Solar Cover Reel

[Watermom]

The age-old question --- what to do with the solar cover on a round AG pool. It is without a doubt a pain in the you-know-what to deal with it but it is definitely worth the hassle because it retains so much heat overnight that would otherwise be lost.

I also have a round pool and this is what I have done with my solar cover for the last few years. I cut mine into fourths which makes it much easier to manage. I take each fourth and roll it onto a long piece of PVC (capped on the ends) and then stack the four pieces of PVC on the deck and cover it with a couple of old white twin-sized sheets. If you don't cover it, it will get so hot in the middle that it can warp the PVC. (That is what happened to mine the first year I used the PVC.) The white sheet causes much of the sunlight to be reflected, thus lowering the heat inside the rolled up solar cover and prolonging the life of it.

There are others who have done other things, but this is what I do.