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swimming pool heated by solar?

  • 14-09-2009 11:48am
    #1
    ei.sdraob
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    Anyone know if it would be practical to build a large conservatory out the back of largish bungalow and plop a swimming pool in it?

    Have it heated via solar power or maybe wind turbine? plenty of land to put solar heaters on behind the house

    anyone see anything like that in Ireland? more importantly what are the chances of getting planing permission for such an undertaking? and how much would such a daft exercise cost?

    just tinkering here


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  • #2
    homer911
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    I know the owner of Nordeal (http://www.nordeal.com/home.html)
    who used to a sideline in these systems. The setup for heating a swimming pool is a lot simpler than for domestic hot water, and the configuration need not be huge. Give them a call, even if they dont still do these systems (nothing on the website that I can see), they would be happy to offer advice... (Ask for Andy)


  • #3
    ei.sdraob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭ei.sdraob


    thank you very much!


    pretty much just wondering about the feasibility of such a project, and whether anyone in Ireland has such a setup


    could be cheaper to just use the low fares airlines to fly somewhere warmer


  • #4
    Triangle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭Triangle


    We used a solar heated swimming pool in Northern Italy. Around August.

    It was bloody freezing. Kids could only go in for a short time before they started turning blue (literally) :)

    My respect for Solar powered swimming pools is non existant after that.


  • #5
    trad
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    It would probably work quite well for a hot tub. Much smaller of volume of water to heat and while it wouldn't be a swimming pool it would still be quite pleasant.


  • #6
    ei.sdraob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭ei.sdraob


    trad wrote: »
    It would probably work quite well for a hot tub. Much smaller of volume of water to heat and while it wouldn't be a swimming pool it would still be quite pleasant.

    Hmm like a big jacuzzi?

    Triangle wrote: »
    We used a solar heated swimming pool in Northern Italy. Around August.

    It was bloody freezing. Kids could only go in for a short time before they started turning blue (literally) :)

    My respect for Solar powered swimming pools is non existant after that.

    yeh your turn blue in no time swimming here in ireland

    im thinking something enclosed in a conservatory like structure here in Ireland, maybe even with one side of the wall in a side of a hill to retain heat?

    have a good few solar heaters on the lawn or something? or maybe even a small ~4-6KW turbine on the land??

    /


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  • #7
    kmick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭kmick


    Saw a solar heated swmmming pool on one of those dream home programs on C4 so it can be done.

    Quick google turned up
    http://www.tech store.ie/Renewable-Energy/Solar-Energy/Solar-Water-Heating-for-Pools.htm had to put a space in the name to get it to work so just take that out
    re-solutions.org/Swimming_pools.htm


    But I cant vouch for any of these people.


  • #8
    ei.sdraob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭ei.sdraob


    found an interesting quote on one of these site

    Generally the size of the solar collectors or Solar Panels is half the size of the surface area of the swimming pool.
    For example, if a pool surface area is 300 square feet, the solar collectors will be normally 150 square feet in size.

    seems seriously underestimates the amount of sun we get in Ireland and hence the size?


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