Recent content by jakeblat

No need to cover it, they're built to sit out in the elements. I even run mine when it's raining.

I came across this site which sells various enclosures when I was looking for a new liner for my pool - Swimming-Pool-Enclosures Maybe the Abrimobile enclosure might work for an above ground pool. For planning permission a pool enclosure can potentially be permitted as "permitted development"...

The heatpump absolutely has to be outside the enclosure. The manual will set out the minimum free air spaces around it e.g.

The heatpump option is definitely easier. Anything up to ~12kW and you can just plug it in on a 13amp plug. I've got control of everything automated and wouldn't find time to re-fuel regularly. Would be interested to know what brand/model you end up going for.

I don't fully trust the temperature when the pump is off. There is some combination of stratification of water, and solar heating of the water near the surface that causes it to be warmer than the rest of the water. Once the pump turns on and starts circulating I often see an additional...

My heatpump has primarily been running during the day taking advantage of free electricity during Octopus Power Ups (Octopus Power-ups | Free green electricity in East England). I definitely could have achieved a faster heat up time if I left it running 24 hours a day. I've so far used 187kWh of...

If you like data and graphs I've got a lot more for my 25,000 litre in-ground pool that is enclosed in a conservatory (also in Kent). Here's the last year of temperature and heating data: Grafana . The resolution is somewhat reduced for the raintank upload but I can give you more detailed...

Hi Ross, I had a similar sized pool AGP (but round) setup in Kent, UK in 2021, I did not have any form of heating. Here's some of the numbers from back then that I'd recorded in the PoolMath app that might give you an idea of what to expect as a baseline without heating. I've added the weather...