Build Your Own Above Ground Pool Heater

Materials one old but useful fire pit or grill 60 foot coil of 3 8 copper tubing 10 feet 1 2 water hose plastic 1 2 female water hose adapter recommended and zip tie 6 feet black foam pipe insulator 1 2 hose clamp comes with female hose adapter above 4 wire copper pipe hangers 1000.

Build your own above ground pool heater.

Pvc pipe pool noodles black plastic garbage bags and duct tape can be transformed into an effective heater that will warm pool water to a comfortable temperature. Step 1 assemble the panels. Free photons to the rescue. A solar powered heater can boost the temp of your swimming water all year long and after the installation these extra degrees won t cost you a thing.

Create as many or as few as you need for the size of swimming pool you have can be used for in ground or above ground pools. Mount them to the board using either adhesive or pipe mounts. There are only a few important parts. I took a 4x4 piece of plywood and painted it black.

For some reason the comments have been disabled link to how to build the diverter system. Propane pool heaters for an average 400 000 btu heater with a price tag of over 2200 it will cost you about 10 per hour to run assuming the heater consumes around four gallons of propane in an hour of use and propane averages about 2 50 per gallon as of the time of this writing it will heat your pool about 5 degrees in that amount. Either coil the copper pipe or lay the pvc pipe back and forth on the plywood. A solar assisted pool heater is very easy to construct and use.

Then i took 200 of 1 2 vinyl irrigation hose and coiled it. Water to the solar heater. Black pvc pipe works but copper pipe painted black works even better.