We just had our first rope break and had the builder come out and fix it. We have a 20x40ft pool with Auto Cover. This is the first time a rope has broke since pool was built in 2016. They went ahead and replaced both ropes. I got the invoice and it says $640 for two ropes ($320 each) and $100 for slider assembly. The total, with labor was $1,100. This seems crazy high so wanted to get some thoughts from others. Thank you in advance.
Costs for Rope Repair on Auto Cover
- Thread starter dkite22
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,766
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Repair costs all seem high now. But you have to remember all the overhead costs these companies have. It sounds like the Labor portion was about $300. So that would be about 2 hours for one person. Is that how long it took them?
They show labor at 4 hours total (2 hours/2 guys) for a total of $240 in labor. Local tax was roughly $100.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,766
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
That sounds very reasonable. Especially adding in travel cost of company vehicle, etc.
Luvsummerict
Bronze Supporter
- May 2, 2020
- 17
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Zodiac LM3-24
thanks for your post! we're down in Wichita, we just had a rope snap and was quoted $600 to fix one, $1200 to fix both. Since the cover is 7 years old and the other rope is supposedly 2 years old, we're just doing the one. I got a similar quote from another company. (they said $195 hour in labor 2-3 hours, 300 per rope, then tax).