Fuengirola – Specialised Build

Installation swimming pool heating, Costa del Sol

Installation of a swimming pool heating system is something that has to be considered carefully. It is a considerable investment, so the heater chosen needs to be reliable, with parts availability and be large enough to heat the volume of water. We normally specify a heater slightly larger than needed, which allows the pool to be heated quicker and be used for longer without a cover of needed.

When choosing a heat pump for your swimming pool the following need to be considered.

Is the pool for domestic use, or will it be a holiday rental? If the pool is domestic use, it is unlikely to be used in winter months. If the villa is to be used for year round rentals, holiday makers will want to swim year round.
Will a cover be used. Again, the use of the pool needs to be considered. Rental clients on holiday are unlikely to replace the cover after swimming, whereas the home owner will. This has a bearing on the size of the heater required.
Location of the pool. Is the pool exposed to wind, or sheltered?
Altitude. A pool heater in Mijas Pueblo will need to be bigger than a pool heater in Fuengirola for the same size pools.

There are some other questions that we ask clients about their reasons for choosing a pool heater. Once we have this information, we can specify the most suitable heat pump for the pool.

Latest technology pool heaters now use multispeed inverter compressors and variable speed fans to improve running costs. These technologies also make the machines much quieter.

Out with the old and in with the new inverter pool heater A+ efficiency.

Interior

Custom built wooden bar for brewery restaurant

Custom built wooden bar for brewery restaurant by our carpenters.

This custom made wooden bar perfectly compliments the surroundings. This was quite an involved project, as the weight needing support was quite significant.

A steel structure was made first, all welded and treated, then all bolted and welded into position to take the main weight of the barrels. Around the base of this, we built the support of the bar top from rustic clay bricks.

On top of this support is the solid wooden bar top, the wooden pillars that provide decoration and support for the tongue and groove ceiling.

Once everything was completed, it was all sanded, sealed and stained.

This type of custom built wooden bar can be used in restaurants, bars or be equally at home as a feature in your entertainment areas, such as home bar, pool room or in a room at the side of the swimming pool.

Our carpenters can make bars to suit any space, whether commercial or private, new build villa, or recently renovated apartment.

wooden bar structures

interior bar

wooden bar structure

Carpentry costa del sol

Bar structure

tongue groove work

shop fitting

Our team is able to do all types of building works. We try to showcase projects that are different from the norm. We can fit out bars, shops, restaurants as well as work on domestic properties, such as villas or apartments. This project was in Gibraltar, however we prefer to work in Spain.

If you would like to discuss any project, please get in touch. We work with building all along the Costa del Sol, from Malaga to San Roque, covering Mijas, Marbella, Fuengirola, Estepona and inland to Alhaurin, Monda, Coin, Ronda, Gaucin, etc.

Interior

Built in Wardrobes, Cupboards, Doors, Flooring and Custom made furniture

Do you have small difficult spaces, where there are doors are needed or shelves needed, but there just is nothing available in the stores? Our carpenters can custom make these items to suit the space available. Interior space can be maximised by using custom made doors, wardrobes, cupboards and so on. Off the shelf carpentry just won’t do.

If you want a truly unique item, we can also custom make furniture, such as tables.

In these pictures we showcase some small projects of interior carpentry work from some of our building projects on the Costa del Sol.

Bar Unit, custom made for villa on Costa del Sol

Bar unit, Villa Marbella

Bar area on terrace

Carpenter built bar unit

This was a small custom built hardwood bar unit / reception desk for a project in Marbella. It would look equally at home in a lounge, on a terrace or next to a swimming pool.

Interior door with frosted glass

Interior wardrobe doors

Making interior sliding wooden door

Built in wardrobes

Built in wardrobe doors

Interior carpentry

Installation sliding door

Finished cupboard doors

In this example, space was maximised by our carpenters creating a built in wardrobe / cupboard, with custom made doors and shelves. This was combined with a sliding door to ensure that space was not used up with the door opening into the room.

Custom made coffee table

Handmade furniture

Carpenter, Costa del Sol

A beautiful hand made coffee table for an apartment in Mijas. The client and head carpenter worked closely together to create this table. Although it is not a large piece, it is individual. No one else will have the same.

We manage building projects all along the coast, to discuss your carpentry projects, feel free to contact us with no obligation.

Exterior

Campo House, Finca, Extension works

In this ongoing project, we are creating a double storey extension on the side of the original stone build ruin.

The walls are going up on a concrete foundation, with high density concrete block work.

