Waterproofing your swimming pool prolonges its useful life

It is now the kick off the summer season and waterproofing your swimming pool is fundamental to count with a resistant and lasting vase which will offer the performances required for its correct use, whether it is a particular swimming pool or a community swimming pool. As experts in water tightness or swimming pools, at Vailet we explain you the keys so your swimming pool will work perfectly and with no surprises.

The three keys to enjoy of a swimming pool this summer:

To have your swimming pool in perfect conditions when summer starts may seam something easy and obvious; nevertheless, we spend little time thinking about the wear that the structure and basic elements suffer, and what we have to do to improve this. There are 3 fundamental keys:

The structure has to be resistant to mechanical tensions (weight of the water, side thrust of the of the land, etc).

In the case that your swimming pool has a concrete structure, it is very possible that it has small fissures, which is normal in this type of structure, but these last do not have to represent a problem when it refers to resistance.

The filtration system has to guarantee a correct water recirculation in order to always have a clean and crystalline water, which will not occur if your sand filtration system does not work correctly.
The inner lining has to be watertight. A tile lining for example can have lost its watertightness. In most cases, the small ground movements that are produced as the swimming pool vase settles into the land, causing small fissures in the structure, which eventually lets the water pass once the watertight material, no longer realizes its function. As previously indicated, to watertight a swimming pool with tiles, the waterproofing material has to be installed underneath the tiles.

Watertight the structure regardless the type of structure

After many years building swimming pools, at Vailet we know that the best way to warranty the watertightness of a swimming pool consists in covering the interior of the vase with a waterproofing material, totally independent of its structure. Repairing the water leaks reusing the same techniques that has made the leaks appear does not resolve anything. On the other hand, waterproofing the swimming pool with a totally independent material to the vase movements, guarantees a longer lifetime of this last.

We recommend the reinforced PVC membrane, which insures you the watertightness of your swimming pool with a 15 years warranty. This last will not be affected by the small fissures of the concrete structure, or the deterioration of the original material which should ensure the watertightness.

The best PVC membrane brands

We work in exclusivity with the best PVC membrane brand: ELBE BLUE LINE, manufactured in Germany by the company ELBTAL PLASTICS. It is the most flexible membrane in the market, which guarantees the facility in the installation and an excellent aesthetic result. Besides, it is a highly resistant to ageing and it is the only reference at world level with the health certificate EN 71/3 which ensures that it does not contain harmful materials for health, consequently harmless for human health.

The numerous advantages of this material:

15 years warranty on the watertightness
Approved material for the storage of drinking water
Material with the health certificate EN 71-3 physiologically harmless.
Superior watertightness capacity than other materials as tiles, concrete, fiber, etc.
Very easy to clean
Pleasant feel to the touch
Protection against oils and solar creams
Protection against ultra violet rays
Compatible with water treatment products (chlorine, salt, etc…)
Fungicide treatment against algae, bacteria and microorganisms