Diy Bubble Wrap Solar Pool Cover

Reduce water evaporation and save energy by installing a bubble wrap style solar pool blanket.

Diy bubble wrap solar pool cover. Take the long 1 2 pvc pipe piece and place it in underneath the solar cover. The winter cover is a tarp designed to be cinched around the outer edges of the swimming pool frame. This retractable swimming pool cover is made using the basic solar cover and winter cover that came with the tuff pool swimming pool package. When the bubble paper pool cover absorbs the suns rays it gradually heats the water in the pool while the cool pool water keeps the solar cover cool.

The solar cover should have the smooth side up bubbles down. Solar pool covers or solar blankets do have some benefits but they also have some drawbacks that you need to be aware of. After several days in full sun a pool cover can raise the pool temperature by about 10 to 15 degrees. This type of cover costs less than 125 and can be installed in an hour.

The pool cover will usually heat the pool water up by one degree per day. The solar cover is just a sheet of blue bubble wrap. It sits right on top of the water. How to combine pool cover sheets without plastic welding.

Snap a clip on to the solar cover so it fits onto the 1 2 pipe below. Solar blankets do reduce evaporati.