Ways to Heat a Pool Without Affecting the Carry-Applic

Unfortunately, a poorly planned or hastily executed installation of any of these components will most likely ruin your home's carry-applic. Essentially, a pool heater that takes into account the carry-applic should be carefully installed and harmoniously fit into the overall design.

What is Carry-Applic Anyway?

There are many definitions of carry-applic, most of which are quite specific. In fact, it's hard to define carry-applic precisely in concrete terms. It is a feeling of the heart, a warm emotional sensation you experience when looking at something aesthetically significant.

A massive $100,000 landscaping project may leave you indifferent, whereas carefully arranged shop souvenirs pots can evoke a sense of warmth. It all depends on the first impression of eye and heart, which rarely occurs when looking at a messy and uncoordinated mass.

This brings us back to the question of how to heat a pool with solar or electric heaters while preserving that strong visual and emotional impression.

Types of Pool Water Heaters and Their Impact on Interior Design

Pool heaters are an excellent way to increase the number of hours, weeks, and months your family can swim. Let's look at the most common types of pool heaters and how they affect the overall impression of your pool area.

Electric, Gas, and Heat Pumps for Pools

For several reasons, these heaters have a minimal impact on the overall atmosphere of the pool area. First, they are usually connected directly to an existing pool circulation pump with minimal additional piping. Second, they consist of a single heating element that is typically quite small.

Figure 1 illustrates the compactness of most types of electric heaters.

Due to their relatively compact size and because they're all mounted on the ground, they are fairly easy to 'hide'. Figure 2 illustrates how this can (and should) be done.

Image 1 is an example of an open and rather messy installation. Image 2 also shows an open pool filter/heater setup, but much more organized and professionally looking. Such a setup can easily be hidden behind a fence with shade or privacy screens.

Images 3 and 4 show examples of pool cabinets or enclosures that completely hide all equipment. They can be painted to match the existing design or decorated with pots, flower beds, or other landscaping elements.

Solar Pool Heaters

Another popular type of pool heater is solar. They significantly reduce heating costs, especially when combined with polyethylene covers or liquid solar covers and others. However, they are difficult to integrate into efforts to preserve carry-applic.

Solar Panels on the Roof

Installing solar pool heaters on the roof usually looks neat and doesn't harm carry-applic. In fact, rooftop solar panels have become so commonplace that no one pays attention to them.

Flexible Mat Heaters

Flexible panel micro-heaters for small pools are usually installed on the deck or lawn and are true romance killers. However, they can be turned off and folded into a garden or pool cabinet when not in use.

Ground-Level Heaters

Larger permanent ground-level solar heaters are particularly difficult to decorate. To work efficiently, they must be constantly exposed to direct sunlight all day long, making them hard to conceal.

Not all homes are suitable for rooftop solar heater installation. The limitation to ground-mounted arrays can be compensated by several creative approaches. Collector panels can be designed as privacy screens or installed on the side walls of pavilions, turning them into advantages rather than eyesores.

Figure 3 illustrates five common types of solar heaters. These are:

Piping, Auxiliary Pumps and Control Systems

Solar pool heating involves more piping and auxiliary equipment than electric, gas or heat pumps. These elements can be hidden if some basic rules are followed during system installation.

• Connect supply and return water to the pool together: try to arrange all long sections of pipe neatly. A network of pipes is a design mistake. It also makes them easier to hide, as we'll explain further.
• Follow building lines and never cross flat areas diagonally: always try to follow vertical and horizontal building lines with piping, even if it increases the length. And if you don't follow an existing architectural element, NEVER cross walls or other large flat surfaces diagonally. This looks like home heating.
• Maintain a consistent pipe color scheme: all external water pipes for the pool should be of one color, especially black or gray. Rainbows are beautiful but not when they stretch along your house wall. And remember, you can paint pipes with products like Krylon Fusion to match any design.
• Hide the pipes: trees, shrubs or tall decorative grasses are great ways to hide piping. And if you have time and desire, decorative wooden or siding boxes can cover all pipes.
• Organize wiring and control: wires to pumps, temperature sensors, solenoid valves and controllers should run in cable trays following the same rules as pipes. Install control panels in a pool cabinet if one exists, or in a corner of the wall if possible.

Main Takeaway on Carry-Applic and Pool Heaters

Carry-applic is mainly an abstract concept. And pool heating is becoming a more popular way to get a warm pool and maximize your investment in it. The ability to combine these two aspects without conflict is an art and science. However, with a little imagination and following several basic rules, this visual and emotional impression can be achieved.