Should You Fill Your Swimming Pool with Well Water in Cape Town & the Western Cape?
With the Western Cape’s long dry summers and the memory of Day Zero still fresh, many Cape Town homeowners look at borehole or well water as a smart, restriction-friendly way to fill or top up a swimming pool. It can be — but well water behaves very differently to municipal supply, and getting it wrong […]
Pool Plaster Delamination: Causes, Repair Options & Long-Term Prevention
If patches of your pool’s interior finish are flaking away, sounding hollow when tapped, or lifting off in sheets, you are likely dealing with plaster delamination. It is one of the more frustrating problems a Western Cape pool owner can face, because it rarely fixes itself and usually spreads if left alone. Understanding why it […]
How to Use Pool Putty in Cape Town & the Western Cape
Pool putty is one of the handiest quick fixes a Western Cape pool owner can keep in the shed. This two-part epoxy sets hard even underwater, which makes it ideal for sealing small cracks, hairline leaks and popped-out fittings without draining the whole pool. If you own a pool anywhere from the Atlantic Seaboard to […]
How to Stop Groundwater Seepage Into Your Pool
Few things are more frustrating for a pool owner in the Western Cape than watching muddy water, cracks or bulging plaster appear seemingly overnight. In many low-lying and coastal parts of Cape Town, the culprit is groundwater — water trapped in the soil that pushes against the shell of your pool from the outside. Left […]
Cracked or Shifted Pool Coping in Cape Town? Causes, Repairs & Prevention Tips
Pool coping is the capping that runs around the top edge of your swimming pool, bridging the shell and the surrounding paving or deck. It takes a beating from the Western Cape’s harsh sun, salty coastal air and seasonal ground movement, so it is often the first part of a pool to show wear. If […]
Why Gravel Backfill is Best for Your Fibreglass Pool in South Africa
When you install a fibreglass swimming pool in the Western Cape, the shell itself gets most of the attention — but what goes in around it matters just as much. The backfill material packed between the pool shell and the excavated ground is what holds everything in place, manages water movement, and keeps your pool […]
Swimming Pool Safety: Non-Slip Steps & Surfaces for All Pool Types
A swimming pool is one of the best ways to enjoy the long Western Cape summers, but wet surfaces around steps, ledges and coping are also where most pool-related slips happen. Whether you have a fibreglass pool in the Southern Suburbs or a marbelite pool up the West Coast, building slip resistance into your steps […]
Pool Water Storage Bladders Filled with Pool Water for Treatment — Cape Town & Western Cape Guide
When you renovate a swimming pool in Cape Town or anywhere across the Western Cape, one question comes up almost immediately: what happens to all that water? A standard residential pool can hold tens of thousands of litres, and in a region that has lived through serious drought and municipal water restrictions, simply draining it […]
Marbelite or Gunite Pools with Epoxy Coating and Non-Slip Steps in Cape Town
If you own a swimming pool in Cape Town or anywhere across the Western Cape, you have probably heard the terms marbelite and gunite thrown around by contractors. Both describe the way your pool shell is built and finished, and both can be given a fresh lease on life with a modern epoxy coating and […]