Eventually this will be rendered, new windows installed and the roof finished.

Building works, Costa del Sol. Extension to existing building

Building works, Malaga, Spain

Construction of extension, Malaga

Concrete and Block work, Malaga

Pool repair and renovation, Costa del Sol

Swimming Pools

Total Swimming Pool Renovation, Costa del Sol

This is a total renovation of an old swimming pool. The prefabricated pool surround was breaking up and was painful for people to walk on. The inside of the pool was painted. After 30 years of paint being applied, it was looking a mess and the paint was starting to come off in patches.

The first thing that we did was to demolish the existing pool surround. This waste was removed to a treatment plant.

The swimming pool was then drained and allowed to dry a little ready for the sand blasting. The sand blasting removes all the loose paint back to the original render and ensures that the new tiles will be well stuck.

The surround is made from very hard white concrete. We build shuttering and then pour in the mix. Once it starts to set, we float it to level the stones in the mix. This creates a smooth, yet non slip surface. Once the concrete is fully set we remove the shuttering, polish the edges and make expansion cuts.

The last stage was to tile and grout the pool. In this pool the choice was high quality AlttoGlass mosaic tiles from the North of Spain.

As you can see, the results of this 5 day project are stunning.

Pool Renovation San Roque, Cadiz

Pool Reform San Roque, Cadiz

Pool repair and renovation, Costa del Sol

New Pool Surround, Marbella

New Pool Surround, Estepona

Pool tiling

Tiling painted pool

Quality building services on the Costa del Sol, Spain. Working from San Roque & Sotogrande to Nerja and the areas of Marbella, Mijas and Fuengirola. Inland we regularly work on building projects in Monda, Coin and Alhaurin el Grande

Interior

Epoxy resin flooring, villas renovated in Marbella

Epoxy resin flooring, villas renovated in Marbella.

Choosing the flooring for your villa can be a difficult task. The standard choices are high quality ceramics tiles, highly polished marble or granite. These are popular choices because they are attractive and hard wearing, but if you want some impact, try something different.

Epoxy resin floors are hard wearing and impermeable and the choice of designs and colours are endless.

Epoxy resin flooring in Marbella

Resin floors, Marbella

Epoxy flooring Costa del Sol

Kitchen flooring

Epoxy resin floors are suitable not only for individual choices in private villas or apartments, but they are also perfect for industrial applications, such as restaurant kitchen floors, garages and workshops, medical centres.

The reason for this is their inert, waterproof and smooth finish, meaning that liquids and bacterias can’t soak into grout lines, unlike traditional floors.

Contact Costa del Sol and Marbella builders to discuss your requirements today.

We work from Mijas Fuengirola, through to Marbella and Estepona, inland up to Coin, Alhaurin, Monda.

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Covered outdoor terrace and other general building, Marbella

Building works to a country villa near Marbella progressing well. The sandwich board roof is in place, with the beams painted. Next project is to level and tile the floor and render the walls. This will be easier for our workers now, as they can work in the shade. The new roof over the patio has been put much higher than the original, this will make it cooler in summer and allow more light into the house.

In the interior more rooms have been stripped out ready for more new wiring.

We work in the Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Estepona areas on the coast and inland to Alhaurin, Coin and Monda. We work with all types of building and renovations, including swimming pools and pool leak detection.

We can add terraces around your swimming pool, build extensions, whatever your villa on the Costa del Sol needs.

Covering and enclosing terrace

Terrace roof in place

New plasterboard ceilings

Rewiring as part of villa renovation

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Fibre glass swimming pool lining and waterproofing, Malaga, Costa del Sol

We line swimming pools with gelcoat and fibreglass in most areas of the Costa del Sol, Nerja, Velez-Malaga, Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Estepona etc and inland areas such as Coin and Alhaurin.

The fibre glass lining of a swimming pool is a fairly quick process, resulting in a fully waterproof pool structure that will give a modern clean look, whilst being easy to maintain.

Fibreglass or polyester lining is more economical than other finishes.

The polyester is a long lasting, hard wearing surface, reducing the build up of cal and algae due to its water repellent properties. The polyester is 100% waterproof and has a certain amount of flex, making it a good product for waterproofing structurally flawed pools. It can either be left as the finished surface, or be treated to allow tiling.

It can be applied directly over painted, tiled or other finishes, as long as the substrate is reasonably smooth.

It is not necessary to change any of the fittings in the pool, thus reducing cost.

Preparation of the surfaces. The pool needs to be clean and dry when the team arrives on site. The products can not be applied over damp surfaces.

