Diy Bubble Wrap Solar Pool Cover

This retractable swimming pool cover is made using the basic solar cover and winter cover that came with the tuff pool swimming pool package.

Diy bubble wrap solar pool cover.

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. Solar blankets do reduce evaporati. This type of cover costs less than 125 and can be installed in an hour.

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. Make sure the pipe end with the male threaded end is at the end where you want the handle to go. It sits right on top of the water. The solar cover should have the smooth side up bubbles down.

The solar cover is just a sheet of blue bubble wrap. Take the long 1 2 pvc pipe piece and place it in underneath the solar cover. How to combine pool cover sheets without plastic welding. 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.

Solar pool covers or solar blankets do have some benefits but they also have some drawbacks that you need to be aware of. 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.