We live in New York City and have the pool pad with all equipment in the garage, which is 10 ft lower and 20 ft away from the pool. Our current setup uses an in-line shell-and-tube heat exchanger that is plumbed to our home boiler. It works ok but not enough to heat the pool in May or September. (Water is currently below 60 degrees.) We do not want to try a heat pump or a solar setup, just either a propane or natural gas unit. Issue is that the only place for the heater is likely the garage, with all the other equipment. Can exhaust be safely/legally vented out on these units for indoor/garage installation? Will the sound of the pump be so loud that it is audible through entire house, etc.? If all this sounds unsafe, loud and expensive, would it be a better idea to just add an electric heater like the EcoSmart tankless unit to work in tandem with the existing heat exchanger (so two in-line heating elements on after the other)? Appreciate any thoughts or experience!
Help with Heater Choice/Setup in NYC
- Thread starter xrabbi
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,758
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It is all about BTUs. You need a lot of BTUs to heat a cold pool.
Do you have a pool cover to retain the heat you paid for during the cold nights?
You want a Raypak pool heater with an indoor draft hood. You then need to be able to run the exhaust stack up outside and above the roofline. You also need a large air intake for outside air into the heater location.
You want a Raypak heater with a natural draft and not a forced draft heater that uses a noisy blower.
If you can get sufficient gas service you can get a Raypak commercial heater with more than 400K BTUs.
Do you have a pool cover to retain the heat you paid for during the cold nights?
You want a Raypak pool heater with an indoor draft hood. You then need to be able to run the exhaust stack up outside and above the roofline. You also need a large air intake for outside air into the heater location.
You want a Raypak heater with a natural draft and not a forced draft heater that uses a noisy blower.
If you can get sufficient gas service you can get a Raypak commercial heater with more than 400K BTUs.