Calyenty Pool Heaters
SARL Handyman France looks after a number of holiday homes, some with swimming pools. If you are running a commercial holiday home, the need to maximise lettings can be met by simply having the edge over the competition. Having a swimming pool is one of the obvious ways, and it ensures higher revenues. Having a heated swimming pool is perhaps less obvious. It ensures even higher revenues. And it gives you the edge over those who simply have a pool. Having a heated pool extends your letting season by a couple of weeks at the start and again at the end of the main season.
If you have a private holiday home, made available to family and friends only, a heated pool is more of a luxury item than a necessity. Either way, it's probably the costs involved that have put you off the idea. Hideously expensive to buy. Frighteningly costly to run. Plus all that pricey maintenance that is bound to be necessary. It's simply a non starter. That's what you've always thought.
SARL Handyman France is able to supply and install swimming pool heaters that may change your mind. Prices vary according to the requirements of each pool, but as a general guide the initial outlay is likely to be in the region of 4750€* to 6000€*. That's delivered; installed; and including VAT at 19.6%. Running costs can be expected to be in the order of 1€ per day** once the operating temperature is reached (which takes about ten days, depending on a number of factors). Maintenance costs are so negligible that it's hardly worth mentioning. With these figures in mind, your capital outlay could be recovered in a couple of years.
The Calyenty heater works by converting the ambient air temperature into heat for the pool's water. In its' simplest form, it is a big fridge/air conditioning motor, but instead of using the cold and throwing away the heat it produces, it uses the heat and throws away the cold. Big? The footprint of the machine is 575mm X 575mm. The height depends on the model, but no more than 780mm. Is it noisy? In a word, no. You will probably be unable to hear it over the filter pump's noise, even when the pump is in a brick-built pump-house (the Calyenty heater must be sited outdoors, by the way). The full technical specification and other details are downloadable as a pdf document by clicking here.
SARL Handyman France chose the Calyenty because of its' compact size, operating efficiency, and low running costs. The whole machine carries a two-year warranty, with the compressor and heat exchanger guaranteed for five years. That's full guarantees. Parts and labour.
The heater you would need depends on the capacity of the pool. A site visit will be needed before firm figures can be given. Once the price is agreed, we stick to it.
* The price depends partly on the machine, partly on installation. Also, the existing wiring to the pool's filter pump may need to be replaced. This last factor may increase the price beyond the budget figures given above.
** The exact running costs depend on a number of factors, including the obvious cost per kW hour. Other factors include the capacity of the pool; which machine is installed (itself dependant on the pool's capacity); the ambient temperature of the air; whether or not the pool is shielded from the sun; the required temperature of the pool; whether or not a pool cover is used. SARL Handyman France cannot guarantee the running costs - 1€ per day is an indication only. Running costs can be controlled by setting the Calyenty heater to run on the timer, the thermostat, or the manual setting. The choices are yours.
