| Are you interested in getting warmer pool water | | | | Next, you will want to take the 2 by 4s and drill |
| and extending your swimming season? Did you | | | | holes in them large enough for the black tubing to |
| know that you can construct your own pool | | | | fit between them. Then, you will cut them in half |
| heater and get better results than those you | | | | long ways so that you have a bracket to hold the |
| purchase in a store? There are ways to make a | | | | black tubing. Now you have to run the black |
| pool heater and get the water to be much | | | | tubing back and forth in tight loops without kinks |
| warmer than you are used to. Here is a simple | | | | between the 2 by 4s. You will want to 4 sections |
| plan that I used to gain nearly 12 degrees in | | | | of 2 by 4 that are 4 feet long each. |
| water temperature in Indiana. | | | | Last, you will mount this part of the heater on a |
| First, you are going to need to go to your local | | | | roof top or somewhere that will be in direct |
| hardware store and get 100 feet of black tubing. | | | | sunlight. We mounted it on a short roof that was |
| This should be at least a half inch in diameter. You | | | | going over a fenced in area for our dogs, but it |
| will also want to get about 10 to 15 feet of PVC | | | | could be mounted on a shed or a house as well. |
| pipe that can fit tightly in the end of the black | | | | Then, you will connect PVC piping and the shut |
| tubing. You should be able to bend the black tubing | | | | off valve to the end that will return the water |
| and it should not be really thick. You will also need | | | | and the pump and some of the PVC to the other |
| a 2 - 8 foot 2 by 4s, a shut off valve that will fit | | | | end. Make sure to mount the pump in a dry and |
| on the PVC pipe, and a pump. | | | | flat area. |