Pool & water treatment in Mallorca · Joaquín and Juan since 1998

Across much of Mallorca the water is very hard: in many areas it goes over 40-60 French degrees (fH) when comfortable is below 15. That limescale clogs pipes and ruins taps, heaters and appliances. A water softener (we fit Kinetico Premier Plus and Compact, and BWT) treats the whole house and stops the scale; reverse osmosis (Kinetico K10) is a further step, only for the kitchen drinking tap, and removes scale, salts and tastes. The usual setup in Mallorca is a softener for the whole home and, if you want quality drinking water, an osmosis unit in the kitchen.

Yes. We look after the technical side of the pool: pump, filter (sand or glass), multiport valve, skimmers and dosing (chlorine or salt chlorination and pH control). We service the plant, replace pumps and filters that no longer perform and leave the water balanced. We don't do pool-shell building work or lifeguarding: we handle the hydraulic installation and the water treatment.

Yes. We find and repair leaks and faults in pool plumbing: supply and return pipes, valves, the plant-room manifold and any joints that are losing water. If the pool drops more than normal evaporation would explain, we check where the water is going and make it watertight, with a quote before we touch anything.

It depends on the area: in many towns the water is drinkable but very hard, with a lot of limescale and salts, so it tastes poor and damages the installation. A softener improves the water throughout the house, and if you want genuinely good drinking water, a reverse-osmosis unit in the kitchen gives you light, scale-free water. We tell you what actually fits your home without overselling.

We install both and advise you based on your pool. Salt chlorination (electrolysis) is very convenient day to day: the salt generates just the right amount of chlorine and the water is gentler on skin and eyes, though the equipment is a bigger upfront investment. Classic chlorine dosing is cheaper to start with. With both we look after pH control, which is what really keeps the water healthy and clear. We work with Astralpool kit.

Yes, it's one of the most common requests from owners who don't live in Mallorca all year. Before the season we check the pump and filter, make sure there are no leaks, balance the water and leave the plant ready so the pool is in order when you arrive. If you have a villa, we roll it into our JSL Villa Care maintenance service.

Yes, and Mallorca's climate is one of the best for it. With a pool heat pump the water stays at 26-28 °C and you go from swimming around three months a year to swimming from April to October. The heat pump takes energy from the air — for every kWh of electricity it returns several kWh of heat to the water — and performs especially well in the island's mild temperatures. We size it to the pool's volume, whether it's outdoor or indoor, and whether it has a cover.

The enemy is evaporation: it's where a pool loses most of its heat. So the first thing we recommend is a thermal cover or blanket, which stops that loss and cuts the heat pump's consumption considerably. The second is using your solar: if you have panels, the midday surplus heats the pool at minimal cost. With a cover and a properly sized heat pump, keeping the water at 27 °C in season is a reasonable expense, not a luxury.

Yes. A well-planned aerothermal heat pump can climate-control the home and, with a dedicated heat exchanger, the pool too: one machine for everything. It's one of the combinations we propose most often in villas. Indoor pools also need dehumidification: warm water in a closed room creates condensation that ruins joinery and walls, so we control the air's humidity as well as the water temperature. We take care of both.

Yes, we work across the whole island of Mallorca and look after you in English, Spanish and German. We reply the same day to arrange the visit and give you a fixed, no-obligation quote. Juan comes, Joaquín comes, or we both come: we don't subcontract. See our work and customer reviews on the JSL Google Maps profile →.