Can I make my own pool cover?

If buying a manual or automatic pool cover reel just isn’t in your budget, the good news is that you can easily and inexpensively build your own to make caring for your swimming pool so much easier.

How do you roll a pool cover?

Always roll the pool cover OVER the roller tube…not under. UNDER means you are ‘lifting’ the hand wheels to roll up the cover. It is a lot harder to ‘pull’ the hand wheels back to you when you are standing behind the roller to roll in the pool cover. Then there is the geometry, yes there’s geometry with pool covers!

How can I cover my pool cheaply?

The Best Cheap Pool Covers Evaporation Covers – Evaporation covers like solar rings or bubble covers aren’t designed to support weight or prevent the entry of debris, rather they help save some money by reducing evaporation on your pool’s surface.

What can I use for a pool cover?

Choose a heavy-duty woven polyethylene or polyvinyl tarp, because this will give the pool cover extra weight and keep it in place. Do not use old-fashioned canvas tarpaulins, as they do not hold up well over time.

Can you use a pool cover without a roller?

Believe it or not, folding a pool cover is much harder than folding bed sheets. Reduced wear and tear – Without using a roller there’s a risk of scraping or tearing your cover on any paving, rocks, or fences – and as for trying to move it through your pool fence gate – well let’s not even go there!

Do solar pool covers go bubbles up or down?

downwards
For the solar pool cover to successfully transfer the sun’s heat into the pool water, the bubbles must face downwards. This is because the sun’s heat gets trapped inside the bubbles. If the bubbles are facing away from the water, they will not be able to transfer the heat into the water.

Will a tarp work as a pool cover?

Polypropylene Tarps Make the Best Pool Covers They do an exceptional job blocking sunlight, which is essential for preventing algae growth when chemicals are not being added regularly. Polypropylene tarps are strong, too, so they can withstand the weight of ice and snow that builds up over the winter.