Will it cool or are we doomed to swim in a hot tub the rest of the summer?? We're in Houston, so it's about that hot outside. The pool does get shade a good part of the day.
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You'd have to put so much to have an effect, it's not worth the $.
The pool. We did run the pump last night to keep them going. They're pretty dinky though. Tonight we'll run the big water feature I didn't think about turning on... it's loud, but runs a good amount of water thru.
What's funny (not funny) is that my husband and I were talking about chillers on vacation and decided it wasn't worth the $ because our pool normally stays cooler than most due to the shade.Ouch! You can try inexpensive PVC misters and see what they do. They work off of the same principle as the Glacier chiller - evaporation - but I didn’t find them very effective in the Dallas climate. I’d get a 3-4° cool down overnight, but pool temp would be back in the 90s by the afternoon. With the chiller, my pool rarely gets over 83° even with 100+ air temps.
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I have a love/hate relationship with our trees. They dump a TON of Crud in my pool and I am constantly netting it out, but the whole pool is in shade by 3-4 in the afternoon, and the deep end is shaded by noon. I don't think we've ever gotten out of the 80s before, although I don't regularly check temp.
Same here. Our patio areas mostly get great shade, but you can see that the pool is now about 1/2 sun exposure, 1/2 shade. That’ll last another 15-20 minutes and then pool is mostly in the sun. Patios stay shaded all day, except for the one off the shallow end of the pool near the spa. I’d get rid of the pool before I’d get rid of the trees. They’re the only way we can enjoy the backyard during the summer. (The mess in the picture is because I’m BBQing in prep for a party later today.
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That heat added will quickly leave and things will be as before the heater left on. I wish pool or spa water retained heat from heater, as that would save me a ton of gas bill!We came home from vacation to discover our heater on and the whole pool heated to 99F.
the whole pool heated to 99F.
I'll check and report back! Planning to run the pump all night with water feature and aerators.Yes, it will cool overnight. How much is the question? Check the temp in the morning and let us know how much it dropped. If say it got down to 95 in the morning, how much warmer during the day tomorrow would it get when starting off at 95 degrees. Then tomorrow night to Wednesday morning, it should lower another 4 degrees or so. I would think, but I really don't know. It would be great for us overall to find out in the Houston heat how much water temperature can drop overnight with evaporative cooling when starting off at 99 degrees.
Beautiful backyard!Same here. Our patio areas mostly get great shade, but you can see that the pool is now about 1/2 sun exposure, 1/2 shade. That’ll last another 15-20 minutes and then pool is mostly in the sun. Patios stay shaded all day, except for the one off the shallow end of the pool near the spa. I’d get rid of the pool before I’d get rid of the trees. They’re the only way we can enjoy the backyard during the summer. (The mess in the picture is because I’m BBQing in prep for a party later today.
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Keep those water features going! Evaporative cooling still takes place during the day-Still 92 this morning!
Mine was 90 degrees yesterday morning. You don't have any issue to worry about.Still 92 this morning!
