chem geek said:
My cover was installed when the pool was built, so the rails are under the overhanging coping, not on top. So the cover isn't dragging on anything and instead completely rides on top of the water except at the sides where it's slightly above the water where the rails are.
Strange, when I asked our installer and the pool manufacturer Cover Pools, inc about the exact situation you just described, they tried to tell me there is more dragging on you installation than a deck mount.
Of course that could be because our pool/cover installer hadn't given us options for the installation and wanted us to think the deck mount was the only workable solution
It looks horrible and is a trip hazard
I don't think there is any auto cover that has the technology to work correctly and trouble free over time.
We just had a Cover Pools automatic pool cover installed on our new build fiberglass pool just 10 days ago and it already won't open. Our entire experience with this ugly thing and incompetent pool installer has been nothing but a nightmare. It includes the installer using a 4 ft drain pipe to drain underneath a 6.5 ft deep pool and the pool popped out of the ground. Seriously.
After we spent $17,000 for our beautiful stamped concrete on our freeform pool, the installer laid 2 silver metal railroad tracks on either side of the pool, covering the trim and hanging over into the pool. We had no idea this was how it would look. We trusted that he knew what he was doing. I had read the info sent to us by the pool cover company explaining how their covers were installed on new build freeform pools, and I thought figured the installer knew the companies directions for installation. If he did, it didn’t make any difference. It was easier to throw the tracks on top of the deck and screw it in and charge us the same as one of the suggested installations.
BTW, can I ask what other deck mount auto pool cover owners paid for them and installation?