The local pool is a crucial part of a communities social, health and educational requirements
and, when well maintained and running efficiently, a valuable asset to attract visitors and new residents.
Many of the public pools across Victoria are over forty years old, leaking and in a deteriorated state.
They are generally box formed concrete with construction joints allowing for expansion/contraction and these joints are often a major leakage point which require regular re-packing to prevent water loss. Couple this with structural cracks which have developed over many years of ground movement and the proposition of dealing with all of these leakage points individually becomes prohibitive with the prospect of missing some and new ones developing elsewhere.
This leaves the Community with a serious headache finding a cost effective and far sighted solution which will serve the needs of their local community for years to come. With the growing awareness of water as a precious andfinite resource, a leaking and inefficient public pool is unacceptable.
Council is left with few options such as:
· Close the facility.
· Close the existing centre and build a replacement costing potentially millions of dollars.
· Carry out stop-gap repairs which may or may not last the next swimming season.
or
· Refurbish the existing pools using a proven system which could extend the life of the pool for twenty years or more at a fraction of the cost of a new facility!
The solution is to install reinforced vinyl membranes into the existing structures using our patented
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to download the AquaForce
Brochure
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locking system which creates a ‘shell within a shell’ and can withstand even quite substantial structural movement.
Used recently in the refurbishment of the Croydon Memorial Pools and the Donald Pool, the vinyl membrane, along with renewal/repair of some pipe-work has left these facilities leak free.
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