Agrinet has partnered with Kreepy Krauly and will now be distributing the full range. Kreepy Krauly's story is a great South African success tale, and is one we thought we could share a little of;

The story begins way back in 1951, when a penni­less refugee, Ferdinand Chauvier, from the then Belgian Congo, brought his family to South Africa. Ferdi was a qualified hydraulics engineer and had previously owned a hydraulic pump factory. Ferdi used his mechanical skills at a service station in Springs - (Gauteng).

Daniel Chauvier -Ferdi’s son, grew up and began selling pool equipment and chemicals door to door. It soon became obvious that most pool owners disliked their pools, as a result of the laborious task of keeping them clean. Danny discussed the possibility of an automatic pool cleaner with his father, who soon put some ideas together, making use of his hydraulics engineering back­ground.

In 1974, the first machines were made from wood and rubber tub­ing, which incidentally were melted together on the kitchen stove! Danny took these prototypes out to his clients, and most were extremely reluctant to part with them, once it had been demonstrated to them in their pool.

It was obviously not very long before it became apparent that the “Kreepy Krauly” was a success story. By 1978 a sufficient number of clean­ers had been sold to cover the costs of plastic injection moulding, and the first Kreepy Krauly’s, as we know them today, were rolled out.

As technology has developed and advancements have been made over the years, the Kreepy Krauly has been improved, so that the nuts and bolts of yesteryear have been replaced with clip-on, single-piece moulded plastic parts. In fact, the patented design, with a few improve­ments, is so solid, that it has essen­tially remained the same for over 42 years!