Swimming Pool Enclosures

Have you ever been for a swim when the wind is blowing and it’s not a particularly warm day?   Depending upon the air temperature and the wind speed, it can sometimes be quite unpleasant.  The wind can spoil so much of your fun.  And you didn’t go swimming to not enjoy it, did you? 

“Wind chill factor” is the term that refers to the effective lowering of your body temperature when the wind meets your exposed skin.  At times, the effect can be that you feel the air is 5 degrees or more colder than it really is. You might feel a loss of your body temperature quite quickly.  And when your skin is wet, the wind chill factor is even greater.  It doesn’t even have to be a particularly cold day for you to very quickly lose temperature and feel uncomfortable – cold even.  And why would you put up with that when you don’t have to?

A retractable swimming pool enclosure provides a solution to wind chill factor with your home swimming pool as it can shield you from the wind while you’re swimming, and thereby minimise the wind chill effect.  While on many occasions you may prefer to have your retractable pool enclosure open while swimming, there are other times when it’s just perfect to keep the enclosure closed and swim underneath it.  And a windy day provides just that opportunity.  The shield of the polycarbonate covering of your enclosure ensures that the wind and the wind chill factor are just about neutralised.  Not only that but your enclosure still allows any warmth from the sun to penetrate and keep both the water temperature and the air temperature over the pool warmer than it otherwise would be.  Your pool enclosure is not just an adornment to your entertainment area.  It’s also highly practical and versatile.

Swimming is meant to be fun and the wind can sometimes be a dampener on your swimming enjoyment, if you’ll pardon the pun.  But why let that happen when a retractable pool enclosure provides you with such a simple solution?   Shield yourself and your family from the wind with a swimming pool enclosure.  And still you can enjoy your daily swim “inside” – even when the wind is blowing a gale ….”outside”.

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Any swimming pool open to the atmosphere will lose water through evaporation right throughout the year.  The rate of evaporation will naturally be slower during the colder months and considerably higher during the warmer months and warmer days in any month.  Also, the larger the water surface area of your swimming pool, the greater the amount of water that will evaporate.  And if you have a pool heater operating, the increased temperature of the water in your pool will raise the rate of evaporation no matter what the season of the year.

This results in the need to replenish the water in your swimming pool on an on-going basis with a more frequent need for topping up the water during summer and other warm periods.

And therein lies one of the “hidden” costs of owning a swimming pool – the additional cost of water consumption at your home.

As we become more environmentally-aware as a society, we realise that we need to conserve our water resources as best we can.  Any steps that we can take as individuals will help our environment, will assist our community to preserve our society’s sources of water, and will reduce our own personal costs of water consumption. A swimming pool enclosure, therefore, is a magnificent way to assist with these aims.

Note that an enclosure doesn’t stop evaporation of water in your swimming pool from happening.  However, when an enclosure is closed it is considerably, though not entirely, sealed and water that evaporates from the swimming pool becomes trapped inside the enclosure.  Much of the evaporated water will condense on the inside of the enclosure and drip off or down the inside of the enclosure and back into the swimming pool.  You therefore retain much of the water level in your pool.

And this has an added benefit that your swimming pool enclosure becomes considerably self-cleaning on the inside.

With a swimming pool enclosure, the overall loss of water from your pool through evaporation is considerably reduced.  And you won’t need to top up the water level of your pool as much nor as frequently as you would without an enclosure.

Save water for the environment and the society!  And get a return on your investment in a swimming pool enclosure by saving on the cost of water consumption!

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Pool heaters are a terrific way to extend your use of your swimming pool during the colder times of the year.  But if you have a swimming pool enclosure, the natural solar heating that flows through your enclosure will help you save on heating costs.  And you won’t need to keep your heater active anywhere near as long. 

If your covering of your enclosure is composed of polycarbonate, your enclosure will permit heat energy from the sun’s radiation to penetrate to the inside of the enclosure.  While some of this heat will reflect off the surface of the water and re-exit the enclosure, much of it remains inside and causes the temperature of both the water and the air inside the enclosure to rise.  The warmer layer of air trapped inside the enclosure above the water assists to keep the water even warmer.  Even as the air outside the enclosure cools at night, the air inside will not drop in temperature anywhere near as much.

Even as the seasons turn beyond summer to the cooler autumn and towards the colder winter, a significantly higher water temperature can be maintained inside your enclosure.  Swimming with your enclosure closed as seasonal temperatures drop allows greater retention of heat.  If, during winter for example, you activate your pool heater, you won’t need to keep the heater on for anywhere near as long to produce the water temperature you desire.  Instead of heat dissipating from the water into the air and getting lost, much of whatever heat dissipates into the air will be retained within the enclosure covering.

Before you purchase your swimming pool enclosure, review the range of polycarbonates available. Different polycarbonates allow differing amounts of heat to penetrate through the enclosure.  Weigh this against the other benefits of each polycarbonate type before you finally settle on the one you want.

With a swimming pool enclosure, you’ll enjoy warmer swimming water for a longer period throughout the year, with or without a pool heater.  Indeed, depending upon the climate where you live, maybe you won’t need a pool heater at all!!!

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