Leisure centre pool heating

[Sue]

Does anyone know if the swimming pool water is now heated again?

There was a fault, and last week it was cold (and the week before the pool was closed due to the fault).

I tried phoning but nobody answered.

ETA: Got through. The water is still cold. They are waiting for a part from abroad so goodness knows when it will be warm again 😭

[Nigello]

The pool and the centre in general would benefit from a rethink on temperature. It’s very often too warm - water, poolside and entrance area - which means wasted energy, wasted money and more emissions. I agree that cooler pool water is likely uncomfortable but does it really need to be 28°C? I’d say not.

[CPR Dave]

Maybe not for you but they have lots of demand for swimming classes from very young children and from elderly people, for whom cold water is more dangerous.

[Sue]

  CPR Dave said:

Maybe not for you but they have lots of demand for swimming classes from very young children and from elderly people, for whom cold water is more dangerous.

 

Yes. I'm one of the elderly people 😭

[NewWave]

same!

[Friernlocal]

Which pool is it that's cold?

[Ladygooner]

I have stopped going as water is so warm - like swimming in soup!

[Nigello]

26° is definitely not cold. Hyperbole weakens a basically sound statement.

[Alec1]

The pool itself is not cold, around 26/27, but the changing rooms are like ice. Shivery cold. Showers are luke warm. Not a nice experience coming out of the pool.

[legalalien]

Just FYI Cllr King raised the issue of the Dulwich pool, showers, water temperature etc in yesterday’s audit and standards committee meeting in the context of discussing the insourcing and ensuring standards continue to be met in the remaining period before exit in June. The council officer in charge undertook to go away and look specifically at the issues around the pool.

[Alec1]

Pool temperature is now sorted as are showers after 2 weeks plus. The changing room however, continues to be very cold. Not as cold though, as section you have to walk through to get to it.

[Nigello]

I doubt that it is “very cold”. I expect it’s chilly but that the body very quickly heats up due to towelling and drying naturally. Overheated spaces abound in the UK; many are in properties owned or managed by public bodies. Fancy that! I don’t downplay the inconvenience or even the potential danger to a small number of individuals in theory, but it’s not healthy, economically sound or environmentally friendly to demand 27°C, pool water and similarly warm changing spaces, especially at a time like now.

[Sue]

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I have stopped going as water is so warm - like swimming in soup!

 

Please tell me when this very warm water is, so that I can time my visits accordingly!

[Alec1]

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Sorry to hear that the leisure centre's pool is still cold. I hope they gonna fix it already!

 

It's been fixed for a while now.

[mariagatty]

I like a warm pool lol