DIY pool heating with black PVC pipe

[LCBXX]

Trying to heat your pool without using the usual solar panels or a heat pump is going to be a lot harder than just opting for the usual solar panels or a heat pump.

Quit fscking around.

 

[GhostSixFour]

Does anyone know if the lilly pads with the black bags and hoola hoops work to heat your swimming pool?

The what now? Black bag hoola hoops? Are you sure those aren't an attempt to stop evaporation? I doubt there would be much heat transfer taking place there.

 

[Drifter]

Hi, did you manage to do this DYI kit for your swimming pool and is this working? Can you please contact me as I need someone that can perhaps do this for me? Thanks

Hi, no, I never tried it.

 

[BLIXEMPIE]

Trying to heat your pool without using the usual solar panels or a heat pump is going to be a lot harder than just opting for the usual solar panels or a heat pump.

Quit fscking around.

Harder I can handle. Unless you have the funds to sponsor me the panels which are in fact very expensive?

 

[ToxicBunny]

I would also like to try my hand at a similar DIY PVC pipe pool heating solution before going expensive.

Perhaps a stupid question, how does one fix the PVC pipe coil to a tiled roof? Or does the weight of the pipe itself keep it there?

I would suggest that you would need to make some sort of frame or fixing mechanism for the pipe. Unless you have a flat roof, the pipe will just slide off the roof.

I am personally tempted by a similar thing myself, but I do potentially have a flat roof section where I could have the pipes sit on so would make the whole thing a lot simpler.

 

[BLIXEMPIE]

Hi, no, I never tried

I would suggest that you would need to make some sort of frame or fixing mechanism for the pipe. Unless you have a flat roof, the pipe will just slide off the roof.

I am personally tempted by a similar thing myself, but I do potentially have a flat roof section where I could have the pipes sit on so would make the whole thing a lot simpler.

My roof is slanted, so a frame may be necessary. Do you have an idea for a fixing mechanism to a tile roof?

 

[B-1]

My roof is slanted, so a frame may be necessary. Do you have an idea for a fixing mechanism to a tile roof?

You can get brackets at the solar shops that slide under the tile and screw into the brandering.