The decision to buy a swimming pool has been taken to provide more opportunities to spend time at home while swimming with family and friends.
However, while a swimming pool can provide hours of entertainment during the months of the swimming season, it also demands constant upkeep and maintenance throughout the year. A Swimming Pool Cover can help reduce this upkeep and maintenance in both time and monetary outlay.
1. A Pool Cover Will Save Many Hours of Cleaning the Pool
Pool covers are very effective at preventing leaves and waste from entering the pool, some more than others. Some types of covers are specifically designed for this purpose, such as "leaf and debris" covers.
These are a weave-type fabric and are made larger than the surface of the pool to overlap the pool around its perimeter. They are applied at regular intervals around the pool, and even though the fabric is porous, the weave is so fine that it also provides good protection from dust entering the pool.
These covers can be put on at the end of the swimming season and remain there throughout the colder months, keeping the pool consistently clean and saving the owner cleaning time.
2. Pool Covers Save Owner Money Too
While virtually eliminating water evaporation, a pool cover also reduces the amount of chlorine needed to keep the pool in balance. If there is an automatic salt water chlorinator in use, the running time is also reduced, which saves electricity. this is because; A pool loses a significant amount of its chlorine through the action of evaporation. With almost no evaporation, the loss of chlorine is reduced as well as the cost of replenishment.
The cost savings also extend to make up for water lost through evaporation, which if replaced through city supplies would come at a monetary cost.
Another is the cost savings where a solar heating system is employed; Pool covers are often used to support the effort of a solar heating system. The heat retention capacity of a pool cover usually means that the solar heating system does not have to run as long and therefore saves electricity.
