A swimming pool is a huge investment. Are you getting enough use out of it to see the returns you hoped for?
The beauty of living on the Dolphin Coast is that the weather is beautiful enough for you to want to use your pool all year round.
Pity the water is not as pleasent as the winter sunshine.
Unless you have a heated pool that is! On days when you can relax comfortably in a bathing suit at the poolside, but the water is too cold for swimming, solar energy can heat your pool to a temperature comfortable for swimming.
Is this affordable?
When you bought your pool, it was for many reasons like having fun with the family, entertaining friends, exercise, those quiet relaxing moments or perhaps even for therapeutic reasons.
You spent a lot of time making the decision to invest in a quality swimming pool, furniture, fencing and accompanying items that go along with a pool.
With this kind of investment, you are expecting to get the most use out of your pool.
If your pool is frequently too cold (22 degrees and below) swimming is extremely uncomfortable and you are not getting your money’s worth.
What is my best pool heating option?
There are two efficient methods of heating your pool, depending on your needs.
1. Solar pool heating
Solar energy is free!
With Hi Temp Solar panels, fitted to the roof, water from the pool is channeled through the panels and is heated by the sun’s rays.
The water is then returned to the pool by the existing pool pump.
With such an efficient system temperatures between 22º C and 41º C are achieved.
This system not only absorbs heat directly from the sun, but absorbs heat by conduction from your roof.
In effect, the roof becomes part of the solar system.
Hi-Temp solar pool heating can effectively double the length of your pool season, by extending it to between eight to ten months of the year.
2. Premium pool heating
For those who enjoy swimming regardless of the weather, a Hi Temp Titanium Heat Pump is the best option available.
It is also the preferred method for therapy or athletic trainers, and also when a home is not “solar feasible” (i.e. solar will not fit on roof.)
A Hi Temp Titanium heat pump, when properly sized, can maintain any desired pool temperature between 28 and 35 degrees centigrade, regardless of outside weather conditions.
Using electricity to operate they are actually a form of solar heater, as the sun-warmed air contributes to the efficiency of these units.
This heat is extracted from the air, upgraded with a compressor, and then transferred to the water.