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Water chemistry

How often should you really shock your pool?

Weekly, monthly or only after a party? The honest answer depends on three numbers, and none of them is on the back of the bucket.

Equipment

Salt chlorination is gentler on skin and cheaper to run, but the cell replacement cost and our hard water change the maths.

Maintenance

Losing more than a centimetre a day is not evaporation. Here is how to tell a real leak from a hot week before you call anyone.

Renovation

A week-by-week walkthrough of a three week resurfacing job, including the parts that surprise people.

Seasonal

Do these in order in March and you will spend the summer swimming rather than fighting algae.