Following the launch of their dedicated Cheshire office in 2021, Guncast Swimming Pools has gone from strength to strength over the past two years. The UK supplier, installer and luxury pool expert Guncast Swimming Pools, under the larger umbrella of companies, the German sauna and spa specialist KLAFS have agreed almost £2.5m worth of business. Having won a broad mix of domestic and commercial projects, the organisations’ busy pipeline includes a selection of KLAFS’ award-winning range of saunas, steams and wellness suites.

Recent projects include indoor and outdoor pools and custom-designed heat experience cabins in The Wirral, Hale and Alderley Edge. Guncast Swimming Pools and KLAFS have also beaten off stiff competition to win the bid of a complete new spa development at an award winning spa in the north. The scheme includes both a rooftop and indoor vitality pool, as well as a sauna (Sanarium), ice lounge, heated loungers and footbaths. This project is due to complete in spring/summer 2024.

Who are Guncast and KLAFS?

Guncast Swimming Pools have built an unrivalled reputation for creating the most luxurious swimming pools, spas and wellness suites across the UK for over 50 years. Established as a family-run business, Guncast Swimming Pools provides a personable, professional and knowledgeable service to all of their clients, overseeing their projects from conception all the way through to completion and aftercare.

Guncast Swimming Pools, now part of the KLAFS group, has perfected the art of luxury swimming pools and leads the at-home wet leisure suite revolution. Designing and installing the very finest pools, Guncast Swimming Pools continues to prove integral in the development of new industry trends, whilst also responding to the ever-changing, opulent requests of clients.

KLAFS is widely regarded as a world-leader in wellbeing facilities. Established in Germany in 1928, the premium brand is known for its innovative take on traditional saunas and spas, bringing designled products to homes and hotels across the country. Alongside Guncast’s luxury swimming pools, KLAFS full range of specialist spa facilities include saunas, sanariums, steam baths, mud baths, hammams, ice lounges, ice fountains and snow cabins – each crafted to the customers’ exacting requirements, whether it’s within a home, luxury development or hotel spa.

To add to the portfolio, with the recent acquisition of a majority stake of Dröm UK Ltd, Guncast Swimming Pools & KLAFS has gained another high profile company to further strengthen its impressive wellness offerings in the UK market.

Coming Up...

As we head into 2024, KLAFS have recently brought a range of innovative new products to the UK market, and is already seeing a huge demand for projects kicking off in the New Year.

Gilles Darmon, KLAFS Director in the UK, comments; “We are so proud to have achieved such a high number of sales in such a short period of time, following the opening of our Cheshire base. There has been a huge appetite for both Guncast Swimming Pools and KLAFS products and our unique design and build service – both commercially and domestically – and we only expect this to grow further as we become more prominent in the area.

“We are continuing to expand at an exciting rate – operating from a large showroom in Cheshire, as well as one down in Surrey will ensure clients are able to conveniently meet with the team up and down the country, and see and feel the quality of our latest KLAFS designed cabins and the wider wellness products we can offer.”

One of the organisation’s most exciting new products is their S11 sauna – a collaboration between KLAFS and Studio F.A. Porsche, a premium design agency and originators of the Porsche design. The most exclusive and luxurious sauna experiences to date, the S11 is a limited run of just 999 units. Customers can enjoy the cabin’s warm and inviting atmosphere, which has been specially designed with comfort in mind. Carefully dimensioned, precisely angled horizontal wooden slats create seemingly free-floating loungers, set against a backdrop of traditional Japanese Washi paper, and fit with cutting-edge lighting technology to deliver the most luxurious sensory phenomenon.

The GESA Sauna by KLAFS and renowned designer Gesa Hansen combines Scandinavian comfort with Japanese minimalism. Sleek white benches, clean lines, black walls and glass front characterise the stylish Japandi sauna – a totally unique offering in KLAFS’ catalogue.

Allowing sauna lovers to reap the health benefits of sauna bathing more effectively, KLAFS’ new Vitality Boost gives both the user’s cardiovascular and immune system an intensive workout. Integrated into KLAFS’ Sanarium Heater Majus, the Vitality Boost automates running water over hot stones, not only creating a soothing soundscape but also increasing humidity and perceived temperature within the cabin. An air current distributes the water vapour evenly across the skin, raising users’ internal body temperature and working vital bodily functions at a higher level.

Health and Wellbeing Benefits

The health benefits of swimming, sauna use and steam bathing are well-documented. Swimming is an excellent low-impact exercise, which can not only improve heart health and contribute to muscle growth and weight loss, but can also have huge benefits to mental wellbeing and mood levels.

The heat of a sauna can increase blood flow, improve cardiovascular and respiratory functions, and even battle common colds and viruses by encouraging the production of white blood cells.

Similarly, steam baths can be particularly effective in easing sinus congestion and rebalancing skin moisture levels, helping to ward off seasonal sniffles and skin conditions. The heat and humidity of steam baths can also work to simultaneously unclog and cleanse pores, leaving the user with a clear and refreshed complexion.

For more information on Guncast Swimming Pools & KLAFS products, why not book an appointment at their office and showroom? Unit 1, Mere Hall Farm, Bucklow Hill Lane, Knutsford, WA16 6LE; +44 (0) 161 358 0840

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Guncast Swimming Pools & KLAFS provide swimming pools, saunas, steam rooms and wellness suites for a range of premium hotels and spas across the country.

For commercial clients, visit klafs.com/for-professionals

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