Inland, summers are scorching, but winters bring frost and the water comes out full of limescale. We build and renovate pools in the Vinalopó, the Foia de Castalla and l'Alcoià with all that in mind: well-protected pools, heating to extend the season and equipment ready for the cold.
As soon as the road leaves Alicante behind and starts to climb, the climate changes. The Vinalopó, the Foia de Castalla and l'Alcoià have dry, hot summers, but also frosts in winter, cool nights well into spring and tap water heavy with limescale. That is why pools here are designed and looked after differently: the worry isn't salt air but the cold, the dust from the fields and a shorter swimming season.
In the Medio Vinalopó, Elda and Petrer are ringed by weekend villas and main homes in partidas such as Caprala, L'Almafrà and Salinetas and on urbanisations such as Loma Badá. Novelda, Aspe and Monforte del Cid mix country houses among table-grape vineyards and almond groves with residential areas such as Orito and Alenda Golf, full of villas with gardens and pools. Further up, Villena and its hamlet of La Encina have especially cold winters and country houses with plenty of land around them.
The Foia de Castalla, with Castalla, Ibi and urbanisations such as Castalla Internacional, and Alcoy, with its masías and villas between the Sierra de Mariola and the Carrascal de la Font Roja, complete the area. The pools we see most are painted or mosaic-tiled concrete pools built years ago, old irrigation reservoirs turned into pools and new builds at villas whose owners want to swim for more months of the year. The problems repeat themselves: pipes and skimmers that burst in a frost, paint that peels, limescale on the mosaic and in the salt chlorinator, and water that only tempts you in at the height of summer.
We have built over 500 pools in the province and we know that inland the calendar is in charge: we spray the gunite and apply finishes away from frosty days and have the pool ready before the heat arrives. From Pla de la Vallonga, the A-31 takes us to Monforte, Novelda, Elda, Petrer or Villena without crossing the city, and the motorway also gets us up to Castalla, Ibi and Alcoy.
At villas in Caprala, Orito or Castalla Internacional we build sprayed concrete pools with the steel reinforcement and wall thickness designed for ground that freezes in January and cracks in August, buried pipework at the right depth and frost-resistant coping stones. That way the shell copes with inland temperature swings without cracking.
See the serviceIn Villena or Alcoy the swimming season without heating is short. We size an inverter heat pump to your pool's volume and how you use it, pair it with a thermal blanket so the heat gained by day isn't lost at night, and install it away from bedrooms and neighbours, so you can swim from spring until well into autumn.
See the serviceA high telescopic pool enclosure turns the pool at a villa in Ibi or Petrer into one you can use for much of the year, and a winter cover protects it from leaves, dust and frost while it's not in use. We help you choose between a telescopic enclosure, slats or a safety cover based on how your household uses the pool.
See the serviceInland water is very hard and limescale shows up everywhere: crusts along the waterline, clogged filters and chlorinator cells coated in scale. We install salt water systems with automatic pH control, which is key to stopping limescale from forming, and show you how to clean the cell so it keeps producing chlorine just as it did on day one.
See the serviceMany country houses in Novelda, Aspe and Monforte del Cid have pools extended bit by bit over the years, or old irrigation reservoirs that have been converted. We renovate them completely: a new sprayed concrete shell inside the old one when the structure calls for it, comfortable steps, new coping and surround and modern plumbing in a buried plant room.
See the serviceThe weekend villas of Elda, Petrer and Villena are full of painted concrete pools, and between the winter frosts and the August sun the paint peels every few seasons. We prepare the surface properly, sanding or blasting and repairing cracks, and apply epoxy or chlorinated rubber paint suited to the condition of the pool and how you use it.
See the serviceA frozen pipe or a skimmer cracked by the cold can slowly drain the pool without a puddle ever appearing in the garden. We pinpoint the leak with dye, a ground microphone or by pressure-testing the pipes, and repair the affected skimmers, lights, inlets or buried section without digging up more than necessary.
See the serviceExample projects with illustrative images.
ExampleA rectangular sprayed concrete pool with reinforced steelwork, sprayed in a single piece to avoid cold joints, with full-width built-in steps, frost-resistant stone coping and a porcelain tile surround. The pipes are buried deep and the filtration system sits in a buried, ventilated plant room, safe from the cold.
Pool construction
ExampleA heated villa pool designed for use through much of the year: a high polycarbonate telescopic enclosure on floor-level rails, which opens in sections when the heat sets in, and an inverter heat pump sized for the pool's volume, installed at the back of the plot next to the filtration shed and away from the bedrooms.
Pool enclosures and covers
ExampleAn old masonry irrigation reservoir transformed into a pool: the wall is repaired and strengthened, a new concrete shell is sprayed inside, built-in steps are added and skimmers, inlets and a main drain are fitted and connected to a filtration system in a buried plant room. The original stone edge is kept as coping, among almond trees and vines.
Pool renovationWe set out from our base: Calle de la Ferreria, 24, Pol. Ind. Pla de la Vallonga, 03006 Alicante.
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Frequently asked questions
Pools in Elda, Petrer, Novelda, Aspe, Monforte, Villena, Castalla, Ibi and Alcoy: builds, renovation, heating and covers made for cold winters. Call us.
It's best not to. An empty pool is exposed to frost and to pressure from the surrounding ground, and the water itself is its best protection. What we do instead is winterise it: we lower the level below the skimmers, drain the pipes and any equipment exposed to the cold, add a winter treatment and fit a cover. Start-up in spring is then much simpler.
Yes, as long as the shell is properly reinforced and sprayed in one piece, with no cold joints between floor and walls. In the cold it is usually other things that suffer: porous coping stones, weak mosaic grout or pipes buried too shallow. That's why we choose frost-resistant materials and back the work with a 10-year structural warranty.
Yes, as long as it comes with automatic pH control. With hard inland water, when the pH rises the limescale settles on the chlorinator cell, in the filter and on the pool tiles. We balance the water when filling, set up automatic pH control and explain how and how often to clean the cell to extend its life.
Yes. Our base is in Pla de la Vallonga, on the inland side of Alicante, and from there the Vinalopó, the Foia de Castalla and l'Alcoià are well connected by motorway. We group visits into routes so we can measure, quote and follow each job closely, just as we do with pools on the coast.
