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Re: Heated villa pools
[Re: sail2wind]
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10/02/2015 09:55 AM
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Ah, to me, I wouldn't even think of getting into my pool here at home, if it was 75!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Laugh.gif" alt="" /> Depends on where you live, I guess! Regardless, pool heaters cost a LOT of money to run, especially in the islands, where energy is tres' expensive.
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Re: Heated villa pools
[Re: RonP]
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10/02/2015 10:22 AM
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We surrendered and put in a heater two years ago. It really isn't necessary, but we want our guests to have every aminity. We also have AC throughout the house for the same reason. Both are very expensive to run. Best to be judicious wherever you stay.
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Re: Heated villa pools
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10/02/2015 10:30 AM
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We had one on our pool in Virginia. It did help, however you do need to have it on a roll to be able to roll it up. And they are not very attractive to look at, so whenever the villa was occupied, people would probably leave it off all the time.
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Re: Heated villa pools
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10/02/2015 11:35 AM
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Carol_Hill said: We had one on our pool in Virginia. It did help, however you do need to have it on a roll to be able to roll it up. And they are not very attractive to look at, so whenever the villa was occupied, people would probably leave it off all the time. I know what you're saying but a key difference is villa pools are usually small. I think the one I am talking about was 9*12? It was a 2 minute job to fold it over itself a few times and then drag it to the side, then reverse when done. Once we saw the difference it made, we made sure it was on there when we weren't in the pool.
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Re: Heated villa pools
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10/02/2015 12:23 PM
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We use solar heating system for our pool in Ontario. http://www.aesbvi.com/hotwater/poolheat.html The system uses no energy and would keep a pool very warm if there is lots of sunshine. Water is circulated up to black panels on our roof. The sun heats the roof.
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Re: Heated villa pools
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10/02/2015 01:41 PM
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HI Macaroni - that's right - we put it in a few years ago as the sun was lower on the horizon during the winter months and the combination of the trade winds and less direct sun made it seem colder that it really was -the heater is a heat pump powered by electricity and not gas. cheers Brian
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