I am a new pool owner and have realized that once the pool is covered you have to bail off the rain water. My question is - how do you take care of the cover when there's a big snow or ice event? Any advise or suggestions from experienced pool owners?
2006-10-09 04:52:25 · 3 answers · asked by K R D 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
If this is an inground, you drained off the pool to just below the returns. At that level, the pool can just be left, with no adverse effects on the cover. It won't collect enough preciptation to overflow unless you choose to open it in late summer. If the cover is sized correctly, it won't pull in. The water/ice/snow on it displaces the water underneath, which in turn allows it to still float on the pool surface and not pull in.
If this is an above ground, those covers are usually secured by cable and aren't really large enough to sit on the surface properly. Just before ice in, siphon off (or pump) half the cover water off. Leave some on to help keep that cover from whipping off in a wind.
The previous poster mentioned putting empty containers under the cover. For an above ground pool, they are called pool pillows and sure, you can do that if you want some added peace of mind. But that's all it does, it really does nothing to help the pool physically, from wall bulge (above ground pool) as the containers get pushed out of the ice and don't take expansion anyway. If anything, having the cover jut up out of the ice, just increases it's chance of being cut by the ice which I have seen happen (rare) by a couple owners that employed them.
2006-10-09 07:47:13 · answer #1 · answered by scubabob 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When we had our pool (quite a number of years ago) my father used empty bleach/milk containers. Simply make sure that the lids are screwed on tight. And then use them UNDER the cover. They will float and help keep the cover from sinking into the surface of the pool. Its not 100% surefire but it definitely helped keep things clear during bad weather. Use enough as per your judgment. It took Dad a season or 2 to figure out how many he had to use for our pool.
Hope this helps :)
2006-10-09 12:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Skullchick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can care your swimming pool with the help of covers some online websites will provide this type of products or services which will care your swimming pool. For more information you can visit at:
http://www.poolandpondsafety.net/
2014-02-19 23:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