Has anyone come up with an way to heat the 12'x3' above ground vinyl pools?

Question

We live in Wyoming, so any other type of pool isn't really pratical. Day-time temps are 70-85, but night-time drop to 40-50. Pool get to about 72 and we'd like to raise it 5-10 degrees. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Well thats about 650 gallons. Or roughly 5,200 pounds. Sounds to me like you might get a circulation pump and a blower. Keep the circulation pump running at night and the blower and circulation pump running during the day. By stirring the water up in this fashion you take the water at the top, where it is the warmest, and mix it with the water below. If your night time temps. are down in the 50's you might want to add an in-line tube heater.