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Solar pool heating systems for Cape Town homes

Pool solar panels use free sunlight to lift your water temperature, extending your swimming season by months without adding a cent to your electricity account. Supply, delivery and full on-site installation across the Western Cape.

Warm water, powered by the sun

A solar pool heating system is beautifully simple. Your existing pool pump sends water up to a bank of solar collectors mounted on the roof. As the water flows through the panels the sun warms it, and it returns to the pool slightly warmer than it left. Repeat that over a day of filtration and the whole pool climbs into comfortable swimming range.

Because the panels rely on the pump you already run, there is no charge to use sunlight and no new running cost. There is no element to burn out, no gas bottle to refill, and nothing that needs servicing every season. It is reliable equipment that asks very little of you once it is on the roof.

We supply top-quality pool solar panels with high-efficiency heat exchange properties, excellent resistance against frost, hail and wind damage, and material that is safe for saltwater swimming pools. They suit all types and sizes of pools and spas, and mount cleanly to tiled, concrete and metal roofs with zero moisture build-up on the roof behind the panels.

What your installation includes

  • Site assessment and correct panel sizing for your pool volume
  • Supply and delivery of the solar collectors and mounting hardware
  • Roof mounting with the correct fixings for your roof type
  • Flow and return pipework between pool plant and panel array
  • Isolation and bypass valves so the system can be shut off seasonally
  • Pressure test, flush and commissioning before we leave
  • Walkthrough of operation and simple seasonal checks
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Panel quality

The equipment we put on your roof

The collectors do the work for a decade or more, so the specification matters more than the sales pitch.

High-efficiency heat exchange

Top-quality collectors designed to transfer as much of the sun's energy into your pool water as possible on every pass.

Frost, hail and wind resistant

Built to survive Cape winters and the south-easter, not just mild summer weather.

Safe for saltwater pools

Salt-chlorinated pools and spas are no problem for the panel material or the fittings we use.

No moisture build-up

The mounting method keeps the roof behind the panels dry — no trapped damp, no hidden damage.

Any pool, any size

Suitable for all types and sizes of swimming pools and spas, from plunge pools to long lap pools.

Tiled, concrete and metal roofs

Mounting hardware to suit your roof, with ground and wall frames where a roof is unsuitable.

Pool solar heating panel array fitted to a residential roof
The payoff

What owners notice first

Not the technology — the extra months of swimming and the unchanged electricity bill.

No cost to run

Sunlight is free. The system adds nothing to your electricity bill and needs no gas, no element and no separate power supply.

Little to zero maintenance

No moving parts inside the collectors. Once commissioned, the system quietly does its job season after season.

Built for the Cape climate

Excellent resistance to frost, hail and wind, and safe for saltwater pools and spas.

Fits almost anywhere

Tiled, concrete and metal roofs, ground frames or wall mounts. No special requirements and no moisture build-up behind the panels.

Kinder to the environment

A heated pool without the carbon footprint of gas or electric heating.

Quick, clean installation

Most installations take only a few hours, with the site left tidy and the surface reinstated.

On site

Recent solar heating installations

Panel arrays, plant connections and finished pools around the Western Cape.

Get a quote for your pool

Send your suburb, pool size and roof type and we will come back with the panel area your pool needs and a price for supply and installation.