I just had a quick question. With safety covers, is there a maximum height the water should be? Ours is a Latham mesh safety cover. Pool is a vinyl liner.
We've had a LOT of rain this year since the pool was closed, certainly more than last year. When I last measured it in early November, it was around 13 inches from the pool deck (and obviously a little closer to the top of the liner). I was told the magic number for this cover is 12 inches that it needs to get up to (so it doesn't stretch too much with snow on it and can rest on the water), and I have no doubt it'll have reached that (or higher!) already if I went and measured today, given there's been a bunch of rain since I last measured.
My concern is over the water level getting too high before the big freeze happens if we continue to see a lot of rain. Obviously you don't want the water to be right up at the pool deck when the freeze happens (I know that's an extreme example) so it doesn't expand over the edge and go in behind the liner. So I'm assuming there's a certain level I shouldn't let it rise above.
Is there a highest I should let it get before considering pumping out a bit of water? e.g. would 10 inches be too high? What about 9, 8, 7, etc.? Or should it be below the skimmer inlet, or something like that?
I did quickly ask the guys that installed the safety cover and they said as long as it was winterized properly, then there's no problem with it going closer to the pool deck than 12 inches because it just means the cover won't have as far to stretch.
I thought I'd just ask you if you had an opinion on that? I'd obviously rather not go pump any water out (I do have a sump pump), but I will if it'll damage the pool if it's too high).
Thanks!
Graham.
We've had a LOT of rain this year since the pool was closed, certainly more than last year. When I last measured it in early November, it was around 13 inches from the pool deck (and obviously a little closer to the top of the liner). I was told the magic number for this cover is 12 inches that it needs to get up to (so it doesn't stretch too much with snow on it and can rest on the water), and I have no doubt it'll have reached that (or higher!) already if I went and measured today, given there's been a bunch of rain since I last measured.
My concern is over the water level getting too high before the big freeze happens if we continue to see a lot of rain. Obviously you don't want the water to be right up at the pool deck when the freeze happens (I know that's an extreme example) so it doesn't expand over the edge and go in behind the liner. So I'm assuming there's a certain level I shouldn't let it rise above.
Is there a highest I should let it get before considering pumping out a bit of water? e.g. would 10 inches be too high? What about 9, 8, 7, etc.? Or should it be below the skimmer inlet, or something like that?
I did quickly ask the guys that installed the safety cover and they said as long as it was winterized properly, then there's no problem with it going closer to the pool deck than 12 inches because it just means the cover won't have as far to stretch.
I thought I'd just ask you if you had an opinion on that? I'd obviously rather not go pump any water out (I do have a sump pump), but I will if it'll damage the pool if it's too high).
Thanks!
Graham.
