Mm_putnam
09-04-2015, 11:45 AM
I'm curious if others have experienced water loss (evaporation?) when a cover is installed and it's still relatively warm out?
I'm in SC so pretty hot summers and mild fall weather. Last year I installed our cover in late September to avoid lots of leaves. Our cover is mesh - so rain will pass through. I noticed soon after covering (maybe 3-4 weeks) that the water was way down - probably a foot. I assumed I had a leak and would deal with it in the spring. When we re-opened and refilled I was surprised that it seemed to hold water ok. The drop in water level also leveled out over the winter - although hard to know how much precipitation played into it.
Would covering the pool while it's still warm out force more evaporation that if I covered when it is cooler? It may have just been typical evaporation but it seemed to drop pretty quickly on that first month.
I'm in SC so pretty hot summers and mild fall weather. Last year I installed our cover in late September to avoid lots of leaves. Our cover is mesh - so rain will pass through. I noticed soon after covering (maybe 3-4 weeks) that the water was way down - probably a foot. I assumed I had a leak and would deal with it in the spring. When we re-opened and refilled I was surprised that it seemed to hold water ok. The drop in water level also leveled out over the winter - although hard to know how much precipitation played into it.
Would covering the pool while it's still warm out force more evaporation that if I covered when it is cooler? It may have just been typical evaporation but it seemed to drop pretty quickly on that first month.