PayPal Owners: There are three ways to quickly heat up your pool water: Solar Heating DIY Heaters and traditional heaters. Here's how much time and money it'll take to heat your water for each option: One: Solar Heaters These collect the sun's rays and circulate your water through warming channels. Solar heaters can raise your pool's temperatures by 10 degrees. Fahrenheit While you'll need to spend some money up front, it's a free way to heat your water, but you have to live in a sunnier climate.

Two DIY Heaters: You can build your own solar panel with black irrigation tubing and a sump pump. It's the cheapest method, but it's the slowest way to heat your water. Three traditional pool heaters, gas heaters, and heat pumps are the quickest ways to heat your water, but you'll have to pay for the equipment, installation and utilities. Follow us at swim University for more pool care tips throughout the year.