Steve Jones

Designs and Projects

This is one of five 18ft diameter x 4ft deep pools we bought brand new from Ebay. Selling the other four left me with a free pool and a handsome profit to boot.

It holds around 23,000 litres (6076 gallons), and using both my friends and my heater together, takes around 4 hours to heat to around 36°c   (97°f). I also bought this 1” thick closed cell, rigid, polyurethane foam sheet to act both as a ground sheet but also, more importantly, a layer of insulation against heat loss.

Heating this pool really makes a garden party or BBQ, kids and adults alike absolutely love it!

My reliance on my friends heater to heat this pool has spurred me on to ‘Plan B’.....a 200KW heater that can do more than the job of the two old heaters together, while hopefully using a bit less fuel in the process.