Wood Stove Pool Heaters

[Guest]

Has anyone designed a way to heat your pool with wood? Some that lives in our town heats their pool with a homemade wood burning system. Has anyone done this and if so, how did you make it? My husband would like to make one to heat our pool.

Thanks

[Ickle]

The issues with heating your swimming pool with something like wood, is that it is an unconrtollable heat source. By this i mean you cant turn it off and on at the click of a switch, you also cant regualte how hot it burns. This can cause problems with getting your pool to hold a steady temperature. You would need to look at a way of getting rid of excess heat using a heat sink. I have been to many pools where they have tried this, and they have all now resorted to "conventional" heating sources.
I have told people of this before and they have told me "well ive got a solid fuel stove...." I have also had a solid fuel stove, and still run all my central heating off a solid fuel stove.
If you have a liner pool you will have to be extra carefull as too much heat will be costly in the long run with new liners etc.

[forest]

i am thinking of using wood stove to heat pool in winter time. inslulate pool and use it for a heat sink and pump warm air into my house to heat it in the winter. how can you set up a stove to heat water.

[glen]

I know a guy said it worked good but the smoke from the wood burning isn't worth it so he shut it down

[DBServices]

You asked for it. Search this in google.' barbacue grill pool heater'

[avallerand]

A brother-in -law was able to acquire an older wood stove with a built-in coil for water heating purposes.
He easily hooked up the inlet and outlet to the pool and he could get a burst of heat on demand.

[flcowgirl41]

my brothers in-laws had a wood burning pool heater down in the keys..florida...they loved it...trying now to find a 50 gal barrel to make my own..any ideas...??

[pooldude]

Depends where you are. You could try food manufacturers, car repair shops, construction supply companies or construction sites, farm supply stores, ... the list is huge.

[bill5mith]

Hi

reading the forum about wood burning heater for a pool, i have built two now. no 1. Oil drum with a central heating unit, waste of time. Next no.2 a degree of success. Took 4 old central heating radiators and sealed them in a block structure, filling the gaps with fire bricks. Added a chimney and door ensuring the unit was air tight. Installed a in-line fan with controller. Quite a large structure. It is controllable and reasonably efficient. A load of good logs will burn all night heating the pool to a very desirable temperature. The pool is an above ground 24' intex with insulation on the base and side walls with a solar cover. In the event that the heat needs a top-up during the day a small fire can be lit or the burner can be left smoldering for the day and turn up the fan when needed. I have found that getting to know the unit and timing of when to heat is the easiest way to manage it. Additionally I have 9kw of electric heating to use as another way of keeping the pool at the desired temp. I have just installed another heating matrix made of 22mm pipe at the top of the burner and exiting the chimney, this seems to heat very quickly. Should the pool get to hot the burner can be shut down within minutes by capping the chimney and blocking the airflow. Finally, if you do install any type of heating make sure all pipes are lagged, a rough calculation made showed I was wasting around 20% of my heat on the pipe work alone. Designing new heater for next season

good luck

[simon]

I'm in the process of testing one tonight, I used an old firebox, drilled eight holes in two rows, in front of the flue pipe ,then inserted four "u" shaped pieces of 3/8" stainless steel tubing (about 12" lg), the ends sticking out the top of the box, next I connected the eight protruding ends to two 1" ss tapped pipe headers, then connected the headers to hoses and connected in series with the filter pump.
the water on the outlet is about 28 degrees hotter than the inlet. Before I was done I had already thought of ways to improve it, next I'll try wrapping 3/8" copper tubing on the outside of the fire box, then insulating it.
I'm open for suggestions...

[lirel]

my brothers in-laws had a wood burning pool heater down in the keys..florida...they loved it...trying now to find a 50 gal barrel to make my own..any ideas...??

Hi
I built one last week!
You Need
1x Barrel, with lid
!x coil of small bore copper central heating pipe
2x hinges
1x drill
1x Jigsaw with metal cutting blade
1x small pond pump
2x meter reinforced plastic pipe
1.5 mtr steel bar app 8mm dia
1 small sheet of steel mesh, Expamet will do

Cut 16in long x 10in high section out of lowest part of drum.
refit this panel with the hinges to create a door (this is where the fire will be so keep it as low as possible on the drum)
drill 4 x holes 8in from the top of the drum,cut rod into two pieces and pass them through the drum to act as a support for the steel mesh to lay on.
coil your copper pipe neatly on the mesh passing the two ends of the pipe through two more holes you will have to drill in the drum.
Connect the pipes to hoses.
connect the pond pump to any end of the hoses
drop the pump and the remaining end into the pool
light a fire (best done in a sturdy tin) inside the bottom of the drum.
turn on pond pump and Bob's your uncle!
Adjust the position of the door and lid to create a draw.
This sound a bit Heath Robinson but trust me,AlthoughI am an Engineer this was all done with no measurements or plans and it works.
One word of warning!!! Turn on your pond pump to test it first, DO NOT turn it on after the fire has been lit, the water ,initialy, is as hot as any kettle. I found this out the hard way!!!!
Please be aware also there will be smoke, I know this is obvious but may be a pain to some,
please excuse the use of Metric and Imperial, I am old and English GOOD LUCK

[AR]

I am a boiler technician. I spent 2 years developing such an idea. The first year, it worked, but had a couple design issues. The second year however, much better. I live in the NE. I opened my pool may 1. It was 54 *F. In 2 days-it was 85* F. Email me.

Has anyone designed a way to heat your pool with wood? Some that lives in our town heats their pool with a homemade wood burning system. Has anyone done this and if so, how did you make it? My husband would like to make one to heat our pool.

Thanks

[mndfuller]

Could you provide me with details? I'm in Iowa. Mndfuller@msn.com

[bpb]

[quote="AR"]I am a boiler technician. I spent 2 years developing such an idea. The first year, it worked, but had a couple design issues. The second year however, much better. I live in the NE. I opened my pool may 1. It was 54 *F. In 2 days-it was 85* F. Email me.[quote]

AR I live in NE also and am looking for adeas to set this type of system up can you send my your design and if possible build plan and parts needed? Thanks. leonard26@aol.com

[blue skinned scottishman]

Hi, as my user name suggest I am a blue skinned scottish man in dire need of some heat in my pool, been looking at your submission and would like to try it myself so whats the chance of sending me some instructions or even a plan ...anything ...HELP!!!!!
My Clan and I would be forever in your debt.
rachelandthomas@ntlworld.com

I am a boiler technician. I spent 2 years developing such an idea. The first year, it worked, but had a couple design issues. The second year however, much better. I live in the NE. I opened my pool may 1. It was 54 *F. In 2 days-it was 85* F. Email me.

Has anyone designed a way to heat your pool with wood? Some that lives in our town heats their pool with a homemade wood burning system. Has anyone done this and if so, how did you make it? My husband would like to make one to heat our pool.

Thanks