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Explore our latest articles on pool equipment, water treatment and refurbishment in the Algarve — practical guides and news from a team that has worked with pools since 2008.
How to Tell if Your Pool Is Losing Water: Signs, Tests and Electronic Leak Detection
Most pool owners investigate water loss last, after months of topping up. Some loss is normal: research in a climate close to the Algarve measured average evaporation at 4.4 litres per square metre per day. This explains how to tell a leak from evaporation with a bucket and an afternoon, and what an electronic survey does when the test says the water is going somewhere else.
Pool Refurbishment in the Algarve: When to Repair, When to Renovate
Cracked tiles, stained mosaic or a pool that keeps losing water are the first signs of trouble. Here is how to tell a straightforward repair from a full pool renovation in the Algarve, and what each one involves.
Recycled Glass Mosaic Tiles: A Smarter Way to Retile Your Pool
Conventional ceramic tiles crack and fade within a decade in the Algarve. Recycled glass mosaic does neither, and comes in six SQ Mosaic collections beyond the expected blue.
Installing and Maintaining Automatic Pool Covers in the Algarve: A Specialist’s Guide
Most of the covers we are called out to repair have nothing wrong with the equipment. They were installed badly. Eighteen years of fitting automatic covers between exposed clifftops and sheltered inland valleys has taught us which materials survive the salt, what tension holds against an Atlantic gust, and which maintenance separates a system that reaches fifteen years from one that starts failing after five.
Pool Water Conservation: What Algarve Pool Owners Need to Know About Water and Drought
The dams have recovered but the aquifers have not, and cheap unlimited water in this region is finished. This is what eighteen years of working here has taught us about how much water a pool really loses, how much of that is avoidable, and which measures make a measurable difference.
Salt Chlorinator Benefits: Why Pool Owners in the Algarve Are Making the Switch
Chlorine breaks down here at a rate that startles anyone arriving from northern Europe: a pool that held its balance all week in Surrey burns through it in two days in July near Loulé. That is why most of our long-standing clients have ended up switching to salt. This is what we have learned about the costs, the water, and what to weigh up first.
Is an automatic pool cover worth it for a pool in the Algarve?
An automatic cover is the only piece of pool equipment that reduces evaporation, holds heat and acts as a safety barrier at the same time, which is why it changes a pool's running costs more than any other single purchase. This explains what the slats do, what NF P90-308 certification means in practice, and the cases where we advise against fitting one.
Pool Safety for Kids and Pets: Essential Guidelines
Portuguese law requires no safety barrier at all around a private pool, which surprises most owners who arrive from countries where it is mandatory. That makes every layer of protection a choice rather than a formality. This is what the European standards actually specify, what works around a pool in this region, and what to do in the first minute of an emergency.
Best Pool Filtration System Guide
Every filter traps dirt. What separates them is how small a particle they catch, how much water they waste doing it, and what they cost across a decade rather than a season. Sand, cartridge, diatomaceous earth and activated glass compared, with the figures that actually decide which one belongs on your pool.
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