We have a 18x38 in ground - No heater... Its the typical warm one day at 3 pm and then cold at night morning and afternoon the next 2 days... Its so inconsistent we dont use it much as its too cole when we want to (mostly evenings)
We are reviewing different heaters and do not have natural gas and we use a solar blanket (qbout 50/50 sun/shade)
I can find info on how long it takes propane to heat up a pool but am having a hard time quantifying how often... We dont want a pool that we bned to pre plan usage. Thats no fun... We also dont want a warm pool - just not freezing.
I know propane is expensive but when its heated up Memorial day thru Labor day - how often would we actually have to run it to maintain 77-80 max? Is it reasonable to think that with a solar blanket, we would only need to run it once every few days to maintain temp? Would be happy if we could spend less than 400 month on average keeping it swimmable for the most part...
Also, looking at solar but only have room for 50-60% coverage. but thats about 4k all in but we need a big rack of panels on a ground rack.
As well, looking at heat pump but looks to be very expensive up front with the electrical and yard trenching etc...
Its only a 3 year or so house for us.... but we want to use pool
We are reviewing different heaters and do not have natural gas and we use a solar blanket (qbout 50/50 sun/shade)
I can find info on how long it takes propane to heat up a pool but am having a hard time quantifying how often... We dont want a pool that we bned to pre plan usage. Thats no fun... We also dont want a warm pool - just not freezing.
I know propane is expensive but when its heated up Memorial day thru Labor day - how often would we actually have to run it to maintain 77-80 max? Is it reasonable to think that with a solar blanket, we would only need to run it once every few days to maintain temp? Would be happy if we could spend less than 400 month on average keeping it swimmable for the most part...
Also, looking at solar but only have room for 50-60% coverage. but thats about 4k all in but we need a big rack of panels on a ground rack.
As well, looking at heat pump but looks to be very expensive up front with the electrical and yard trenching etc...
Its only a 3 year or so house for us.... but we want to use pool
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