H2ofun are delighted to announce that they are now Beachcomber hot tub dealers. A range of the latest 2008 Beachcomber hot tubs are on display at H2ofun’s retail shop at Stuarts Garden Centre, Bexley Kent. The 2008 range includes the latest features such as Protec step entry system, Hushpump and Everlite. Individual blogs will appear on each specific latest feature in due course.

Beachcomber are this year celebrating their 30th anniversary, engineering quality hot tubs that are at the forefront of the hot tub market. The full range of Beachcomber hot tubs will be on the h2ofun website and will provide full and detailed information onbeachcomber’s 700, 500 and 300 range of hottubs. There are many reasons why you should chose one of these hot tubs over other hot tubs and we would be delighted to discuss the benefits of becoming a beachcomber owner. If you have been to the ideal home exhibition you will have noticed that there are so many brands and styles of hot tubs. It can be very confusing to identify which type is best for you, especially when deals are offered if you place an order there and then. If you are looking for clear concise information and you are local to our h2ofun show room at stuarts garden centre pop in for a chat, or call to arrange an appointment.

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At h2ofun we are always looking for low or zero carbon emission swimming pool products. People are realising that understanding your carbon footprint is important and that the travel we take, products we buy and fuel that we use has a direct impact on the environment. With regards to swimming pools, more and more customers are asking for ways to reduce their carbon emission impact and inturn reduce their swimming pool heating bills. Also customers are asking for ways to avoid using harsh chemicals such as chlorine.

On the h2ofun website we have identified zero or low carbon emission products and these products will carry a specific logo . This eco2 logo also applies to products that use an alternative to products that are not environmentally friendly such as chlorine.

Currently we have a large range of heat pumps, solar heating systems, solar sun rings, salt chlorinators for swimming pools and aquagarde for hot tubs and these products will carry the eco2 logo

We will continue to look for new products that fit this category and would welcome any ideas on enviromentally friendly swimming pool products that you may have.

Well the weather is doing its best to keep us all indoors and maybe that’s why so many of you are looking on the Internet at our swimming pools!! But even though the weather is pretty extreme the most popular time of the year that people want their swimming pools installed is March / April, ready for what we all hope will be a glorious 2008 summer.
Last April we had some fantastic weather, with April 2007 being the warmest on record and very dry. So those pool owners who had their pools up and running early, benefited from the early start to summer and enjoyed probably the best of the 2007 summer weather.

Building an inground swimming pool does take some careful planning but today you can like most products buy an off the shelf package that can be installed by a reasonably competent DIYer and will not cost the earth. With a new inground swimming pool like our diy Kafko swimming pool that can be installed in around 7 to 10 days you can plan today and potentially have your swimming pool up and running before the start of the season.

One of the questions we get asked when people are considering an inground swimming pool is the running costs. While items such as water treatment products like chlorine have dropped in price and can even be replaced by products such as salt chlorinators, heating a pool can put people off. Electric, gas and oil have increased dramatically over the past few years and will most probably continue to rise. Although these costs have gone up, new products have entered the swimming pool market place that can reduce the average heating costs by 75% or more. Passive heating such as solar sun rings and solar heating systems are becoming increasingly common and as such the price for these products is being driven down. The same can be said for heat pumps which use approx 25% of the heat an alternative system such as an electric heater or gas heater would consume.

The Kafko DIY Swimming Pool comes with probably the best set of instructions of any DIY inground swimming pool. The full instructions are also backed up by comprehensive video that explains the 7 days installation programme. We are also here to back you up with information and guidance if required. So even though March is roaring in like a lion lets hope the saying is correct and it leaves as gently as a lamb, and if in luck we might just get a repeat of the warm April we all enjoyed last year.