Re: Solid Loop-Loc. With or without center mesh
I thought I read that you'll need a small pump on both the totally solid ones and also the solid with mesh center. You can find that out by surfing a few sites that sell them. It's been a while since I was looking, so I could be wrong on that.
As far as the solid ones keeping the water cleaner than the mesh, I'm sure that's true to a certain extent. But what we learned on our research when we were comparing the two, was that people that bought the solid ones still complained of having a slimey mess on top of the cover that had to be drained and cleaned off in the spring. That's exactly what we wanted to get away from. So we went with the mesh.
If you are considering the mesh, get some sort of black blanket to lay on top of the water. That will keep the sun from hitting the water. Waterwarehouse sells basic sizes here Or search google for Keeper Klean. That's another name for them.
We did end up green water anyway though. Let me explain why. I had ordered my black cover early in the spring and didn't get it out until the day we needed to lay it on the water during closing. I was very annoyed to find that it was cut crooked on one end and it didn't totally cover the water. It was short by 2' on one end. Also, we opened the pool later than normal in the spring, so the algae was allowed to sit there and thrive. Then when we finally did open it, the filter wasn't working properly. So our big green mess wasn't necessarily because of the mesh cover. It was because of the other things. Even so, I'm sure if I would have found this forum earlier, and simply used bleach, I would have had it cleared up in no time. It would have also helped to peel a couple corners back and add some polyquat in late April or early May, but I didn't think to do that. I will next year.
I'm not trying to talk you into the mesh one, I'm just trying to give a little insight and advice in case you do go that way.
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