So you wanna keep your pool warm but you don’t want to break the bank. The summer is a great time to be enjoying a pool but the sun doesn’t always do enough on its own to make swimming in your backyard pool a pleasurable experience. Heat loss in a pool is broken down into three main categories Evaporation (60%) Radiant Heat Loss (30%) and Ground Loss (10%) So what can you do? You could run the heater all the time but these days that really adds up. Are there options? Yes! There are and here are just a few ideas to keep the kids in the pool and the money in your wallet.
Solar Fish: These little guys are the cheapest solution out there. Not a lot to them they have some oil of sorts inside them which forms a layer on top of the water which traps some heat in. There effectiveness is debated but if you are on a tight budget and want something rather than nothing you might give them a try.
Solar Pool Rings: These are just another step up from the solar fish and do sort of the same thing. Again these are a relatively cheap item and can be effective. they idea is that they float around on the surface of the pool trapping heat and keeping it from evaporating. Depending on how many you have they can cover a pretty good surface area but not the whole thing. They do require some maintenance such as blowing them up each season (should last the season though) and they are very easy in and out of the pool.
Solar Cover: This form of heating can be very effective and not to costly. The idea here is that you spread this over the whole pool which traps all the heat from the sun. This option has three main benefits. It keeps evaporation down, it provides a barrier between the sun and the water and it creates heat from the sun. Because it covers the whole pool it can also keep it just a bit cleaner. While this is the most expensive out of the three it may be the most effective
So don’t let cold water keep you out the pool this summer. Try one of these solutions or others to keep the kids in the pool all season long. And if it really is to cold to swim in your back yard pool its never to late to sign up for swim lessons in our heated indoor facility. Check out our website for more information!
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