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• 1 janis_40 // Feb 26, 2005 at 8:16 am

  In a message dated 9/21/2003 3:25:49 PM Central Daylight Time,
  hboswel1@… writes:
  I’ve only had my solar cover on for a couple of weeks , but I’ve already
  noticed that fewer leaves and stuff are in the pool. I live in Mississippi, so
  our winters tend to be mild. Is there any reason I couldn’t just leave the
  solar cover on until the leaves have all fallen, then remove it, and not even
  get
  a winter cover?
  Yes, it will void the warranty! The leaves fall down along the edges when
  it rains and in the event of a heavy rain all of the stuff will go in the pool.
  I have known many people who do just that and every spring they are moaning
  about the green mess they have in their back yard where the pool used to be.
  Winter covers are ment to seal the pool! They keep out water, dirt, light,
  leaves and other nasty stuff. With a winter cover properly installed you can
  reduce your chlorine to a minimum level and the runtime on your pump to almost
  
  nothing unless you get freezing conditions then it might be advisable to drain
  the filter and the lines.
  Put it this way…………a winter cover will save you hours of grief and a
  bunch of money next spring when you pull it off and the water is clear and you
  shock it and adjust the time on the filter system, brush it real good and
  your are ready. You can even look over your fence at your neighbor and smile at
  his green swamp.
  One last thing…………….I have lived in Louisiana and I know you grow
  all kinds of bugs down there so why give them another place to live!
  Ken

• 2 Socorro Tamar // Feb 27, 2005 at 3:01 am

  I agree with Ken. We also live in Mississippi (north) and have a safety
  cover for our inground pool. Though we use a solar cover in the spring
  and fall to extend the swimming season, the regular cover keeps the
  majority of the dirt and leaves out of the pool in the winter. We get a
  lot of blowing leaves, dust, dirt, etc that end up on the cover during
  the winter. One year, we didn’t get around to putting it on and it was
  a royal pain all winter (keeping the chemicals up, skimming with the
  net, running the filter when it got cold (and we do get snow about once
  a year). When we put the cover on, we shock the heck out of the pool,
  then we lower the water level and blow out the line from the skimmer.
  The others are deep enough that they won’t freeze but the skimmer line
  isn’t. We also drain the filter, pump and basket. When we open it in
  the spring, I have a little dirt on the bottom but nothing the vacuum
  won’t handle. We shock it, check all chemicals and add what ever’s
  necessary and wait for it to warm up. It’s well worth it to put the
  
  cover on.

  –
  Larry
  Olive Branch, MS

• 3 Carlo Twyla // Mar 8, 2005 at 3:41 pm

  How do you install a winter cover over/around a built-in ladder for an IG
  pool? We can’t seem to remove the ladder.

• 4 Danny Fox // Apr 5, 2005 at 5:24 pm

  If the ladder moves, but is very tight and binding, it might be grit/sand.
  Take a hose on the highest pressure stream you can, and flush as throughly
  as you can all around the fitting. You may free up some grit so the ladder
  can come out.
  Harry
  Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 22:44:26 EDT
  From: electricjet@…
  Subject: Re: Re: winter cover
  In a message dated 9/28/2003 8:54:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
  susanb@… writes:
  It’s a safety cover that extends up onto the deck & is held on the deck by
  springs. We have taken the ladder apart & did get 1 side to twist (this was
  before I wrote my last message for help). I’ll get my husband to read this
  & we need
  to figure out the wedge business. I think that is the key. Do we need to
  
  back the bolt all the way out?
  If we can’t figure it out, we’ll call a pool place to come close the pool &
  let them fool w/ the ladder. Last year we just left the pool open all
  winter. Now I know why the previous owners suggested this (they couldn’t
  get the ladder off either, I’m guessing). Susan Susan, there is no way to
  properly attach the safety cover with the ladder in
  place. Back the bolts out almost all the way and drive the wedge down with
  the bolt then remove the bolt. The wedge may be free enough to fall on it’s
  own. If you can twist it but not remove it there is sand or very small
  rocks
  jamming it in place. You are just going to need to work it side to side and
  up
  and down. The only other way is to cut off the ladder tube and either fold
  it
  inside of itself or use a torch to cut the tube to remove it. Of course you
  will need a new ladder but it is much better than digging up the deck.
  Ken

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