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Pool Winter Cover – A Buyers Guide

Guest Blogger — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:36:11 +0000

If you want to save your in-ground swimming pool for years together, you will need to perform proper maintenance cycles, and take all required steps to keep it protected during the winter season. For the same reason, you need to purchase a pool winter cover of good quality to protect your pool during winter. If you do not have a winter cover in place, you might have to spend several hours at the beginning of spring to clean the pool and get it usable.

Having a pool winter cover of good quality ensures that you begin using your pool as soon as spring begins, without much effort. The winter cover you choose for your pool will depend on the budget you can allocate to it, the climate in your place of residence, the debris in your yard, and your personal choice. Based on these factors, you can choose from a solid winter pool cover and a mesh winter pool cover.

The pool winter cover helps you by reducing the damage that harsh weather may cause to your pool. They also help to keep the water in your pool clean, by avoiding debris from getting collected in the pool.

Solid pool winter covers are used very commonly to protect pools during winter. These covers are made of a woven polyethylene scrim, and include a waterproof coating on them. They form a solid cover over the water surface. Some of these covers include double-stitched hems and other features that help to improve durability of the pool cover, for years together. However, these covers are pretty heavy and so, they are not easy to handle. This becomes a disadvantage if you need to take care of the pool by yourself. Further, rainwater and snow might collect on its surface, and you will require a pump to prevent water from collecting over the cover. But these covers are very effective in keeping water free from algae and mold, and preventing debris from falling into the pool.

You can get a pool winter cover in the form of a mesh also. These covers are porous and they allow rainwater and snow to fall into the water. But, they still prevent debris from falling in. One great advantage of using a mesh cover is that water does not collect on the cover and so you will not need a cover pump to keep the surface clean. Mesh covers are pretty lightweight that make them easy to handle.

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Safety Cover Care & Maintenance

Guest Blogger — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:14:00 +0000

The springs should be very taut upon initial installation. In time, the cover will relax and the tension will ease.

The cover is designed to screen out leaves and other debris. Clear water can only be maintained if proper levels of chlorine and algaecide are maintained.

Water levels must be maintained within 18″ of the top of the pool during the snow season. Failure to do so will place undue strain on the cover and void the warranty.

Debris may be easily hosed off of a properly installed cover.

Removal and subsequent installation is made easier if the cover is fan-folded.

Store the cover in the mesh storage bag included. Hang the bag off the floor so the cover can drain.

Flush out anchor casings with a hose several times a year to prevent sticking.

For solid cover owners: To clean the debris screen, remove cover, open and fold back the mesh panel on top of the cover.
Hose the filter screen off from behind to remove fine debris. Close panel and store.

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Pool Closing Time

Guest Blogger — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:18:00 +0000

Well its time once again to think about closing your pool. It has been a good swim season for a lot of us, with hot weather and not too much rain. I don’t have a pool heater, so we close our pool shortly after Labor Day. When do you close your pool, and do you do it yourself?

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