Why Use Deep Heat Floor Inlets to Better Heat Your Pool in Southwest Florida

Deep Heat floor returns bring heated water into the pool at the floor, instead of only through the walls. At Into H2O Pools & Spas, whenever a customer purchases a pool heater from us as part of their new pool construction, Deep Heat floor returns are included. Because they're built into the pool itself, they're planned from the very beginning.

What Deep Heat Floor Returns Are

Every pool circulates its water. Water is drawn out through the drains and skimmers, filtered, warmed by the heater when it's running, and sent back into the pool through return fittings. In most pools those returns sit in the walls. Deep Heat adds returns in the pool floor, so heated water enters at the bottom of the pool.

Why Heated Water Belongs at the Bottom

Warm water naturally rises. When heated water comes in near the bottom of the pool, it moves upward through the water as the pool circulates, rather than entering near the surface along the walls. That helps carry the heat through the whole body of water and keeps water moving across the pool floor, supporting a more even temperature from the shallow end to the deep end and from the floor to the surface.

Southwest Florida winters are mild, but a pool can still feel cool on a January morning. Bringing heated water in where it can rise through the pool is a practical way to spread that warmth where you swim.

Built In During Construction — Not Added Later

Floor returns are plumbed beneath the pool floor before the concrete shell is formed. That's why Deep Heat has to be incorporated during the original pool construction. Floor returns can't be added afterward to a completed existing pool, and Deep Heat isn't an aftermarket upgrade. For a new pool that includes a heater from Into H2O Pools, it's part of the build from the first plans.

Part of the Pool's Circulation Design

Deep Heat floor returns are planned together with the rest of the pool's plumbing — the drains, skimmers, wall returns, and equipment — as one hydraulic design. The returns sit flush with the pool floor, so they keep the walls clear of extra fittings. You can see where plumbing fits in the build on our construction process page.

Planning a Heated Pool?

If you're building a new pool and want it heated, tell us at the start. Heating is a design-stage decision, and with a heater from Into H2O Pools, Deep Heat floor returns come with it. Learn more about our custom concrete pools.

Into H2O Pools & Spas is a family-owned, owner-operated custom pool builder based in Cape Coral. You work directly with Nancy and Chris Doyle, and Chris brings more than 45 years of hands-on swimming-pool construction experience. Request a Free Estimate · Call 239-413-7890