Natural Swimming Pools
Natural Swimming Pools – Serene swimming, environmentally sound, the healthy choice and many additional benefits
There are few more peaceful and pleasurable places to swim in than in the clean natural fresh water that a river or lake provides.
Most of us don’t live on a river’s edge though and so instead we swim in chemically maintained pools which are increasingly being recognised as both harmful to one’s health and corrosive to pool surroundings, including decking and patio furniture. And the chemicals are not light on the monthly budget either.
There is an alternative though – natural swimming pools!
Natural swimming pools are completely natural which means they condition and maintain your pool water without chemicals. When you think about it, we don’t go pouring chlorine into rivers and lakes!
Natural swimming pools work by setting aside an area, either within or adjacent to the pool, as an aquatic garden and gently circulated water from ‘low powered pumps’ to encourage desired plants to uptake nutrients and starve algae before it gets a foothold.
As the water is conditioned by natural processes it therefore does not contain any corrosive elements.
This means that the water is as clean as the rain that falls from the sky.
And with a little simple engineering and discrete plumbing, the water can also be set up to mimic the cooling and dampening effects of rain and douse your roof and property should there be a fire.
Many natural swimming pools excel in their natural look with the detail focused on stonework and leafy plants, for example, rather than bricks and mortar.
Do natural swimming pools have to look different from conventional pools?
Not at all!
It depends on the style that you would like! While some installations embrace the natural look and are tailored to give a ‘green’ feel, others retain the rectangular feel of a conventional pool.
In fact, many natural swimming pools are conversions from existing pools. All that is required to convert your existing pool is some space to plant up an aquatic garden, some light gardening and friends and neighbours to show off to.
Call or email Callum on 079 912 2802 / callum@naturesgardenpoolsandponds.co.za for further details and / or a quote or visit www.naturesgardenpoolsandponds.co.za for more details.
We also install environmentally friendly grey water systems.