Quote Originally Posted by Watermom View Post
I'm not sure what you mean. I have no maintenance over the winter. Once we get the leaves out in the fall, we're done til spring.
Here it seems like there's always something dropping in the pool year round (we're surrounded by a variety of trees). With the mesh cover there was quite a bit of fine dirt that had to be vacuumed up in the spring (took several vacuumings...a real pain IMO). I imagine uncovered there would be quite a bit more dirt.

Also, I would have to "close" much later in the season and "open" much earlier (I had to do this with the mesh cover to avoid algae blooms).

If I didn't like the maintenance involved using a mesh cover, I think it would be even worse with no cover, at least in my situation.

I'm guessing where you are the water stays cold enough all winter. Here can be pretty mild in the winter so water temp can fluctuate quite a bit, perhaps warming up enough for algae to start blooming, requiring regular testing, adding bleach to keep it in check. I'm other words, regular maint over the winter.

Maybe one winter I'll get the guts to give it a try and see how it goes.

PS - I agree, covers are a big PITA!