This is long, but I am looking for help.
We live in Illinois... not Chicago. Very rural Illinois. In the middle of a large soybean/corn field, extremely flat, and no wind block. It is crazy windy where we live. We finished up our 2nd pool season this year. Our first year, we winterized pool and purchased one of the above ground pool covers from the pool store with the cable ties. The wind made it balloon up terribly so they suggested these black clips,which were total junk and flew off in high winds. We ended up having to cut the cover off in an emergency situation. The wind was causing the cover to balloon up so much that it pulled the top ring off of the pool and pulled an upright out of the ground!! If I hadn't seen it, our pool would have collapsed. Fast forward to this fall. I researched and researched above ground pool covers and found one that was supposed to withstand 45mph winds. Seemed like a good one... had large overhang that you filled with sandbags and a drain in center that also worked as a release for wind coming from deck. I was out there yesterday and noticed a strange creaking sound. Turns out the sandbags and more heavy duty cover was putting a lot of pressure on top of the ring and now the top ring is kindof bent. Functional, but again, glad I noticed it. So again, we were outside in high winds, removing this pool cover that I paid about $500 for. My husband is super frustrated and said he's done covering it. Just going to leave it uncovered and check chemicals throughout winter and clean in spring. Has anyone else ever left their's uncovered like this because of a similar situation? Results?
Country life is not kind to above ground pools.?
We live in Illinois... not Chicago. Very rural Illinois. In the middle of a large soybean/corn field, extremely flat, and no wind block. It is crazy windy where we live. We finished up our 2nd pool season this year. Our first year, we winterized pool and purchased one of the above ground pool covers from the pool store with the cable ties. The wind made it balloon up terribly so they suggested these black clips,which were total junk and flew off in high winds. We ended up having to cut the cover off in an emergency situation. The wind was causing the cover to balloon up so much that it pulled the top ring off of the pool and pulled an upright out of the ground!! If I hadn't seen it, our pool would have collapsed. Fast forward to this fall. I researched and researched above ground pool covers and found one that was supposed to withstand 45mph winds. Seemed like a good one... had large overhang that you filled with sandbags and a drain in center that also worked as a release for wind coming from deck. I was out there yesterday and noticed a strange creaking sound. Turns out the sandbags and more heavy duty cover was putting a lot of pressure on top of the ring and now the top ring is kindof bent. Functional, but again, glad I noticed it. So again, we were outside in high winds, removing this pool cover that I paid about $500 for. My husband is super frustrated and said he's done covering it. Just going to leave it uncovered and check chemicals throughout winter and clean in spring. Has anyone else ever left their's uncovered like this because of a similar situation? Results?
Country life is not kind to above ground pools.?