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Pool maintenance for professional operators

Holiday rentals, condominiums and hotels in Lisbon and on the South Bank. A pool used by guests is not a family pool with more people in it.

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What we do for professional operators

ManutençãoPiscinas maintains pools in intensive use across Lisbon and the South Bank: holiday rentals, condominiums, hotels, rural tourism, gyms with aqua-aerobics classes and physiotherapy clinics with a hydrotherapy pool. The plan is set by bather load rather than by water volume alone, and every visit ends with a written record of the measurements and the work done — the document you need to show a condominium board, an inspector or an insurer. It starts with a technical visit to the installation.

Content reviewed in August 2026.

Find your case

Each segment has its own demands — on frequency, on records and on timing. These pages set out what we do in each.

Holiday rentals and short-term lets

Weekly guest turnover, Saturday check-ins, and a pool that has to be flawless at every one of them. Water ready on arrival day, and a record of what was done.

Maintenance for holiday rentals

Condominiums

One pool, several families, and an administrator who has to justify the cost at the general meeting. Weekly visit and a written report for the board.

Maintenance for condominiums

Hotels and resorts

Public use, heavy bather load and work outside guest hours. A high-season plan agreed before high season starts.

Maintenance for hotels

Public-access pools

Municipal and sports-complex tanks: daily testing, a dated record and a closure procedure agreed before it is needed.

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Gyms and spas

Warm water, jacuzzis and hydromassage circuits — where disinfectant burns off faster and the pipework needs its own protocol.

See gyms and spas

Physiotherapy and hydrotherapy clinics

Hydrotherapy and therapeutic aqua-aerobics pools: water above 30 °C, users sensitive to chloramines, and back-to-back sessions all day.

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Campsites and rural tourism

Eight full weeks and seven months closed, often on borehole water. A three-part year so May is not a recovery.

See campsites and rural tourism

Businesses and event venues

Headquarters, staff residences and event venues: one contact, reporting without chasing, one monthly invoice per installation.

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Records and water testing

What we measure, how often, and what ends up in writing. The part of the service nobody sees until the day somebody asks for the file.

See what we hand over

Free water-testing log template

One A4 sheet to print and pin up in the plant room: columns, reference ranges and how to fill it in. No sign-up, no email.

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What the law requires of pools in public use

Which statute applies to each kind of installation, the testing and analysis cadence, the Annex II values and what the maintenance company covers — with the sources cited.

See the legal obligations

Why a professional pool is a different problem

The difference between a family pool and a pool in intensive use is not the size of the tank — it is the number of people who get into it and how regularly. Every bather consumes disinfectant, introduces organic matter and makes the filter work. A 40 m³ pool used by one family at weekends and the same 40 m³ pool used by twelve guests rotating weekly are not treated the same way, with the same products, or at the same frequency.

The second difference is tolerance for failure. In a family pool, a day of cloudy water is an annoyance sorted out on the next visit. In a holiday-rental pool, it is a written review on a platform that stays online for years. In a hotel pool, it is a closed pool. Our job in these cases is not only to treat the water: it is to prevent the day it is not treated — and to be able to show it in writing.

The third difference is the intervention window. At a private house we book the visit when it suits. At a rental with back-to-back stays, or a hotel in high season, the work has to happen outside bathing hours. That gets planned, not improvised.

Family pool versus pool in intensive use

The table below is what actually changes, and the reason a professional pool cannot be quoted over the phone.

Aspect	Family pool	Intensive use
Bather load	2 to 5 people, irregular use	8 to 20 people, concentrated daily use
Disinfectant demand	Steady through the week	Tracks occupancy; rises sharply in high season
Testing frequency	Weekly to fortnightly	Daily to weekly, depending on occupancy
Filtration sized by	Water volume	Number of users
Cost of one bad day	An annoyance	A public review or a cancellation
Proof of what was done	Optional	Written, dated, retained record
Intervention window	Any working hour	Outside bathing hours — early, or between stays

How we start

The same process in every segment. What differs is what the diagnosis looks at: on a professional pool, we assess whether the installation can take the use it is about to get.

1
Get in touch
Tell us what you run, how many pools and the problem you want solved. By phone, WhatsApp or the form.
2
Reply within 24h
We call you with the first technical questions — volume, equipment, high season, record-keeping obligations — and book the visit.
3
Technical visit
We come to the site, test the water, inspect the equipment and learn how you operate. That is where the maintenance plan and the written proposal come from.
4
Contract and start
If you go ahead, we set the visit frequency, who your contact is and how you receive the records. One invoice per site.

What it costs

Every contract is quoted individually. On a pool in intensive use, the monthly figure depends on occupancy, on how many visits are needed, on tank volume and on the condition of the installation. We do not give a number over the phone because it would not be honest: we carry out an on-site technical diagnosis and give you a written quote.

See how we quote

Questions operators ask

The questions operators ask us before signing. If yours is not here, call us.

Yes. We maintain pools in intensive use across Lisbon and the South Bank: holiday rentals, short-term lets, condominiums, hotels and rural tourism. The plan is set by bather load, not by water volume alone.

Yes, and it is the part of the service that matters most to a professional operator. Every visit is recorded with the date, the water measurements, the products applied and the work done. It is the document you show a condominium board, an inspector or an insurer.

Yes, and on pools with continuous occupancy it is the only way to work. Visit timing is part of the plan agreed at the start of the contract, not decided visit by visit.

That is exactly what the technical diagnosis assesses. We check the circulation flow rate, the condition and size of the filter, treatment capacity and turnover time against the number of guests you expect. If it cannot cope, we tell you what needs to change, in writing, before you sign anything.

Yes. For an administrator running several buildings, the value is a single point of contact and one report per pool, in the same format, every month. That is how we work.

No. Maintenance contracts carry no lock-in period. If the service does not measure up, you leave.

Yes. Every service is invoiced with VAT at the rate in force, to the billing details of the company or the entity managing the accommodation.

Lisbon and the South Bank — from the municipalities of Almada, Seixal, Barreiro, Moita, Montijo, Setúbal, Palmela and Sesimbra through to Lisbon, Oeiras, Loures, Odivelas and Amadora. We do not price differently by area.

Talk to the people who will look after your pool

Tell us what kind of installation you run and how many users it takes. We reply within 24 hours and arrange a visit to the installation.

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