Cover Burns

[pghstokes]

We have had our in ground pool for 3 years. We are on our 3rd cover. Solid cover with water bags.

The first cover was fine until April, when holes started to appear in the one corner. A few feet over, more holes. I assumed bugs? Birds? Maybe something was spilled on the cover that caused this.

That season we had a small leak, and the pool company fixed the leak & closed the pool in September. Within a week, the holes showed up in the exact same spot. The pool company said someone with a nearby fire pit must have burnt it.

They replaced the cover. That winter I diligently drained the cover. Almost weekly. I thought maybe there was too much stress pulling on it. I had a opening scheduled for April. A week before they opened the pool, the holes showed up again.

I reused that cover this winter. I put the holes on the opposite side & covered them with a extra tarp. April comes, holes again in the same spot.

It is the SUN! The sun hits my windows in April/may and reflect across & burns the cover. It moves along the cover in 6 in lines as the sun angle changes. Same 40 degree angle..starts at the same spot.

1st of all.. am I crazy?
2nd. Anyone else have a similar story?
3rd. will buying a more expensive walk on cover not burn up the same way?

 

[Richard320]

No answers, but I have heard of the sun being too focused on one spot before

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[YippeeSkippy]

WOW! I dunno.... if it is the sun ...well, that's kinda neat! Not for you of course but.... <shrug>

Not sure if a more expensive cover would be more resistant to the killer rays or not, to be honest.

Maddie

 

[sktn77a]

My daughter's house had a window reflecting sunlight onto her vinyl siding. The siding was all warped and blistering (melting) where the sunlight was reflecting onto it.

Yeah, kinda surprized me, too!

 

[Wobblerlorri]

Could you maybe put some aluminum foil over the spot where you think the sun is burning it? That should reflect the sun off your cover. You could staple it on or duct tape it.

 

[Cincicobra]

The back of my house faces west and my upstairs windows focus 2 strong beams of sunlight on my solar cover and do the exact same thing. It looks like it was melted by something - took me a few weeks to figure out haha.

But what I have wondered is how much an afternoon heats my pool water with this sun!