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Cover Pumps — An Essential Element For Winter Pool Covers
What happens over the course of the Fall, Winter, and early Spring as rain and melting snow accumulate on top of your swimming pool’s winter cover? If you have a mesh winter pool cover, then that water drains through and should not collect over time. But, if you have a solid material winter pool cover with no drain panels, then the water that accumulates on the pool cover has no place to go. As water continues to collect, it grows heavier and heavier, pulling the winter cover out from under its anchors and down into the pool. Not only does this situation make Spring clean up a headache, but water that collects on the winter cover and freezes has the potential of damaging the cover’s material. Using a cover pump will prevent these problems.
Cover pumps, which come in automatic or manual varieties, are a recommended addition to any pool owner’s plan for winterizing the swimming pool. Attach a standard garden hose to the cover pump and place it in the center of your pool’s winter cover. The cover pump removes water as it accumulates. Additionally, cover pumps can be used any place that water accumulates, including basements and boats.
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Leaf Nets in Autumn Make Spring Clean Up a Snap
Once the weather grows cooler and pool owners decide to close the swimming pool for the winter, the most common procedure is to cover the pool with a winter pool cover. Soon enough, Autumn leaves drop from the trees surrounding the covered pool, and they cascade gracefully through the air and settle gently on top of the pool cover…only to be forgotten until it is time to think about opening the pool again after the long winter months are over. Those lovely Autumn leaves spend the winter decaying on top of the winter pool cover, and they make the removal of said pool cover a sloppy, dirty, heavy mess. How does a pool owner prevent this problem and save some time during the Spring or Summer re-opening of the pool? With a leaf net, of course.
A leaf net is a mesh cover designed to go on top of the winter pool cover until all the leaves and other debris have fallen from the surrounding trees. Before the first hard frost, the leaf net should be removed by slowly dragging it off of the winter cover. The leaves and other debris are removed with the leaf net. At this point, leaves can be easily removed from the leaf net and added to the compost pile. The leaf net should then be dried completely and stored in a cool, dry place until next Autumn.
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Super Strong Winter Pool Covers
When choosing an in-ground or above ground winter pool cover, most people will consider quality along with price. An in-ground winter cover constructed of high-grade woven polyethylene will give you the quality and durability you are looking for. The super-strong woven strands of this type swimming pool cover will give you unsurpassed quality along with an affordable price range. It should also be triple-laminated with a specially designed inner scrim that is extremely tough. Premium coating is U.V.-protected to shield a cover from the damaging effects of sunlight. Make sure the pool cover comes with loops every four feet to secure water bags, and strong corner grommets that allow for extra anchoring options in windy areas.
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What Is a Solar Pool Cover?
Close Up View of Solar Cover
The purpose of a Solar Pool Cover, also known as a solar blanket, is to increase the temperature of your pool’s water by soaking up sunlight in the day and preventing the heat from escaping from your pool at night. A solar cover can raise the temperature of your pool water by an average of 10 degrees, more in sunny climates, which not only makes the water consistently comfortable for longer periods, but allows you to run your pool heater for significantly less time over the course of the season.
Usually the most affordable type of pool cover, solar pool covers can also save you money by decreasing evaporation. In fact, water and chemical evaporation can be decreased by up to 70 percent with the use of a solar cover. In addition, solar pool covers can give your filter pump a rest because they help keep leaves, small branches, and other debris out of the pool. Solar covers are not intended to keep all debris out of the pool, but they will certainly make the job of cleaning the pool easier.
Solar pool covers float on the surface of the pool water without requiring tie-downs or anchors to keep them in place; solar covers are easy to remove and put away, especially if you have a friend to help. Covers can be folded and stored in a pool shed or rolled-up on a large reel and wheeled out of the way when the pool is in use.
Solar pool covers are NOT safety covers, though, and should always be completely removed from the swimming pool before anyone enters the water.
