closing!

[Watermom]

The air pillows do work keeping the water from puddling in the middle of the cover and putting a lot of stress on the walls.

You'll have to remove your steps to get a cover on.

Another option is not to cover the pool. I don't cover mine anymore and haven't for several years.

(There is a sticky at the top of this section of the forum about closing AG pools that may be helpful for you to read.)

[ImpalaRob]

I used pillows last year, 4 of them. One went flat within a week of pool closing, a second went flat around march or so. Also the pillows need to be secured so that they stay centered........ one of my lines snapped over the winter and the pillows moved off to one side allowing water to collect in the deep end. I'm considering going with a mesh or solid cover for this season's closing, though I havent yet decided as cost and other factors need to get sorted out. With the tarp I also used a leaf net, this helped out greatly with keeping the tarp leaf free.

Pump motors I've always stored indoors, though I'm sure a good cover will be just as sufficient.

Pool company always left water at mid skimmer and used Gizmos. I plan to close pool this year. I will lower water below skimmers and install Gizmos.

-Rob