Pool works in Chester, planned around your guests.

In a hotel pool, guests notice the details

In a city that draws as many visitors as Chester, a hotel or spa pool is part of what guests are paying for. A stained joint or a chipped step nosing becomes part of their impression of the stay.

So the brief is often partly about appearance: clean grout lines, sound edges and replacement tiles that sit in with the old ones. We still start with condition. A cosmetic fix over a failing bed will not last.

Fitting works around the season

Most hotels and spas want the pool shut in a quieter period. We talk through the realistic sequence early: draining, inspection, repairs, curing and refill. Cure times come from the product data sheets, and we do not cut them to make a reopening date.

Some problems only show once the water is out. If that happens, we tell you straight away so scope and dates can be rethought with the full picture.

For spas with treatment rooms and thermal suites, we can work out which areas need to close together and which can stay open, so the business keeps trading where it safely can.

• Agree a closure window early
• Inspect and tap test once drained
• Clean a small test area first
• Repair, regrout or retile as agreed
• Cure to the product guidance, then refill and hand back

Pools in older and converted buildings

Chester has plenty of older and converted buildings. A pool added to one long after it was built can have an unusual shape, tight access and a long history of alterations.

That makes the inspection more important. We look at how the pool was built and repaired before, check the movement and perimeter joints, and explain where the condition of the background might change the scope. Routes for materials and waste are agreed with you so guest areas are disturbed as little as possible.

Spa areas, changing rooms and private pools

Spa pools, steam rooms, surrounds and changing rooms can often go into the same closure as the main pool, which keeps the total disruption down.

We also take on private pools in the villages around Chester, out towards Tarporley and the Welsh border, and in Ellesmere Port and on the Wirral.