Pool refurbishment in Milton Keynes, for pools that cannot stay shut for long.

How the downtime is kept down

The quickest closures are the ones where nothing is decided on the day. Materials are ordered, tiles are matched and the plant room team knows when to drain and refill before we arrive.

We still do not cut cure times to hit a date. If a full programme will not fit, we would rather split the work into phases.

• Inspection and agreed scope before booking the closure
• Tiles and materials on site from day one
• Draining and refilling arranged with your plant staff
• Surround or changing room work done alongside, where it is safe
• Larger jobs split across two planned closures

A new town with pools of every age

Milton Keynes was designated a new town in 1967 and has kept growing since. Some of its pools date from the early years and are on their second or third set of repairs, while others are much newer. There are hotel and club pools near the centre and the M1, school and leisure pools across the grid squares, and private pools in the older villages around them.

A pool from the 1980s and one from last decade wear in different ways, so we judge each on what we see.

Close to the M1

From Warrington it is a fairly direct run down the M1, so a separate inspection visit is easy to arrange before the closure is booked.

Where wear shows first

In busy hotel and gym pools the first signs of trouble usually appear at the steps, the entry points and the waterline, where feet, hands and cleaning machines do the most work. Spa pools and steam rooms next door often need attention on the same timetable.

Spotting those early means a short targeted repair in the next planned closure, instead of a bigger job forced at a bad time.