AnnaK
08-22-2006, 03:41 PM
Our pool is 15 x 33. We had cut the solar cover to fit the surface but putting it on and taking it off was still a nasty undertaking. Bottom line: I wasn't using the cover, the water got too cold, I'm not using the pool. Not good.
Out came the scissors and we cut it into five sections: two rounded ends and three middles, cut across the width of the pool. Ten feet in on the rectangular pieces we installed 3 inch styrofoam balls, one per piece. We stuck small squares of Gorilla tape on both sides of the cover, put a grommet in, put the styro ball inside a piece of nylon stocking, and threaded it through the grommet. On the back we stuffed a small snippet of left-over solar cover to act as a washer of sorts, and knotted the nylon.
Why the balls? I float one of the approximately 3 foot x 15 foot sections on the water surface, then use the net pole to gently push against the ball and thusly manoeuver the section across the water to the other side. Piece of cake! First I put on the rounded piece near the steps, then the three long rectangles, and then the end by the water return. Even with the pump running that end doesn't move because . . . well, it bumps up against the rectangular piece and there it stays.
Removing them takes about 2 minutes. As they come off the water surface I sort of accordion-fold them into a nice, tight package and hang them over the holders my husband put on the outside of the deck railing.
Works for us!
Out came the scissors and we cut it into five sections: two rounded ends and three middles, cut across the width of the pool. Ten feet in on the rectangular pieces we installed 3 inch styrofoam balls, one per piece. We stuck small squares of Gorilla tape on both sides of the cover, put a grommet in, put the styro ball inside a piece of nylon stocking, and threaded it through the grommet. On the back we stuffed a small snippet of left-over solar cover to act as a washer of sorts, and knotted the nylon.
Why the balls? I float one of the approximately 3 foot x 15 foot sections on the water surface, then use the net pole to gently push against the ball and thusly manoeuver the section across the water to the other side. Piece of cake! First I put on the rounded piece near the steps, then the three long rectangles, and then the end by the water return. Even with the pump running that end doesn't move because . . . well, it bumps up against the rectangular piece and there it stays.
Removing them takes about 2 minutes. As they come off the water surface I sort of accordion-fold them into a nice, tight package and hang them over the holders my husband put on the outside of the deck railing.
Works for us!