A pool is a great feature to have in your own backyard, especially come summertime when you want to make the most of the beautiful weather and soak up the sunshine. If you’re like most pool owners, you probably cover up your pool when you’re not using it to keep bugs and debris out of the water. However, did you know that swimming pool covers can also help you save energy?
Swimming pool covers can save energy by significantly minimizing evaporation. It’s the pool’s temperature, air temperature, humidity, and wind speed at the pool’s surface that affect the pool’s evaporation rate, and a fast evaporation rate means you will have to spend more on pool heating. Swimming pool covers help to trap water vapor, retain heat, and protect the pool from wind, all of which reduce the evaporation and its impact. Covering a pool can result in savings of 50% to 70% when it comes to heating costs as well.
Here are three additional benefits of using swimming pool covers:
- They conserve water. Since covers prevent evaporation, you won’t have to refill your pool as frequently.
- They reduce cleaning time. Pool covers help to keep out leaves, dirt, insects, and other debris, which means you can spend less time cleaning.
- They reduce the amount of chemicals needed. Since swimming pool covers reduce evaporation and block UV rays, which cause chlorine to break down, they can reduce chemical consumption.
If you’d like to learn more about the advantages of high-quality swimming pool covers or see what other products we have in store, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us today.