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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.
Swimming in a Small Pool for Exercise
You can still get a proper swim in a small villa pool. This guide compares short lengths, swim tethers, counter-current systems and swim spas, and sets out what the research says about each.
Closing Your Pool for Winter in the Algarve
The winterising ritual that fills pool blogs every autumn was written for climates that freeze. In Faro's coldest month, the average minimum temperature is 8.3°C. Here is what an Algarve winter actually does to a pool, and why the quiet months are the best of the year to find a leak.
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 guide explains how to tell a leak from evaporation using a bucket over a day or two, 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 SQ Mosaic offers it in six collections, not all of them blue.
Pool Water Conservation: What Owners in the Algarve 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 working here since 2008 has taught us about how much water a pool really loses, how much of that is avoidable, and which steps make a real 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 would hold its chlorine all week in Surrey burns through it in two days near Loulé in July. That is a large part of the case for 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, and the first two are why it changes a pool's running costs more than any other single purchase. Whether that is worth paying for depends on how the pool is used, and there are pools we would not fit one to at all.
Pool Safety for Children and Pets: What Owners in the Algarve Need to Know
Portugal does not require a safety barrier around a private pool, which surprises many owners who move here. That makes every layer of protection a choice rather than a formality. This is what the French standards actually specify, what works around a pool in this region, and what to do in the first minute of an emergency.
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