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[matt4x4]

Thanks NWMNMom,
Not sure what it's called, I think Boreal according to the brochure http://www.piscinesvogue.com/_media/.../Impact_US.pdf

As for mowing, yes we have a lawntractor, we're working on woods, I have many baby maples in the field behind the pool, our place is pretty much surrounded with trees along the fences, and our driveway is lined with many maples, we have approximately 20 Willows of all sizes - they may be messy, but they're beautiful trees, and when you live in the country as you well know, a messy tree is not a bad thing as long as it's not near the house or pool!
We get good breezes at the pool due to it's open location, therefore teh need for the solar cover, it's actually more of an evaporation shield than anything else, our solar panels do the heating, the pool is usually 5-10 deg warmer than anyone else's in our little hamlet, even though almost everyone has a pool, the kids seem to swarm to our house for a swim.

[prh129]

Hey Matt,

Great pics. Nice job with your pool.

I installed my solar reel (24' round AG) the same way you did at one end of the pool. I find that I have to go back and forth a few times rolling it up to keep it from hanging up on the top rails and also to keep it rolling up evenly on the reel. It seems like a round cover just isn't going to roll up as easily as if it were rectangular. Do you have any tricks to make it easier or is this just the way it is?

Thanks

Peter

[matt4x4]

Hi Peter,
I don't have the problem with it hanging up because of the blow molded resin frame, everything is smooth without corners or edges for it to catch on, however, it CAN stress it a bit to get it over the hump at first, so what I do to avoid long term wearing is:
I pull the blanket towards the roller about 8-12 inches, making sure I've pulled it over the edge all around that 1/3 of the pool, then I start rolling it up, after 2 rolls, I stop, go to the other side and do 2 more, every time I change sides, i pull the blanket out perpendicular to the roller to keep it rolling relatively flat, other wise it bunches up on itself, once it's rolled up, I use 3-4 bungee cords to hold it in place. Takes me about 1-2 minutes.

When I unroll it, I get in the pool and just pull it towards my exit directly opposite - this is usually a 20 second job. I've placed a 3 foot piece of webbing onto it for pulling purposes dead center of the stairs and have cut slits with 2" holes where the poles of the stairs are so it all wraps around the equipment - works really nice and stops it from trying to spin/skew since it pretty much locks in around the stairs now.

The easiest way is to get my wife on one side, me on the other, I just have her hold the blanket at it's widest point and follow it to the roller while I do the same on my side and just keep rolling it up, saves me jumping from side to side and cuts the time down to 30 seconds.

[prh129]

OK, that pretty much sounds like what I've been doing. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.

I attached a piece of strap on the far side with a long piece of polypropylene so that I could pull the cover across from outside the pool (especially when the water temp was only 50 degrees ) I made the mistake once of using the rope to unroll the cover and pulled the strap right out. Now I unroll the cover at the reel and use the rope to pull the cover across into place.

Thanks for the reply.

Peter