Greetings to you all. We are in the tail end of summer, but I am planning for winterizing. This will be my second year winterizing this pool, and I wanted your take on an idea I had. Our pool is kidney shaped, in ground, plaster. It has an old loop-loc mesh winter safety cover that is full of holes-bigger holes than it is supposed to have. I put on the cover last year and it worked OK, but quite a bit of gunk made it through the holes. So I wanted to improve things this year, but there are a few factors playing into my decision.
-With a kidney shaped pool a replacement cover is custom, to the tune of $4500.
-Our fill water is very hard (CH 600, TA 460) so I want to keep as much of the winter snow as possible
-I have a pool fence, so safety is already taken care of
My thought was to put up the existing mesh safety cover, but then put another cheap mesh cover on top. My thinking was the loop loc system will help support both covers (I will add water tubs to keep the new cover in place), and I should have a much cleaner pool in the spring this way. I will still get the benefit of natural precipitation in the pool, and save over $4000. Does this seem like a good idea, or is there a better solution?
-With a kidney shaped pool a replacement cover is custom, to the tune of $4500.
-Our fill water is very hard (CH 600, TA 460) so I want to keep as much of the winter snow as possible
-I have a pool fence, so safety is already taken care of
My thought was to put up the existing mesh safety cover, but then put another cheap mesh cover on top. My thinking was the loop loc system will help support both covers (I will add water tubs to keep the new cover in place), and I should have a much cleaner pool in the spring this way. I will still get the benefit of natural precipitation in the pool, and save over $4000. Does this seem like a good idea, or is there a better solution?