Dulwich Leisure Centre - cold showers today - update

[ctovey]

Just a heads up - There is no hot water in the showers at Dulwich Leisure Centre today.

[maryev]

Still? They were cold on Monday morning! 

[ctovey]

They get one thing running and another goes down!

[ctovey]

Showers are still cold today.  When I asked at Reception, I was told that one of the boilers was now repaired and they were just waiting for the water to warm up!  The pool was pretty cold today as well,  Still a load of grit /dirt on the bottom, seems to be getting worse.

[NewWave]

16 minutes ago, ctovey said:

Showers are still cold today.  When I asked at Reception, I was told that one of the boilers was now repaired and they were just waiting for the water to warm up!  The pool was pretty cold today as well,  Still a load of grit /dirt on the bottom, seems to be getting worse.

Its crazy, they raise membership prices due to the refurb but things are worse than before.

[CPR Dave]

Has it  been more  of an absolute shambles ever since the council took back management?

[mitchiner]

Id say the centre was probably neglected for a couple of years and now the council has to pay the price. Well the residents actually 

[NewWave]

1 hour ago, CPR Dave said:

Has it  been more  of an absolute shambles ever since the council took back management?

yes.. I think it has.

I prefered it when Everyone Active had the contract..and an additional benefit was being able to acess other EA gyms across London. Plus I think the equipment in the gym was of better quality.

Edited November 13 by NewWave

[Alec1]

15 hours ago, NewWave said:

yes.. I think it has.

I prefered it when Everyone Active had the contract..and an additional benefit was being able to acess other EA gyms across London. Plus I think the equipment in the gym was of better quality.

I disagree, it was pretty filthy back then, plus the issues that Southwark have had were the ones left by EA.  

[Mugpie]

On the plus side showers are warm down - for now 😆

[bonaome]

I’m not sure the problems were caused by Everyone Active. They run perfectly good centres elsewhere, including the Queen Mum which until recently was my main pool. As far as I can remember the problems with the Dulwich pool started months after it was handed over to Southwark. But I might be wrong on that. I think there was a period when EA weren’t investing in it, pre hand back to Southwark, which is not surprising, but it was maintained to legal standards, I’m sure.

I tried to swim at Dulwich a couple of weeks back. The water is far too hot. I would say it’s bordering on dangerous.

I’m sure it’s within the tolerances etc but it is significantly warmer than JAGS (warm but still ok for session swims) which itself is way warmer than any of the other pools I swim at (Queen Mum, St Pancras, Oasis).

I do wonder if all the problems they had with filters are related to the temp of the water. Peckham Pulse and Camberwell aren’t hot  so I think it’s a manager decision to run Dulwich so hot.

Appreciate that the pool temp has nothing to do with the showers.

[ctovey]

On Tuesday and Thursday this week, the pool was very cold!

[Friernlocal]

The pool and showers were a good temperature yesterday.