Water accumulation on top your you above ground pool can add stress to your cover of course, along with undue added pressure on the sides of your walls. Many people don’t realize that more of the damage can happen there.  My brother who has an above ground pool and uses a pool pillow didn’t even know that fact. He just thought that it was only to keep the water off so he didn’t have to remove it himself over the winter.

A lot of people just use car inter tubes instead, and that is not the wisest choice.  Using a tube can cause you to stretch your pool cover to tightly which you do not want to do. The best choice is to keep the cover slightly loose so not to put undo pressure on it causing premature wear. I have seen many a times when even a pool pillow was installed and the cover was installed as tight as a drum.

A tip when installing your pool pillow before putting your cover on, is to make sure you center the pillow and tie it in place by string at each corner of the pillow and to the top edge of the pool. This will insure that it will not move around causing an uneven drape of the cover.  I’m sure most pool owners do this, but I have even seen a few pool that haven’t done this.

Another great tip for those pool owners who live in windy areas is to use a winter cover seal. It is similar to plastic wrap but is of much heavier gauge. It really secures the perimeter of the pool cover to the pool and prevents no wind from whipping up under your cover. These work great and I highly recommend them if you have had problems in the past from your pool cover getting blown off.

A pool pillow is a important component of properly closing your above ground pool. I you are using a inter tube, or some type of blow up device, I recommend switching.

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