Ecosmarte Pool

In some climates, a backyard pool calls for a pool heater, and with concerns about the environment abound these days, choosing a solar pool heater may be your best bet. They’re both cost-effective and environmentally friendly, offering you a great water temperature without the price of a traditional heat pump.

Understanding the technology
A solar pool heater usually includes each of the following parts: the control valve, the collector, the pump, and the filter. Here’s how the system works. Your filter (with the help of your pump) sucks the water out of your pool. With the help of the control valve, the water passes through the collector, and returns to your pool.

Keep in mind that should you decide a solar pool heater is the right type to meet your needs, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, so ensuring you get the perfect one for your pool is essential. The kind of solar pool collector you actually need is dependent upon both where you live and how you will be using it. If you live in a warm climate and you’ll only use it when the temperatures are above the freezing mark anyway, an unglazed system is fine. They don’t have the glazing (or glass top) that glazed systems do, and they’re usually created from UV treated plastic or rubber to ensure the panels will last as longs as you need them to. They are also a bit cheaper than their glazed counterparts. Should you have different climate and use needs, though, a glazed system will be absolutely necessary. Talk carefully with your agent before you make a purchase.

Making the Right Selection
While the technology is really simple that, installing the technology is, as you can probably imagine, a bit complicated. That makes an expert solar pool heater installer very important to the success of your project. Choosing an inexperienced representative just won’t work with this kind of purchase.

If you have decided that it’s time to go solar, be sure to select the right company to meet your needs. These tips may help.
• Evaluate your chosen company’s experience carefully. If they’ve never heard of the system type you have selected, it might be time to choose a different company.
• Find out how long your company has been in business. Solar pool heaters have been developing over the last several decades, and if your company just started three months ago, you might not get the experience and service level you prefer.
• Check certification carefully. Understanding your company’s level of certification as well as the licensing requirements in your state is part of the research process.
• Check to see if your company is insured. Insurance is mandatory for any contractor you allow on your property, so check with them to be sure that they have the necessary policy to protect both of you.

A solar pool heater is a great idea, but finding the right company to meet your needs is important. Check with friends and neighbors, as well as places like the Better Business Bureau before you hire anyone.