October 3rd, 2009
Build Your Own Pool: Swimming Pool Heaters
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If you want to build your own pool and use it before anyone else in the year and if you want to extend your swimming season after the summer has gone, you have to install a swimming pool heater. Especially at cold days a heater is a great thing to have. If you are thinking of getting a swimming pool heater, there are a lot of interesting things to know about.
Swimming pool vendors recommend a temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius. This is around 77 degrees Fahrenheit. Most people prefer to have it a little bit warmer. It’s up to you and if you are using a pool heater, you can adjust the temperature of the water in your pool to nearly any level you like.
There is only a short period of time in the year, where the sun can heat the pool to this level. If you want to have it comfortable when the swimming pool period starts or ends, a swimming pool heater can help you. If you live in warmer areas of the world, you may be able to swim in your pool the whole year round. If you live in the north, you may be able to double your swimming pool season.
There are some different types of heaters for you to choose from. Some run off electricity. Heating your pool with an electric heater can be quite expensive, but it is the least troublesome to maintain. Oil heaters are another type of swimming pool heaters. They are commonly used in areas where you can’t buy gas fired heaters. Those types of heaters are the most widely used, because they are the least expansive.
Another type of swimming pool heaters are solar heaters. Solar heaters use the sun to heat the pool, thus save money and seem to be the best solution. But actually there are some disadvantages. First, you will notice that they are very expensive. Then they need the sun to work properly. In the summer, there is hardly a problem with the sun. But a heater is nearly never used in the summer. But you do use a heater in the early spring and in the autumn. Especially in the autumn it can get foggy in many places. And if there is dense fog until noon, the solar heater will not work as expected. So if you want to swim in the afternoon when the sun is out, you may notice, that the temperature of the water is not as you desire. After all, a swimming pool heater needs some time to heat the water. It depends on your location, if a solar swimming pool heater can be usefull.
Last but not least, there is another option. Even though you choose not to install a swimming pool heater, there is a way to extend the swimming season. A swimming pool cover is definitely a good thing to have. Additionally to the many other advantages, if you use a swimming pool cover, the water will not cool down as quickly as it would without a cover. And there are covers made of a special material especially for the purpose of serving as a solar swimming pool heater with a high degree of insulation.
If you are up to build your own pool and want to extend your swimming season, a swimming pool heater is the way to go. Gas heaters are the most cost efficient and they are reliable and user friendly. They are the most common used heaters and even if you are not very comfortable with technical things, you won’t have any trouble using them.
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