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    Storing Solar Cover for Winter

    My normal SOP is to drag the solar cover to the driveway hose it down and attempt to get it off the ground to dry off. Then fold it, without stepping on it, and dragging it to the garage. I have seen several posts where pool owners roll it up on the reel, cover it, and store it that way…which...
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    Frozen Pool Pics 🥶

    Even in Iowa, this has been a very cold and snowy winter. More snow tomorrow...ugh!
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    Keeping Raccoons Away from my Pool

    I have been waiting for a replacement liner and was told I needed to remove my deck boards for a replacement install. A couple of weeks ago I was given the heads up to remove the deck boards, so I had to remove my winter cover. To my horror, there were 6 dead raccoons in the pool and the...
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    Liner Leaking?

    Thank you for the reply. It was my understanding the pool water helps to maintain the integrity of the metal pool sides but it sounds like that really isn't the case. I will have a new liner installed in the spring and keep an eye on the sides thru the winter.
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    Liner Leaking?

    I closed my pool several weeks ago and placed the winter cover and leaf net on it. I decided to get one more year out of my "solid" cover for another season even though I knew some moisture was coming through from the pool water. Last week I noticed the cover seemed lower than it should have...