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Indoor Pool Dehumidifiers

By Francis Lowe

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Published: 10Mar2012
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A heated pool will produce significant amounts of condensation and increase humidity levels drastically. Humidity and chemicals from your pool are constantly evaporating into the air. That humidity will soak its way through anything in its path, or condense on your walls, roof, floor and windows causing corrosion, wood rot, mould and bacteria growth and an unhealthy environment.

Opening windows or using fans to circulate humid air, laden with chemicals, will do little to overcome the problem of condensation in domestic or commercial pools. Indoor swimming pools without proper dehumidification are susceptible to serious damage to fixtures and fittings, causing mould, wood rot, metal corrosion, and blistering of paint. The chemical odours, condensation, slippery floors, unsanitary bacteria levels and foggy windows will cause the environment to be unpleasant for swimmers.

To maintain the correct swimming environment, protect your property, and avoid these problems, an efficient dehumidification system is required. It is important that any excess moisture is removed from the pool hall before it can cause any damage, and that the humidity level is regulated to ensure water vapour cannot penetrate the walls and ceiling.

Humidity provides latent energy which can be recovered and recycled, to provide heat for pool water and pool halls, making systems extremely eco-friendly as well as cost effective. A dehumidifier can be designed to reheat the air after it removes the excess moisture. Heat is a by-product of the refrigeration process that removes the water as the air moves through the unit. At certain times of the year the heat provided by the dehumidification process may be enough to keep the room warm, but the unit will only heat the air while it is running. Therefore in cold climates or cooler times of the year, a primary heating source for the swimming pool room will be required. A basic dehumidifier will just dehumidify the air. If you want the return air to be heated you can connect the unit to a boiler, and use the low pressure hot water it provides, to heat the air. There are also models with electric heaters built in if you do not wish to connect to a boiler, or are using an all electric system.

Installing a dehumidifier may, at first, appear expensive; however the cost of repairing the structure from the damaging effects of excess moisture will far outweigh the swimming pool dehumidifier operating costs over a long period of time. The operating costs of your dehumidification system will vary depending on: the size of your indoor swimming pool; the size and design of your indoor pool room; hours of use and costs of energy. The costs of operation are more than recovered in terms of the comfort to swimmers, the preservation of the investment and the overall long-term value of the facility.

Francis Lowe is a leading expert in swimming pool maintenance with a huge wealth of experience developed from 40 years in the industry. To see a full range of pool equipment, including pool supplies and swimming pool supplies please see the website of specialist supplier poolwarehouseuk.com

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