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Swimponds and Ponds Professionally Designed It's Easy with OASE Pond Construction 2012 SwimPonds and ponds professionally designed It’s easy with OASE OASE – Passionate about water. Editorial Dear SwimPond and pond construction pros, the new pond construction season is right around the corner and this year OASE is at your side as a competent partner in all things concerning pond construction, and SwimPond construction in particular. Our pond technology will also persuade you: The new AquaMax Eco Premium 12V and the new ProfiClear Premium set standards in the area of SwimPond technology. We would be pleased to support you in the planning of your projects and advise you in the implementation. But first we would like to introduce our comprehensive product range to you. Sincerely, Christoph Bültel Sales Director, Central Europe See the OASE recommendations! 2 Contents SWIMPONDS: THE CONCEPT 4 ILLUMINATION & POWER 30 OASE SwimPonds 4 LunAqua 10 system 30 SwimPond concept 5 SwimPond 20 & SwimPond 32 6 Technical data 8 POND CONSTRUCTION & DECORATION 32 SwimPond Individual & rehabilitation 10 Maintenance & care 12 Everything for professional pond construction 32 Fleece & liner 34 Pond construction accessories 36 FILTER- & WATERCOURSE PUMPS 14 AquaMax Eco Premium 12 V 14 NATURAL POOLS 38 Clear Lake System 250/500 38 FILTERS & AERATORS 16 Clear Fountain System & water treatment 40 Module filter concept – ProfiClear Premium 16 ProfiClear Classic 20 WORTH KNOWING 41 Technical data 22 Selection tables 24 Guarantee conditions 41 Impressions 42 Discussion handbook 43 CLEANING & CARE 26 Surface skimmers AquaSkim 40 26 BioSys Skimmer + 26 ProfiSkim 100 27 Skimmer 250 27 Maintenance accessories Pond care AquaActiv 28 3 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond OASE SwimPonds OASE SwimPonds Holiday paradise in your own garden A private SwimPond in the garden – the dream of many garden owners. A dream that can be fulfilled thanks to the complete SwimPond packages from OASE, in which all of our experience with gardens, pond construction, water quality, and pond technology come together. The OASE SwimPond’s are in season all year round; they are not emptied in winter and consequently they are an Extras eyecatcher as the seasons change. They offer a different concept for every taste: »Enjoy clean, clear water – • The two proven SwimPond modules are the perfect without any side effects whatsoever« solutions for rigorous requirements. Swimming in water that is free of chemicals is a very spe- • SwimPond Individual is the name of the exclusive cial experience – without bloodshot eyes or itchy skin. solution for a personal wellness temple on difficult As opposed to the situation with a swimming pool, the terrain or for customers with special preferences. OASE SwimPond modules do not require any chemicals whatsoever and clean themselves in a totally natural manner. Micro organisms in the filter system ensure that nutrient input is broken down, while the regeneration zone with its plants offers the water additional space to clean itself. 4 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond SwimPond concept SwimPond The OASE team Together we build your SwimPond! Dive in any time, in your own natural pool there should 2. Team partner – garden owner with SwimPond dream be nothing left to desire. Together we fulfil this desire; After receipt of the product package and after coordina- the well thought-out »team concept« makes construc- tion with the stockist, construction can start: As desired tion of every SwimPond an executable project. Garden by the garden owner, the garden owner or a pond con- owners always have the costs and the services in view. struction specialist handles tasks, such as excavation, Here’s how the concept works: installing the foundation and walls of the swim zone. In the manual there is a detailed description of all 1. Team partner stockist / landscaper steps including dimensional drawings. The tasks can After the individual SwimPond consultation, the special- be easily and independently executed, better yet in the ised partner from OASE receives the finished complete general contractor principle, bids can be solicited from package SwimPond 20 or 32 for construction of the tradesmen. SwimPond with numerous technical services and service offerings. We ensure: Team partner: OASE From OASE, stockist and garden owner will receive • Mature design a tender specification list with the additionally required • All the technology construction materials; this enables both partners • Detailed knowledge summarised in a SwimPond to work together in the ideal price / performance ratio. construction manual • Expert installation of fleece and liner • Including all liner transitions • Analysis of the fill water 5 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond