This is only my second winter with a pool, so forgive me if I'm missing something there. We've got a mesh cover, which is -- as I understand it -- one of two common types of cover (the other being a solid cover). Mesh covers are water permeable. That being the case... is there any use for a pump cover? Last winter & spring, the water just came back through as soon as I pumped it off!
What's the purpose of a cover pump for an AGP with a mesh cover?
- Thread starter Soximus
- Start date
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- Tags
- agp cover cover pump mesh cover
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,012
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Ah ha! Amazing. To be crystal clear: you don't think I need a cover pump for my mesh cover. Correct?
Correct. But. If the water level gets high enough, Even close to the ‘brim’, the normally taut above the water cover will be stuck to the pool water and have a puddle on the top side. So the pump can effectively drain the pool, through the mesh cover, without having to pop a corner.
So you don’t *need* the cover pump but it could still be useful. My 98% mesh cover took almost a day to drain when it rained. It did everytime (providing that the pool water was down enough), but it was sloooooooow. A cover pump would have sped that along *and* stopped another 300 gallons (?) from entering the pool.
Or just let it ride and drain 12-18 inches once or twice over the winter. We get about 3 ft of off season precipitation here. Your choice if you want to drain a foot 3 times, 18 inches twice, (or any other equivalent) or let a cover pump help before it gets in the pool in the first place.
So you don’t *need* the cover pump but it could still be useful. My 98% mesh cover took almost a day to drain when it rained. It did everytime (providing that the pool water was down enough), but it was sloooooooow. A cover pump would have sped that along *and* stopped another 300 gallons (?) from entering the pool.
Or just let it ride and drain 12-18 inches once or twice over the winter. We get about 3 ft of off season precipitation here. Your choice if you want to drain a foot 3 times, 18 inches twice, (or any other equivalent) or let a cover pump help before it gets in the pool in the first place.