So, you’ve carefully thought about such aspects as price, the scope for customisation, and your likely maintenance responsibilities, and you’ve decided that an indoor swimming pool would be a better choice for your preferences and needs than an outdoor one. 

If you haven’t got to the decision-making stage yet, you might be interested in our previous article comparing the merits of indoor and outdoor swimming pools. 

But once you do have an indoor pool installed at your property, you will need to be alert to certain potential risks and problems. Below, we’ve explained some of the key issues to be aware of – and to prepare for. 

·         The moisture heaviness of the room – and the associated need for ventilation 

Inevitably, the indoor space in which you have your swimming pool installed will be a moist one, even if the standard of ventilation in the given room is high. 

As for if you don’t have a strong ventilation system or a solid dehumidifier in place, you can expect such consequences as condensation, mould growth, and even potentially structural damage to the room. 

Ventilation will, of course, make a difference in refreshing the air supply. But good ventilation alone isn’t enough; the materials used to construct the pool building will also need to stand up well to moisture and chlorine in the pool. 

Indeed, if your indoor swimming pool will be in heavy and frequent use, there will inevitably be a need to regularly “shock” the pool water. That’s a reference to the act of adding a particularly high concentration of sanitiser to the pool water to “deep-clean” it. 

While applying a “shock treatment” to your indoor pool is important – as we will elaborate on below – doing this regularly will lead to a lot of wastes in the water being burned off in the air. 

You will need a ventilation system that is good enough to take these airborne wastes out of the room. Otherwise, they will end up back in the pool water before very long. 

·         Making sure you appropriately “shock treat” your pool, amid evaporation concerns 

We stated in our aforementioned article that the maintenance of outdoor pools tends to be more time-consuming than is the case for indoor pools. 

However, that shouldn’t cause you to be complacent if you do invest in an indoor pool. After all, you will still need to be vigilant when it comes to water chemistry, including such aspects as pH levels and chlorine. 

It’s just as well, then, that Pool Warehouse stocks a broad range of attractively priced swimming pool chemicals to help make those crucial water maintenance duties easier. 

Bear in mind, though, that while certain non-filterable wastes – such as body oils, greases, and perfumes – will likely partly evaporate into the air when you have an outdoor pool, more of these wastes might linger near the pool for longer when they are contained indoors. 

When you do come to shock your indoor pool, you will need to take into account such factors as the numbers of people who use your pool, and how frequently it is used. You won’t need to do as much “shocking”, for instance, during extended periods of the year when only one person might be using it infrequently, rather than when the whole family is constantly taking a dip.  

·         The potentially heavy energy costs involved in keeping the water warm enough 

Finally, you should be mindful that the mere fact of your swimming pool being indoors doesn’t mean it will always be a stress-free process to preserve the warmth of the water and air right through the seasons. Those chilly, grey British winters shouldn’t be underestimated. 

It will be crucial, then, to make sure the insulation of your indoor pool room is good enough to avoid heat seeping out unnecessarily. Carefully calculating your likely energy bills will also be vital, particularly if you do intend to keep using the pool during the coldest weeks and months. 

The right swimming pool chemicals will certainly play an important role in keeping your indoor pool usable and hospitable right through the year. So, why not grab the supplies you need from Pool Warehouse now, in the knowledge that we can also provide same-day despatch?