Cover Options and Cover Types

[CarlD]

Not heard of the PVC frame method, but if snow builds up on it and turns to ice it could collapse, I'd think. Remember: 1 cubic <foot--sorry> YARD of water weighs about 1750 lbs--7/8 of a ton!

[JimK]

Not heard of the PVC frame method, but if snow builds up on it and turns to ice it could collapse, I'd think. Remember: 1 cubic foot of water weighs about 1750 lbs--7/8 of a ton!

Actually, 1 cubic foot weighs 62.3 pounds.

http://www.ask.com/science/much-cubi...1656c2efc1f7c8

Sorry. I typed "foot", meant "yard" and there are 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard.

(BTW, the 62.3lbs is for distilled water, not water loaded with chlorine, calcium, salt, etc, which is closer to 65lbs)

[swimdaddy]

I am not sure you could safely build a "tent" to avoid puddling without endangering your liner. I suppose you could go nuts and buy enough pillows to fill the entire surface of your pool, and as long as they were taller than the pool side you would get some drainage. However, once again snow would not drain off, and any dips or valleys in your cover between pillows would suffer a lot of pressure and potential damage. The point of the "pillow in the middle" with slack in the cover is so that the cover is always supported from underneath by the water/ice or the pillow, and its not pulling too much on the pool sides. Puddling may just be an unavoidable consequence.