Diy Bubble Wrap Pool Cover
For example if the pool was 60 feet long then use 6 pieces to cover the area from one end of the pool to the other end.
Diy bubble wrap pool cover. The bubbles trap heat from the sun and keeps the heat in the pool keeping the water temperature warm and inviting. 4occasionally check the opposite side of the pool to make sure the cover isn t shifting position while you work. This reduces heat loss from evaporation and keeps. Fittings are all 1 2 size.
They resemble giant sheets of bubble wrap. The winter cover is a tarp designed to be cinched around the outer edges of the swimming pool frame. They are also called blankets. A solar pool cover is the least expensive way to keep your pool water warm extend the length of your swimming season.
This retractable swimming pool cover is made using the basic solar cover and winter cover that came with the tuff pool swimming pool package. Cut the pieces of 1 inch pvc pipe for the width of the pool. Neither cover is a security cover. We have always kept both covers on the swimming pool when it was not in use.
After several days in full sun a pool cover can raise the pool temperature by about 10 to 15 degrees. You want one piece to be used every 10 feet in spacing. These covers are made of a special material designed to store the sunlight as heat and air bubbles work as insulation so that the heat becomes trapped in the pool water. The solar cover is just a sheet of blue bubble wrap.
How to install the cover 2use a long handled pool brush to flatten the cover against the water pressing out any large folds or air bubbles. Some covers are black for this very reason but the most widely used are made of inexpensive clear plastic that looks like the bubble wrap used for packing. The pool cover will usually heat the pool water up by one degree per day. 2 end caps adapter from slip coupling to male threads end cap with threads inside it a couple of 90 degree elbows slip coupling to female threads for connecting the handle sand paper spray paint to block uv light from damaging the pvc pipe pvc primer and glue 8 or.