Diy Bubble Wrap Solar Pool Cover

The winter cover is a tarp designed to be cinched around the outer edges of the swimming pool frame.

Diy bubble wrap solar pool cover.

Some covers are black for this very reason but the most widely used are made of inexpensive clear plastic that looks like the bubble wrap used for packing. Make sure the pipe end with the male threaded end is at the end where you want the handle to go. Solar pool covers or solar blankets do have some benefits but they also have some drawbacks that you need to be aware of. This retractable swimming pool cover is made using the basic solar cover and winter cover that came with the tuff pool swimming pool package.

The solar cover should have the smooth side up bubbles down. Reduce water evaporation and save energy by installing a bubble wrap style solar pool blanket. Snap a clip on to the solar cover so it fits onto the 1 2 pipe below. 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.

This type of cover costs less than 125 and can be installed in an hour. It sits right on top of the water. Take the long 1 2 pvc pipe piece and place it in underneath the solar cover. The pool cover will usually heat the pool water up by one degree per day.

These covers are made of a special material designed to store the sunlight as heat and air bubbles work as insulation so that the heat becomes trapped in the pool water. After several days in full sun a pool cover can raise the pool temperature by about 10 to 15 degrees.