Archive for Swimming Pool Products

This year 1st-direct have been offering free solar covers with any swimming pool liner order. We are pleased to announce that we are going to continue this offer through into the 2009 season.

What this means is that if you buy any swimming pool liner (excluding above ground pool and splasher pools) which is made to size then we will give you a bubble… read the rest of “Free Swimming Pool Solar Covers”

Safety pool covers are becoming every more popular at the moment especially with Europe making law about the requirements which will surely following through to the UK swimming pool market soon.

There are many different swimming pool covers out there claiming to be safety covers but few actually can be classed as truely safe to prevent drowning if fallen upon.

Certikins chairman Mr Patrick Thorpe recently laid his seal of approval down… read the rest of “Walu Safety Covers”

Our friends across the pond have decided that the swimming pool industry is not to refer to it’s main chlorine chemical as ’shock’. Widely refered to as chlorine shock within the pool industry all over the world the chemical CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE is widely used to treat green pools and prevent future algae growth.

The US Enviromental Protection Agency (EPA) has changed its guidlines on labelling following its statement that “shock” is… read the rest of “Shocking Chlorine News”

Swimming pools are becoming ever subject to the rise in costs being put on us by the fuel companies. With oil prices shooting through the roof, electricity and gas constantly being increased and no end in sight for it how do you heat a swimming pool efficiently?

Well, at 1st-direct we have made an advanced application which calculates the estimated running costs of a swimming pool based on its location, size… read the rest of “Efficient Pool Heating with Heat Pumps”