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Winter Swimming Pool Cover Guide
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Learn the Swimming Pool Cover Secrets that your Pool Guy Will Never Tell You
Most Important Pool Cover Factors to Consider
# Cover Type
# Proper Cover Size
# Best Installation Method
In Order To:
# MAXIMIZE & MAINTAIN POOL SEALING !
# MINIMIZE POTENTIAL COVER DAMAGE !
# EXTEND USEABLE COVER LIFE !
# QUICK & EASY SPRING OPENING !
THE BEST TYPES OF Winter Swimming Pool Covers
Reinforced Poly Swimming Pool Covers
Are the most common covers in use at this time
There are many grades of these covers,
The Main Difference Being the Number of Reinforcing Fibers Per Square Inch
THE BEST has a Weave of 12 x12 (12 fibers going each direction per square inch)
When ordering a new cover It is Important to Note that some are sold as actual "COVER SIZE" and some as "POOL SIZE"
Both are normally available with either a 3ft or 4ft overlap (24ft pool size may be either a 27ft or 28ft cover size)
ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL COVERS Round, Oval, & Rectangle
These Covers have traditionally used Air Pillows
in the center of the pool to support the cover.
Cable & Winch Assembly is then employed to secure the cover to the outside circumference of the pool.
In some parts of the country this arrangement works fairly well, however, High Winds
may not only cause substantial damage to the cover but also allow all the leaves & debris that was on top of the cover into the pool making pool opening A NIGHTMARE !!
A MUCH BETTER METHOD for covering your pool that has proven to MINIMIZE COVER DAMAGE, MAXIMIZE POOL SEALING, EXTEND USEABLE COVER LIFE ! AND
Make Spring Opening QUICK & EASY !
Use a cover that Is One Size Larger than normally required.
Let the cover hang down the inside wall of the pool and Lay Flat on the Water. Then Put 1.5ft or so of water on top of the cover
and Tighten Down with the Winch and Cable
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How to drain the water off your cover without a Pool Cover Pump Attatch your Vac Head (or another weight) to your Vac Hose and drop it into the center of the cover
then stretch out and use your garden hose to fill the vac hose with water. Then lay the vac hose on the gound and now you should have a full flow of water off your cover.
When the water level drops to a level that stops the siphon function simply fold the cover back on itself and move the weighted end of the Vac Hose to the center of the remaining water and restart the siphon.
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Install a Leaf Net over your winter pool cover
The Leaf Net's tight mesh traps the leaves before they reach your winter cover.
Eliminate that Swamp of Messy Decaying Leaves! Simply lay the
leaf net on top of your winter cover when you close your pool
Your cover will be virtually leaf free and
Spring Clean-up will be Fast & Easy !
IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL COVERS May Use A Similar Arrangement,
except they use Water Bags Inserted into the Cover Loops
to hold the cover In place on the deck.
Single & Double Chamber Water Bags Are Available
Swimming Pool SAFETY COVERS
Stock Sizes and Custom Shapes
Are the Best Cover for in-ground pools and above-ground pools with full decks
Swimming Pool Safety Covers Easily Support The Weight
of A Small Child or Famly Pet
Made of an Extremely Tough Materal that withstands a large amount of stress,
they can be stretched tauntly across the pool, eliminating the normal accumulation
of leaves and debris so common to most other types of cover installations.
It is secured by Hi -Stength Straps attached to fasteners that are secured to the pool deck.
Learn More about Swimming Pool Safety Covers
SOLID VINYL COVERS
(Not Recommended)
Still available but not considered very practical
TAKING PROPER CARE Of YOUR POOL COVER In its off-season
IS CRITICAL TO THE COVER'S LONGEVITY.
The Easest way to do this is to take a large trash can Fill it with a solution water and Quat Algaecide.
IN THE WARM WEATHER, Leave the Cover in the covered can
In THE WINTER Use the same solution to store your solar cover..
This System Will Keep The Covers SUPPLE, SANITARY AND FREE OF RODENTS
Before Storing Your Cover CLEAN IT COMPLETELY!! ********************
Pool Cover Warranties
DO NOT BE MISLED by the long advertised durations
Typiclly pool cover warranties are prorated after the 1st two or three years
and require you to also pay shipping back to the mfg for inspection.
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SAVE $$$
Do it Yourself
Winter Pool Closing Guide => Complete step x step instructions for properly Winterizing and Closing your Swimming Pool.
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