How to Get Rid of White Water Mould and Pink Slime in Your Pool – Cape Town & Western Cape Guide
If you’ve noticed a slimy white or grey tissue-like film clinging to your pool walls, steps or behind the weir, or a stubborn pinkish residue creeping along the waterline, you’re dealing with two common Western Cape pool problems: white water mould and pink slime. Despite the name, neither is technically algae — they are colonies […]
Pool Plaster Thickness & Best Waterproofing Additives in South Africa: Complete Guide Before Applying Marbelite
Getting the plaster right is the difference between a marbelite finish that lasts fifteen years and one that blisters within a season. In the Western Cape, where summer heat, winter rain and hard borehole or municipal water all work against a pool shell, the base coat and any waterproofing additives you choose matter just as […]
How to Vacuum a Swimming Pool in Cape Town
If you own a pool anywhere in the Cape, you already know the local challenge: the famous South-Easter blows fine dust, leaves and pollen across the water almost daily, and load-shedding can leave your filtration off for hours at a time. Vacuuming your pool regularly is the single most effective way to keep the water […]
Gunite and Concrete Pools in Cape Town: Why They Outperform Fibreglass
Choosing between a gunite (concrete) pool and a fibreglass shell is one of the biggest decisions a Cape Town homeowner faces when adding a pool. Both have their place, but for properties across the Western Cape, gunite and concrete builds tend to offer a level of durability, flexibility and long-term value that pre-moulded fibreglass simply […]
Fibreglass Pool Shell Bulging and Cracking in Cape Town: Causes, Repairs, and Long-Term Solutions
A fibreglass pool shell is meant to sit quietly in the ground for decades, but Cape Town’s shifting soils, water-table swings and hot-cold cycles put real strain on that thin composite skin. When a shell starts to bulge inward, blister on the surface or show hairline cracks along the waterline, it is telling you something […]
Best Pool Heating Options for Cape Town & the Western Cape — Complete Guide
The Western Cape gives us glorious summers, but our Mediterranean climate also brings cool, wet winters and a stiff south-easter that can drop pool temperatures fast. If you want to swim comfortably from early spring through to late autumn — rather than only during the peak of a Cape Town summer — some form of […]
What to Do After Vacuuming and Shocking Your Pool in Cape Town
You have skimmed the leaves, vacuumed the floor, and tipped in a dose of shock. That feels like the finish line, but for your pool it is actually the starting gun. The hours right after vacuuming and shocking are when the water chemistry is at its most unstable, and what you do next decides whether […]
Fibreglass Pool Relining & Marbelite Renovations in Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch pools work hard. Between long Boland summers, the temperature swings of the winelands and the mineral-rich water that comes off the Cape’s granite soils, even a well-built pool eventually shows its age. Rough plaster underfoot, stubborn staining, hairline cracks that never quite dry out – these are the tell-tale signs that a shell needs […]
How Much Should You Spend on Refurbishing an Old Pool or Building a New One in Cape Town?
Standing at the edge of a tired old pool, watching the sun bounce off cracked plaster and faded coping, most Cape Town homeowners ask themselves the same question: is it smarter to breathe new life into what I already have, or start from scratch? It is one of the biggest calls you will make about […]
