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Winter Covers For Swimming Pools
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The use of a Swimming Pool Winter Debris cover helps to keep your pool clear and clean during the winter. The prevention of leaves and dirt entering the water plays a big part in how easy it is to re start your pool in the Spring. Pool owners who have thoroughly winterised their pools will find it much easier, and also cheaper, to re-open the pool.
There are a number of different types of winter covers, each suitable for different situations and budgets.
Probably the cheapest is the water bag cover for in-ground pools. This is basically just a tarpaulin fabric, stretched over the pool, so that it does not sag into the water, and held in place by water bags around the edge. Although this cover is usually cheap, it is often unsuitable because the water bags are insufficient to keep it in place for a long period of time. These type of covers are often supplied with little or no drainage. Rainwater accumulates in the centre of the cover, until the weight causes it to collapse into the pool. It then takes all the built up rubbish with it.
A much better alternative is the mesh winter cover. Like the water bag cover this is also suspended over the pool, but has much more secure fixings. Straps from the cover are attached to stainless steel fixings which are drilled into the pool surround. This makes the cover much more secure. The mesh fabric acts as a large filter, keeping out all of the dirt, but letting the rainwater through into the pool. The mesh cover can be tailored to fit different pool shapes. The strap arrangements vary according to the size and shape of the cover. More straps and at closer intervals, will be put on to the cover for more highly shaped or large covers. This makes it more expensive.
Covers which are commonly called solid covers are in fact large sheets of industrial PVC. These are usually secured either with stainless steel fittings in the same way as the mesh cover, or with aluminium bars. These are very effective and often sold as safety covers, as access to the pool is very difficult. However, they are difficult to handle when uncovering and covering the pool. This cover is also considerably more expensive than the mesh ones.
Genuine solid covers are available that are made from a slatted PVC. They form an impermeable cover over the pool, and float on and are supported by the water so that they can take the weight of a person. Although these covers are by far the most expensive option, they are safety covers that can be used during the summer too.
Whichever cover you choose it is essential that the manufacturer is provided with accurate measurements. Apart from the slatted pvc covers all covers must have an adequate overlap to prevent dirt from blowing in under the sides. Many winter covers have wear protection sewn or welded in to the design on corners and sharp edges, so the manufacturer needs to know the exact size and shape in order to position these correctly. The slatted covers must fit the pool exactly. If it is too big it will not fit between the pool walls, and if too small will not be supported correctly on the edges.
Francis Lowe is a leading expert in swimming pool maintenance with a huge wealth of experience developed from 40 years in the industry.
To see a full range of pool equipment, including swimming pool covers and solar covers please see the website of specialist supplier poolwarehouseuk.com
Article submitted Friday, February 03, 2012 & read 4 times.
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