How does Poolsolar solar matting heat Up your swimming pool?
By simply passing filtered pool water through strips of E.P.D.M quality P.V.C Solar Matting which is heated by the sun’s rays. The matting is pre-fitted to P.V.C Manifolds that are connected to each other. The manifolds must be plumbed directly to the swimming pool filtration plant. The amount of Poolsolar solar matting you require will depend upon the size of your swimming pool. (see chart for details)

Where is the best place to install the Poolsolar System?
Poolsolar can be installed almost anywhere - on the roof of your house, garage, porch, summer house, pergola or directly on the lawn. The only important requirement is a sunny place i.e. south facing to ensure maximum heat absorption.
Under normal conditions you need to use only half the surface area of your pool as the collector surface i.e. a 30 x15’ pool is 450 sq ft, therefore approximately 225sqft of Poolsolar matting is required. For south-east and south westerly facing positions in cooler climates the Poolsolar matting should be increased by 35-40%.
 

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Site Location for your swimming pool solar heating
The Poolsolar solar collectors should be positioned facing the sun as much as possible for a maximum efficiency, ideally 30 degrees (above horizontal) facing South. A maximum working pressure should not be above 1.5 BAR (22psi). A solar heat retention cover must be applied to the swimming pool overnight and when the pool is not in use to prevent heat loss. If installing Poolsolar on a ground surface i.e. for small above ground or splasher type pools please be aware that Poolsolar is not designed for heavy foot traffic.

Make sure that all pipe work to and from the solar collector can be drained for the winter period. We would recommend the use of a time clock to automatically turn off the filtration system at night or bypass the solar system. Alternatively, an automatic control system can be installed. Please take sufficient safety precautions before working on a roof.

Commercial solar energy project using Poolsolar system.

A Poolsolar system was used for a commercial swimming pool based in the Netherlands. A total of 350m solar collectors were installed. The mats were put on the roof of the surrounding swimming pool-houses. The swimming pool water runs through these tubes, which are heated by the sun. The use of solar collectors saves 8,000m natural gas per year on an expenditure of 30,000m. This resulted in energy (natural gas) saving of £5600.

Poolsolar Swimming Pool Solar heating - What size? What price?

What Box?

Box A (4m2)
Some pool sizes result in requiring an additional half box, but this is not possible to supply. Therefore, we have shown the minimum and optimum number of rolls required. For above ground swimming pools we have reduced the amount of solar collectors by 20% to allow for heat absorbtion through the steel wall structure.

Note. You will need to purchase enough solar matting to cover 50% of the swimming pool surface area.

If a heat retention cover is not to be applied overnight you will need to double the quantities below.