Winter Pool Covers Mesh Or Solid

Mesh winter covers provide excellent winter protection and are perfect if you live in an area that receives heavy snow fall during winter months.

Winter pool covers mesh or solid.

Part of the higher cost of the solid cover is the addition of the pump. Mesh covers tend to have a slightly longer lifespan 10 to 15 years than solid. A mesh cover will screen out leaves and other debris but the reality is that sediment water washed over dirty leaves and some uv light gets into your pool that combination frequently stimulates algae and bacteria growth. Therefore a pump 3 is necessary to remove the water.

Solid vinyl pool covers last 7 11 years and keep the pool water clean so that it requires less maintenance in the spring. Mesh covers are porous so that melting snow melting ice and rain will drip through the cover into the pool preventing puddles on the surface of the cover. Mesh pool covers are designed to allow water to pass through the surface into the pool so that it does not collect on top. Mesh covers are usually light making it easier for one person to put the cover on and take it off.

A solid cover however allows the water to collect and puddle in the middle. All solid and mesh pool covers can be custom designed to fit any size or shape pool precisely including any special features such as raised walls diving boards stairs and rails. However they cost more than mesh covers and need a pump. However the pool water gets dirty and algae can grow.

Mesh security cover for an inground pool mesh cover advantages.