Comments on: Winter Swimming Pool Cover Life Expectancy

By: Jacelyn

Jacelyn — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 18:24:20 +0000

Now I am going to do my breakfast, afterward having my breakfast coming again to read other news.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:46:48 +0000

In reply to pool covers. Just do not walk on it!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:45:45 +0000

By the way IF there is a REAL pool cover out there – I’m NOT in the market for a cover that an Elephant can walk on – just a heavy duty cover, as I remember it – please respond.

Kind of odd that there does not seem to be a difference between an 8 or 12 year cover – TARP. I have bought a TARP pool cover every year for the past EIGHT years from ALL the Pool supply companies found on the Internet – you know who they are – you probably received at least a dozen catalogs this month.

CAUTION: Don’t even think of suggesting I do not know how to cover my pool! When I provided photos all I heard was stuttering from the pool supply managers or they refused discussion or BLAME.

In the mean time I will be investigating ‘truth in advertising’ of pool covers – TARPS!

I DO expect to get at least FIVE years from an EIGHT year cover!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:36:36 +0000

Above ground pool covers – though they are always advertised from 8 year up to 16 years – are actually the common TARP ! TARPS can NOT withstand the Winter elements! In the past EIGHT I never got more than one year from the TARP designed pool cover! When I did use it for a second year – I failed to notice the TARP was stressed from the previous Winter and dirty water flowed through it into the pool.

I spoke to half a dozen pool supply managers through the years looking to replace the heavy duty cover that served me for 12 years. The covers they sell are simple tarps. It is odd they AVOID the fact that rain and snow will accumulate on the cover adding a lot of weight stressing that cover – TARP. One really incredibly arrogant manager said “you should not be using a pool cover pump to remove water from the cover” – though the water weight was ripping the grommets from the edge. How incredibly STUPID. Invariably they – in a round about way – suggest their pool covers – TARPS – will work well in the warmer climates where the water does not freeze.

I’m taking a long time to say – “TARPS are not pool covers” !

By: pool covers

pool covers — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:52:42 +0000

Aside from protecting our swimming pools,we also have to protect it’s protector -pool covers.Especially in winter time,we really need this winter pool cover.