Covering your equipment

[chris4150]

Is it beneficial or necessary to shade your pool equipment? ie. pumps, filter housing etc.

I was wondering if erecting a shade structure over my equipment would prolong the life of the exterior of the equipment.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[duraleigh]

The enemies of anything mechanical are sun, rain and dirt. Anything you do to minimize that exposure is generally beneficial.

 

[257WbyMag]

Just make sure that if you do construct a cover or housing for your pump and filter setup, that you:

1). Allow for ventilation. Pool pumps can generate a goodly amount of heat on their own.
2.) Construct it so that you are still permitted good access to things easily. Take it from a guy who build a great housing for this equipment, only to discover later that I couldn't lift my filter housing free to clean the filters. :x

 

[chris4150]

I was thinking about mounting a cleat on my brick wall above the equipment, attaching outdoor patio solar screening to the cleat, and attaching an aluminum tube to the front end of the material that could be extended forward and proped up with two aluminum tubed legs. Hopefully, readers of this post have a visual of what Im describing.

 

[waste]

I think I 'see' what you're saying and it sounds like a good way to help protect and prolong the equipment

p.s. your equipment says ''thank you for thinking about us :bowdown: "

 

[chris4150]

Yep, each day that I go by my equipment I state to myself, "it sure would be nice to provide cover for this stuff"