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spa design
Upgrading
Securiwall ‘bulkhead’ creates
internal roller pit
steam and
shower
COLETS health and fitness club in
Thames Ditton, Surrey, promotes re-
energising and relaxation through its
pool and heat treatment rooms.
When the club’s ladies’ steam room
became dated in style and had
started to leak, it was decided that
any replacement should be combined
with a full upgrade of the shower
facility.
Drom UK was commissioned to
strip out the entire area, including all
In-ground covers for liner pools
THE INHERENT problem of providing an ‘in-ground’ automatic cover system as an integral
part of a liner pool system has been overcome with the French-made Del ‘Securiwall’
according to supplier Golden Coast.
Previously a complicated and costly procedure to include such a system without
compromising the integrity of the pool liner, the Securiwall system allows a ‘bulkhead’ to
be built within the confines of the pool itself to create an internal roller pit. In addition, the
system provides added safety as the roller once retracted cannot be accessed by
swimmers, removing the possibility of clothing or fingers being trapped between the slats.
As a stand-alone rigid PVC structure, Securiwall creates a separate and easily flooded
motor pit allowing the mechanism to be hidden out of sight with the cover moving freely
through an aperture above the bulkhead itself.
Taking the
load off
A FOOT SPA works well as a resting spot
within any circulation space. Users can
orientate themselves within the wider spa
area while enjoying a change of pace
between the more holistic heat treatment
rooms.
The glass mosaic seating in the foot spa
from Dalesauna is ergonomically designed
to comfortably match the body in a relaxed
seated position and the surfaces around the
supporting walls and equipment foot baths are finished in a lustrous glass
cupboards. A bespoke steam room mosaic shot through with gold.
was designed to a specification that The user has no ‘shock factor’ when
included the latest Tylo steam sitting down onto the smooth glass surface
generator and curved benches to as back and seat rests are electronically
accommodate six to eight people in heated from within to a temperature of
comfort. around 40 degrees centigrade. As the body
These were covered in striking is gently warmed and soothed, the user fills
mosaic tiles and enhanced with blue individual foot baths with hot water where
LED lighting, while the area was aching feet are gently massaged as the
finished with tinted glass doors. Drom water is aspirated by tiny air jets.
also carried out the tiling outside the The treatment provided at this resting
steam room and equipment area to spot aids relaxation and wellbeing while
match the existing décor. encouraging lymph drainage.
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