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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4342751" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>We built a pool heater for a friend that had a pool house with a nice roof in the right direction. We did use 1" rigid copper with soldered joints though vs plastic pipe when copper prices weren't so expensive. Built a frame around the network of piping that was covered with black plastic Visqueen.</p><p>A throttling ball valve on the discharge side had to be installed to slow down the water so it could heat up. Garden hose attached to the intake side with a pump protected by a GFCI in the water to circulate it. The water was steaming when going into the pool.</p><p>The pump was removed before anybody was allowed to get in the pool. </p><p>An unfortunate side effect was that under the Visqueen it got so hot it almost melted the asphalt shingles under it requiring some roof repair. </p><p>After taking the piping down to repair the roof, it never got put back up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4342751, member: 5412"] We built a pool heater for a friend that had a pool house with a nice roof in the right direction. We did use 1" rigid copper with soldered joints though vs plastic pipe when copper prices weren't so expensive. Built a frame around the network of piping that was covered with black plastic Visqueen. A throttling ball valve on the discharge side had to be installed to slow down the water so it could heat up. Garden hose attached to the intake side with a pump protected by a GFCI in the water to circulate it. The water was steaming when going into the pool. The pump was removed before anybody was allowed to get in the pool. An unfortunate side effect was that under the Visqueen it got so hot it almost melted the asphalt shingles under it requiring some roof repair. After taking the piping down to repair the roof, it never got put back up. [/QUOTE]
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