Hi,
We're new to pool ownership (above ground 27' round pool) and are starting to believe the pool installers comment that 'the 2 best days of having a pool are the day you get it and the day you get rid of it!' We bought what we thought was all the stuff needed to make the pool easy to use but have come to feel that the words easy and pool don't really go together...
Seriously though, we are perplexed by the use of the solar cover. It took both my husband and I to man-handle it on to the pool the first time. Then, it filled up with rain water and it took a Herculean effort to get it off without letting the dirty (from leaves that had fallen on top of it) water go back in to the pool. I felt like we were baling out a leaky basement or something.
The pool store advice is to cut it in half to make it easier to manage. Seems a bit like defeating the purpose of a solar cover...
Is this just how it is if you use a solar cover? Do those of you who have a heat pump even use a solar cover? Does anyone use the liquid solar cover stuff and does it work? Are there any other alternatives that are easier to use.
We're new to pool ownership (above ground 27' round pool) and are starting to believe the pool installers comment that 'the 2 best days of having a pool are the day you get it and the day you get rid of it!' We bought what we thought was all the stuff needed to make the pool easy to use but have come to feel that the words easy and pool don't really go together...
Seriously though, we are perplexed by the use of the solar cover. It took both my husband and I to man-handle it on to the pool the first time. Then, it filled up with rain water and it took a Herculean effort to get it off without letting the dirty (from leaves that had fallen on top of it) water go back in to the pool. I felt like we were baling out a leaky basement or something.
The pool store advice is to cut it in half to make it easier to manage. Seems a bit like defeating the purpose of a solar cover...
Is this just how it is if you use a solar cover? Do those of you who have a heat pump even use a solar cover? Does anyone use the liquid solar cover stuff and does it work? Are there any other alternatives that are easier to use.