 way valve and into a heat exchanger as part of the pool system. This is what most commercial UK systems use.

However if this is not the case an electric heater would probably be installed.
(This also common for commercial jobs in the middle east.)

The other options would be to look into ground source heat pumps, and solar panels to provide power to an electric heater.

Its only been commercial installations I've been working on personally.
As such I've not installed the greener options, all too often the QS wasn't interested in the long term gains.
Also for larger pools they're just not suitable as they were too small.

But for domestic applications the higher purchase price could be offset in the long term.

Thanks once again,

I am quite interested in the long term gain so would also be interested in Ground Source Heat Pump and also possibly Solar Panels.

Thanks very much for your very detailed replies,I will be in contact end May once I have the property.