Shades up

[red-beard]

Water hit 90F yeaterday. I put in sail shades over the pool to give it some shade, otherwise there is NONE. #1 is up. We'll see how that works. I can put up to three up, but Mrs. Beard hates the view with all of them up.

 

[Bpursley]

What did you use for the rope/tension system?

 

[red-beard]

CamJam XT with 1/2 poly rope. I use a "Spring Link" carabiner at house/fence ends, tied in with a bowline knot. The carabiner ties into an eye-screw.

 

[red-beard]

Being an engineer has it's downsides...

I calculated the energy gain on the pool from sunlight and that can raise the temp by up to 6 degrees per day (690 sq feet). That I'm only getting 3-4 means I'm evaporating 40-60 gallons per day. The shade is maybe 1/6th the size of the pool, so in theory, each one should prevent about 1 degree of net gain.

 

[lager1829]

Water hit 90F yeaterday. I put in sail shades over the pool to give it some shade, otherwise there is NONE. #1 is up. We'll see how that works. I can put up to three up, but Mrs. Beard hates the view with all of them up.

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Beautiful pool and "pool scaping" BTW

 

[red-beard]

Thanks! Old Skool, rectangular. And the pots around the pool allow for changing them to whatever I want. Bougainvilleas and periwinkles, because they can stand the full sun in Houston.