pool covers
Covering your pool properly is important. You cannot keep your pool lasting for years if you do not have it covered properly. Elkhart Pools can help you discover the easiness in pool covers. We understand that each pool is different and might require a special type of cover. We want to help keep your pool as safe and secure as possible, so please get in touch with us to put a pool cover on your swimming pool today!
In northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan, there are only a few months during the year when you can swim in your backyard swimming pool. Some pool owners even keep the covers on the swimming pools during the swimming season, removing them only when the pool is in use. That means that home swimming pools in Michiana spend most of their time under a pool cover. Elkhart Pools has pool covers for swimming pools of all shapes and sizes, in-ground and above ground. We can even provide custom-made pool covers for your customized swimming pool. |
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Pool covers make it easy to open your pool once the swimming season starts in the late spring. They protect your pool from falling leaves in the autumn, snow in the winter, and pollen in the spring. Most pool covers are made of vinyl or mesh. Vinyl pool covers offer more protection, but it is more work to install them and remove them. Unlike vinyl covers, mesh covers can allow rain water and small pieces of dirt to get into the pool. Some covers can be removed by hand, while others require a crank system to remove them. The best pool covers come equipped with concrete weights, so that children and pets cannot lift up the pool cover and enter the pool or let debris get inside. Some pool covers are secured by hooks or anchors, and some can even open and close by an automated system. Above ground pool covers have additional features, such as removable stairs, for added safety.
One special type of pool cover is a solar blanket. You cannot keep a solar blanket on your pool year round; it is only for use during the swimming season. During the winter, you should close your pool with a more permanent pool cover. Solar blankets work by keeping heat from escaping from the pool. Keeping a solar blanket on your pool on summer days before you swim can increase the water temperature, but it cannot give you warm pool water on a cold day. Solar blankets are made of plastic, and they last about five years if properly maintained. You can tell that your solar blanket needs to be replaced if the plastic is brittle or flaking. You can prevent damage to the solar blanket by maintaining the right pH in your pool, because too much acidity or alkalinity in the pool water can erode the plastic of the solar blanket.
One special type of pool cover is a solar blanket. You cannot keep a solar blanket on your pool year round; it is only for use during the swimming season. During the winter, you should close your pool with a more permanent pool cover. Solar blankets work by keeping heat from escaping from the pool. Keeping a solar blanket on your pool on summer days before you swim can increase the water temperature, but it cannot give you warm pool water on a cold day. Solar blankets are made of plastic, and they last about five years if properly maintained. You can tell that your solar blanket needs to be replaced if the plastic is brittle or flaking. You can prevent damage to the solar blanket by maintaining the right pH in your pool, because too much acidity or alkalinity in the pool water can erode the plastic of the solar blanket.