Month: July 2019

When the Wilkinson family moved into their beautiful home in Saffron Walden they wanted a swimming pool that would enhance and not detract from the stunning house and landscaped gardens. This eye-catching pool, hallmarked with the Certikin stamp and built by Cambridgeshire pool builder, Aqualeaf, more than fitted the bill.

We approached Aqualeaf with a brief to create a pool which is long enough to swim in but one that wouldn’t dominate the garden or take up too much space. Its prime purpose is to provide our children with a source of fun and exercise,” says Ian Wilkinson.

MD of Aqualeaf, Paul Carmen, says: “It’s fair to say that the house and gardens of this particular property are, by anyone’s standards, simply stunning so we knew we were looking to create something special. We installed a 9.5m x 4m x 1.5m deep liner pool in just six weeks and I understand the pool has more than met the Wilkinson’s expectations. Indeed, Ian concludes: “Aqualeaf have done an excellent job and we look forward to a long hot summer to put the pool through its paces.”

The Wilkinson’s Certikin shopping list included pool fittings plus:

The filter with Vision

Highly durable and reliable filters, bobbin wound using the latest in fibreglass winding technology.

The patented 10 inch lid offers ease of maintenance

Hydraulically balanced laterals provide 15% more efficiency in filtering and backwashing saving water and back wash time.

Suitable for use with a diverse range of medias including glass and sand

Available in both top and side mount versions.

A ten-year full tank warranty for residential installations.

Dolphin puts in a top performance

The Dolphin Supreme M400 robotic cleaner delivers top of the line performance with the absolute minimum in effort and hassle. The Supreme models have a unique triple-active brushing system which eliminates algae and bacteria, reducing the need for chemicals. They provide reliable filtration in all pool conditions and have an exclusive, dual-level filtration system. Advanced technologies deliver precise scanning and cleaning efficiency all the way to the water line, in minimal time and without manual intervention. A gyroscopic navigation system inside maintains stable navigation and ensures maximum cleaning efficiency.

The M400 comes with a 18m cable, swivel, caddy and active brushing with combination bushes. It has a 2.5 hour cycle and carries a 36 months warranty.

The Pro-Pac packs a punch

The Pro-Pac Y range has an Intelligent, electronically controlled defrost that allows the units to operate reliably in air temperatures as low as -15 °C!

High efficiencies: Pro-Pac heat pumps are designed to provide an industry leading coefficient of performance, saving CO₂ and reducing operating costs.

Titanium full flow heat exchanger.

High efficiency, sound insulated, rotary (PP 8 and 12) or scroll (PP 16 and 22) compressors.

Fully ERP compliant

Digital display controls which enable easy adjustment of the pool water set point temperature and clear symbols show the actual water temperature and operational status of the unit.

Smart pool pump control – Pro-Pac can synchronise a pool pump to run only when the pool requires heating, significantly cutting down on pool pump running time. Used with a time clock that operates the pool pump for a block period, minimum pool water turnover rates are maintained.

Small footprint – the Pro-Pac range is designed with space in mind.

Three-year on-site parts and labour warranty, together with a ten year anti-corrosion warranty on the Pro-Pac casing.

Pro-Pacs also comply with the size requirements for permitted development rights (models 8 – 22).

Designed in the UK for the UK climate

Fully supported by a nationwide service network

01223 930291

www.aqualeaf.co.uk

“A swimming pool designed first and foremost for family use that will complement and not detract from the garden,” was the brief Gareth Gibbs of Wicken gave to Cambridgeshire pool builders Aqualeaf.

“We have four children under 12 years of age who all love the water,” explains Gareth. “We felt the family fun that a swimming pool would create whilst they are growing up would be priceless and create some great memories.

“When we met the team from Aqualeaf we were really impressed and immediately felt we could trust them with our project. We wanted a medium sized, outdoor, heated pool that had some shallow areas along the sides for the young ones to play but had a clear length-wise section for us to do lengths if we wanted to have races against each other. We were braced for a very costly project but we had our needs more than met and for less money than we had anticipated.”

“We completed the 9.5m x 4.5m x 1.4m deep liner pool in just seven weeks,” says MD of Aqualeaf, Paul Carman. Any hiccups along the way? “There was a soak away built at the back of the house by the previous owners when they extended it, that we were unaware of. Unfortunately, because the pool was built in the middle of January, we had some small issues with water from the house making the plaster and pool sides damp during construction which slowed the project down a bit, however, we soon got on top of the problem.”

Aqualeaf are loyal customers of Certikin and at the start of each project they turn to the UK’s number one supplier and manufacturer of wet leisure equipment with a shopping list of products. They are particularly fond of using Calorex for their H&V needs – indeed this project features a Calorex Pro-Pac 16 Heat Pump.

The pool also features Certikin’s ground-breaking OC-1 Filtration Media. The British manufactured OC-1 media is tearing up the textbook on traditional methods of entrapment filtration. OC-1 works through settlement and cleverly harnesses advances in pump technology and variable speed pumps/controllers to make massive energy savings. Using OC-1 media also reduces the head loss in the filtration system as it has more than 20 times the capacity to retain debris. This means that the designed flow rate is maintained even when the filter becomes dirty. Maintenance costs are also reduced as less backwashing is required, wasting less heated and treated water. All this whilst maintaining filtration performance standards.

Delighted with the end product, Gareth adds: “Realistically, we’ll use the pool from April through to September and probably daily during the holidays and when the weather is hot. If the kids had their way, they’d be breaking the ice to get in during winter! We are so happy with the way the pool has turned out. We are all just so excited for the air temperature to rise a bit so we can take the baby and younger ones in for a bit of a longer splash! I would absolutely recommend one!”

01223 930291

www.aqualeaf.co.uk