Swimming Pool Heater Problems? Don't Use Unlicensed Contractors

The construction of a swimming pool should be made with the help of a civil contractor but the installation of a heating system for the pool is another story. Doesn't matter do you have gas or electric pool heat, it is certainly not the job of a civil contractor. Most of the people utilizing the services of unqualified contractors for installation of heating system do not seem to realize the risk to which they are exposing their lives.

An R.M.G.A. or Rocky Mountain Gas Certification does not qualify any pool contractor to undertake installation of a heating system for your pool. You have to make sure that your new 20K-100K swimming pool heating arrangement is installed as per defined standard specifications.

It’s in very rare cases that you can avoid having a change of your gas meter when building a new swimming pool. Here’s why. Any house with an area of 1500sft to 300sft is installed with new gas meter by the provider company. This meter is designed to take the load of accessories required by normal household. For an average household this requirement will be in the range of 250-500 cubic feet per hour. Now that you decided to add a heater for your swimming pool that consumes as much of gas as all the appliances put together of your home, how do you expect the meter to behave. All probability you have a pool heater that burns erratically. Does that set the alarm bells ringing? Don’t get over alarmed as in most of the cases it can be fixed.

Sooner or later an improper installation is going to have problems. You may be able to take care of a few of the problems created but quite a few will remain unresolved.

If the pool is not getting the required amount of heat supplied as a consequence of low fuel pressure, it will take a too long for water to get heated up, sometimes even a few days. The results to high gas bills, repeated pilot light outages, carbon built up accompanied with frequent repairs of costly equipment, which if not repaired in time may cause serious accidents or even death. All this necessitates the services of a licensed plumber or a contractor for installing gaspiping system. It is always helpful to call in your local gas pipe specialist for advice and a check of the system installed by the contractor. Generally they won’t charge you for that and confirm if the pool heating system has been installed properly.

Make sure to entrust the job to a qualified professional. Feel free to ask for references and do not hesitate to satisfy yourself by checking on the systems installed by the contractor. You may as well check with your states Department of Professional Licensing. It’s better to satisfy yourself now rather than having to regret it later. And, finally do not pay all the dues. Withhold a part of the payment till you are satisfied with the installation. Of course there are many big and reputed contractors but you can’t deny that there are quite a lot of others who are incompetent and get lost once they have been paid.