Saturday, 20 September 2014

Choosing A Suitable Pool Main Drain Cover

By Karina Frost


Homes, schools, spas, and other centres with leisure spots should strive to make their facilities as safe as possible in order to preserve lives. The importance of a suitable pool main drain cover in promoting safety cannot be taken lightly, considering that many fatal accidents in these facilities are directly or indirectly related to improperly manufactured or wrongly fixed drainage components. A conventional pool has two types of water outlets.

The drains on the other hand are located at the deepest part of the pool and are responsible for driving out sunken dirt. A proper water recirculation system is necessary for functionality of any swimming pool. Without it, a large number of microorganisms can survive in these facilities, some of which may cause dangerous infections.

If a pool lacked these structures, it could create an opportunity for pathogens to thrive in the water thereby leading to disease spread. Besides, such a bath would be too smelly and unsightly for anybody to use. This is why lidos, which accommodate a large number of divers, are required to have many outlets in order to enhance the cleanliness of water.

It is however saddening that those preventable fatalities occur annually as a result of poorly established structures. Stakeholders in the past kept turning their backs to suction related accidents, which continued claiming lives. At last, it reached a point where cases of disembowelment, limbs loss, and deaths related to swimming pools made the news headlines and could no longer be ignored.

In response to the Graeme Baker incident in 2002, the federal government and stakeholders recognised the need to bring some sanity in the establishment of swimming pools, manufacture, and installation of their components. The main drain cover featured at top of the concern list. Certain standards were put in place with which all drain coverings were and are still required to conform to those regulations. Those that did not meet the criteria were to be replaced immediately.

Anti vortex should also be placed at the drains entries to stop air entrainments. Whenever you think your drain cover needs a replacement, ensure you acquire one from your previous manufacturer if you are retaining the frame. Two products from different producers may not be able to fit well and will actually pose a serious threat to users.

All these features assist in reducing possibility of a limb, costume, hair, or jewellery worn by a swimmer getting sucked. Whenever you want to replace a covering, ensure that the pump is off. Take note that if you are retaining the frame, it is mandatory to buy your drain top from the manufacturer who supplied you with the previous one.

If you have never gone through this however, it is safer to ask a technician to do it for you since failure to carry it out correctly may expose you and others using the swimming facility to serious risks. They will not charge much for this service as long as you identify reputable technicians. Dealing with primed manufacturers will ensure you fit coverings that are at par with the standards.




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