Pool solar heating recomendations?

[neil100]

neil - it wasn't this mob, but something similar. after two house moves in 12 months, and midst major reno, i can't find the info offhand. hope this helps.

http://www.poolpaint.com.au/

Thanks Lizzie, very interesting.
However, if I was going to go with a reno of the pool, i'd want to remove the pebblecrete, not just paint over it. The pebblecrete is horribly sharp and scratchy - i always end up with some cuts and scratches every year !

cheers

Neil

 

[lizzie]

i too hate pebblecrete. i have seen a pool done in this finish and talked an applicator guy in sydney via internet.

the pool surface does still end up bumpy-ish because of the pebble, but it is not sharp or scratchy as the surface is a membrane coating.

from memory they acid wash/etch the pool, neutralise, epoxy undercoat and then two or three thick top coats of the finished colour. almost feels like a rubber surface, but hard.

so no scratches.

 

[ger]

Thanks Lizzie, very interesting.
The pebblecrete is horribly sharp and scratchy - i always end up with some cuts and scratches every year !

cheers

Neil

Ours is made from quartzon
very smooth surface
http://www.quartzon.com.au/

 

[lizzie]

yes like quartzon ... but our pool was inherited, so stuck with the pebblecrete for now.

 

[neil100]

yes like quartzon ... but our pool was inherited, so stuck with the pebblecrete for now.

Likewise, and I imagine expensive to change it !

 

[lizzie]

foundit ... luxaspool. although this is the victorian webiste - same deal for nsw

http://www.luxapoolvictoria.com.au/www/32/1001183/displayarticle/common-questions--1001320.html

 

[VYBerlinaV8]

A neighbour at an existing house recounted a story of one of his friends who literally bought a roll of 20 mm polypipe and put it on the roof of his house. And ran it off a very small circulating pump. The result was that the pool became so hot, circa 35C, that it was unpleasant during summer.

Sounds like a great solution. Turn it off when it gets too hot. Something like this toegther with a pool blanket would be ideal.

 

[craigb]

now as i am soon to start my pool , i wonder is i can place an inslap heater cable in it??? comments please,

 

[lizzie]

we're looking at moving back into our ppor that has a pebblecrete pool ... was on roof solar heating but the heating developed a leak somewhere (untracable) so we just pulled it out.

i was thinking about putting a heat exchange pump in instead, but have since been told that heat exchange pump are expensive to run. is this true?

 

[Ausprop]

the whole point of a heat exchange pump is that they are cheap to run

 

[lizzie]

but are they "in real life" really cheap to run - or is it just a furphy?