Taunton pool repairs, out to the farms, villages and coast.

From the Quantocks to the Levels

Taunton sits in the valley of the River Tone, with the Quantock Hills to the north, the Blackdown Hills to the south and the Somerset Levels to the east. In the town there are leisure and school pools and health clubs. Beyond it are private indoor pools, pools in converted barns and holiday lets, and holiday park pools towards the coast.

Getting a holiday pool ready for the season

A holiday let or holiday park pool has a short, busy season and a long quiet one. The quiet months are the time to drain it, find the loose tiles, open joints and damaged edges, and put them right before the first bookings.

Guests are not always gentle with a pool, so steps, edges and surrounds take most of the knocks. A sharp or lifting tile is a safety issue, so it is worth a check before every season.

• Loose or sharp tiles on steps and edges
• Grout washed out along the waterline
• Cracked or slippery surround tiles
• Staining and scale that a deep clean may lift

Access and logistics in the countryside

Rural sites bring their own questions: narrow lanes, where we can park and unload, a power supply near the pool, and somewhere to wash out tools. Let us know about these when you send photos. With a long drive behind us, we want the first visit to tell us everything we need, and we stay locally while the work is done.

Outdoor pools also face frost and long spells standing half empty over winter, which can loosen tiles at the waterline and on the edges. Tell us how the pool is wintered and we will look closely at the areas most at risk.