Tiled Pools – If the grout is reasonably good, the polyester can be applied directly over the existing tiles. If the grout is in very poor condition, or missing, it will need skimming with 52.2 cement.

Painted Pools – Any loose or flaking paint needs to be removed. In areas where the paint is very thick and uneven, this will need to be ground smooth.

If the pool has very square corners, these should be rounded with a sand cement mix, as it is very hard to fold the matting into the corners. This can be seen in the link below.

Application of the product.

We apply 450gms/m2 of chopped fibre matting. Approximately 1kg/m2 tixotropic resin and finish with high paraffin content gelcoat, in white. Fittings are masked.

It is possible to tile over the fibreglass (if the pool is of concrete or block construction), either immediately, or in the future as budget allows. In order to apply tiles, the final layer of gelcoat is treated to provide a bond for the tile adhesives.
Once the resins have set, the masking can be removed and the edges sealed with polyurethane.

After this, the pool needs about 3 or 4 days to dry before filling up.

We recommend that the finish is in white, as it is the most hard wearing.

Swimming pool, fibreglass lined Fuengirola, Malaga

Waterproofing using fibreglass. Polyester resin and glass fibre matt

Fibre Glass finished swimming pool. Pool structure leaking

Lining and waterproofing using fibreglass in Malaga

Lining and waterproofing using fibreglass and polyester resin in Malaga

Refinishing a pool in an atico, Marbella

Refinishing a pool in an atico penthouse, Marbella

Penthouse swimming pool renovation, Marbella

Exterior , Landscaping

Stamped concrete paving, Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola, Estepona

Printed concrete is a highly durable and good looking way of surfacing a drive way, swimming pool surround, terrace and any other large open area.

It is quicker to install than traditional finishes such as tiles and is much harder wearing.

In this post, we share several building projects that have been finished over the years, in and around Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Estepona.

Stamped concrete, installed by builders in Marbella

This was a driveway for a villa that was renovated in Marbella

Poured and stamped concrete driveway, Estepona

A long driveway down to the underground garage for a country house in Estepona

Stamped concrete around swimming pool, Mijas

This was the terrace laid around a swimming pool that we renovated near Mijas Pueblo

Printed concrete driveway, Fuengirola

Stamped concrete driveway by our builders in Sierrazuela, nr Fuengirola

Builders working with stamped concrete

Large driveway with a rustic look for a large villa in El Paraiso, nr Estepona

Wood effect stamped concrete

Wood effect stamped concrete looks great on a terrace around a swimming pool

Block pave effect stamped concrete

Patterned concrete driveway

Building new driveway

Stamped concrete terrace

Natural effect concrete

Stamped concrete has many advantages over tiling, so long as the preperation is properly done.

Contact builders costa del sol for a quote today

Exterior , Interior

Mural Painting in and around Marbella, Malaga

Mural Painting in and around Marbella, Malaga and other areas in and around the Costa del Sol

After the building works have been done, a mural can give life to an otherwise boring, small or unusable space. Plain solid colours sometimes just do not have the required impact. Other tricks can be used to make the best of an unusable space, such as mirrors, hidden lighting, but sometimes these are just not practical.

Decorative painting can be used inside, such as this superbly executed faux marble effect on a plaster fireplace. This was completed by our friend Michele Duffy in a couple of days.

Decorative painting on a fireplace in Marbella

Fireplace before painting work, Marbella

Detail of paint effects on fireplace, Marbella

This example, also by Michele Duffy, was a mural painted on a 2 storey high retaining wall at the back and side of the house. It gives much needed interest and depth to a difficult space, but without the need for caring for plants or other maintenance.

Decorative exterior Mural, Mijas

Decorative exterior mural, Marbella

Freshly built wall, Estepona

Mural painting, Estepona

Our approach to building works is to find solutions that suit the needs and budget of the clients, to create a space that is personalised to your needs.

For a quote for your building works in Marbella, Fuengirola, Mijas and Estepona, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Installation swimming pool heating, Costa del Sol

Custom built wooden bar for brewery restaurant

Built in Wardrobes, Cupboards, Doors, Flooring and Custom made furniture

Campo House, Finca, Extension works

Total Swimming Pool Renovation, Costa del Sol

Epoxy resin flooring, villas renovated in Marbella

Covered outdoor terrace and other general building, Marbella

Fibre glass swimming pool lining and waterproofing, Malaga, Costa del Sol

Stamped concrete paving, Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola, Estepona

Mural Painting in and around Marbella, Malaga

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