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!!!
