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Originally Posted by pivo
can anyone tell me the approx. yearly price of having a heated pool, I don't know the exact size but I guess the average for a courtyard villa.
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I have a courtyard villa with a fair-sized pool and a large spa. I like to keep the pool at 85 degrees and heat the spa to 100 on the average of once a day. Heating only with gas I had a bill of over $600 in the first very cold February I had the pool. So I "invested" in solar heat.
The highest gas bill I've had in the five years since then was about $250, so I have more than paid for the solar system in that period. The average gas bill from December-April is less than $200, which includes operating the stove and hot water tank. The remainder of the year the gas cost is almost negligible because the solar easily keeps the pool at 85 and the spa at or very close to the desired temp.