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Rod

wrote:
On 24 Jan,
"The Medway Handyman" wrote:

Surely the biggest heat loss, and the one most difficult to insulate will
be the top surface?

Evaporation from the surface *is* tha major loss of heat from swimming pools.
Even bubble wrap will reduce this considerably. Trouble is you can't swim in
it then.

Air temperature should be maintained 1degC above the water temperature to
keep the air from saturation. Condensation has ruined the structure of many
60s swimming pools (which were designed for lower water temperatures than
that which has since been used).

I think the temperature regulation system has been bred out of people in the
last 50 years. Swimming pools 50s, 70F now 86F living rooms 50s, 55-60F now
70-77F.

I got the impression, possibly erroneously, that it was to be an outdoor
pool. In which case I'd guess keeping the air 1degC higher than the
water could be very expensive... :-)

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Rod

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