SwimPond examples: implemented OASE SwimPond Module SwimPond 20 The concept – SwimPond 20 concept – SwimPond The SwimPond 20 3 m 6.5 m 6 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond SwimPond examples: implemented OASE SwimPond Module SwimPond 32 SwimPond 32 32 concept – SwimPond The 3.5 m 9 m 7 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond Technical data Technical Technical data SwimPond 20 SwimPond 32 ProfiClear Classic pump chamber Size of the pure swim zone, approx. m² 20 32 Swimming depth, approx. m 1.35 1.60 Water surface, approx. m² 65 85 Total surface area, approx. m² 83 107 Technology package Filter system ProfiClear Classic pump chamber 1x ProfiClear Classic filter foam module 3x 4x Filter granulate PhosLess filter media tubes 8x 10x UVC clarifier for sterilisation Bitron C 110 W 1x Circulation / filter pumps AquaMax Gravity Eco 15000 1x – ProfiClear Classic filter foam module AquaMax Gravity Eco 20000 – 1x Surface skimming ProfiSkim 100 1x Equipment LunAqua 10 incl. illuminant 3x 4x Underwater transformer UST 150 1x LunAqua 10 connecting cable 7.50 15.00 4-step stainless steel entry ladder 1x Pond care / accessories PondoVac 4 pond / pool vacuum 1x Pipeline kit and fittings 1x OASE AquaActiv Quicksticks 1x 8 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond Technical data Technical Technical data SwimPond 20 SwimPond 32 Bitron C 110 W UVC clarifier Construction SwimPond liner m² 110 145 Protective fleece m² 140 180 Liner transition 1x Package PVC liner sheet elements 1x Inlet and capillary barrier 1x Ring drainage Dual Wall and floor Brick-built in accordance with statics, use of concrete ProfiSkim 100 surface skimmer Woodwork Detailed construction plans available Service package Pond construction Compl. Construction drawing / construction plan ✔ Tested and approved structure statics ✔ Detailed construction manual ✔ Fleece and liner installation ✔ Expert installation of liner sheet metals ✔ Consulting / expert planning PondoVac 4 pond / pool vacuum Fill water analysis with recommendation ✔ Service Hotline Full-Service-Hotline (14 ct/min.) Tender texts for subcontracting ✔ Biology / Filtration of SwimPonds ✔ Planting for regeneration areas ✔ Care / maintenance of the SwimPond ✔ Item no. 57143 57144 Item no. (without expert liner installation) 57284 57285 9 Pond Construction & Decoration Construction Pond SwimPond Individual & rehabilitation Individual SwimPond 10 SwimPond Individual The custom-tailored swimming experience The modular and matched components from OASE open The most important prerequisites for use up all possibilities of an entirely personal and individ- of technology in and on the SwimPond: ual swimming paradise for your customers – whether • Installation, assembly and operating instructions for a plunge pool for a fast cool-off or an expansive bathing OASE technology in accordance with DIN VDE 0100 landscape. Part 702 and Part 737 (for professional installers), or ÖVE-EN1 Part 4 (§49) We accompany you from the project planning to com- • In the pond only operate devices with a maximum pletion and are available to you as competent partner of 12 V (for private users) in the background for questions, in all phases – e.g. the • All devices (UVC clarifiers, circulation pumps, trans- & Decoration Construction Pond dimensioning and alignment of the pond in the site, formers for lights and / or aerators) with more than to the selection of the proper liner, extending to the 12 V power must be set up outside of the body of installation scheme for the lines. water in a separate chamber. We would be pleased to assist you with expert liner In this regard either a minimum distance of 2 metres installation in different colours and / or materials, if you to the pond edge or set up in a lockable installation would like to commission our experienced team to pro- room must be complied with. vide this service.* In the installation room the pump can be set up dry or flooded in a separate pump chamber. • The water-conducting lines must be made of plastic. • A 30 mA earth leakage circuit breaker must be installed. SwimPond Individual & rehabilitation Individual SwimPond SwimPond rehabilitation Individual concepts for a healthy SwimPond Functioning biology is the foundation for a permanent, objects, and with the proper pump, extends to water healthy, living pond that your customers can enjoy recirculation via inflow nozzles and the regeneration throughout the entire year. areas. For example, if over time, areas with little or weak water flow, leaf deposits, one-sided plant growth, nutrient If you would like additional information on the custom excesses or heavy sediment layers (e.g. silt) occur in your planning of an OASE SwimPond project, or on rehabilita- pond, these are indications that the system must be tion and repair of an existing
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