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01 May 2013 9:05 PM by El alamillo Star rating in Nottingham & El Alam.... 221 posts Send private message

 Hi. I had a pool installed at my house in Spain approx 6 years ago. My wife always complains that even in the height of summer it is too cold for her to use. I have used solar sun rings in the past, this helps to raise the Temperature a little. I use 7 to cover the pool..

 

Has anybody out there any advice on installing a heating system, Solar, Gas or electric. Also running costs

 

Looking at also installing Air Con in the house is there any system that might deal with both cooling indoors and heating the pool.

 

Any advice Please

Wife’s birthday coming up perhaps a wetsuit might be the answer. LOL 



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02 May 2013 5:32 PM by chrisinspain Star rating in Los Alcazares. 195 posts Send private message

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Solar heating will help, but will not enable you to use the pool all year round. An air source heat pump would be able to heat the pool up and works quite effieciently. With any form of heating a good insulated cover is esential to stop the heat  escaping during the night.



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02 May 2013 7:44 PM by Lawpen Star rating. 5 posts Send private message

We invested in a Daisy Pool Cover as we had similar problems to you as our pool rarely got to above 25deg in July and August.  Best thing we ever did.  The important thing is to cover the pool overnight to keep any heat in.





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02 May 2013 11:22 PM by chrisinspain Star rating in Los Alcazares. 195 posts Send private message

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Daisy pool covers are excellent, but will only efficiently retain the heat nthat is in the pool. Used in conjunction with a heat pump they are exceptional



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09 May 2013 10:12 AM by carl9 Star rating. 136 posts Send private message

You could consider a ground source heat pump system. The uses pipes/rods that are buried in the ground either horizontally or if space is an issue vertically (the latter costing more). They draw the natural heat from the grounds and feed an underfloor heating system in the house, in the summer, this can be reversed to draw heat from the house back into the ground outside. They can also be used to heat the pool. Expensive to install and you need to get a proper company to do the work, and then there is the issue of lifting the tiles in the house to lay the underfloor.

Alternatively, you could consider an air source heat pump to draw the warm air in to heat the pool. I wouldn't bother with solar to heat the pool, as i don't believe the technology is there yet to do so effectively at a cost effective price.

also consider the CoE (co-effeciency of energy) - this means that although ground source heat/cooling systems are effectively free to use, you still need to pump the heat/cool which requires some electricity. The CoE compares how much benefit you get for the outlay. For example if it costs € 50 to pump the heat to warm the pool as opposed to € 200 to use electric say, then the CoE of the heat pump is is 4:1. It's a really easy to understand example of what the true costs still are and you can combine this along with the installation to determine just how cost effective each option is.

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09 May 2013 11:59 AM by El alamillo Star rating in Nottingham & El Alam.... 221 posts Send private message

 Hi Carl .Thanks for this information. Most helpful



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