Can you cut solar pool covers?

Solar covers come in a variety of sizes, but most of them are rectangular or oval in shape. If you have an oddly-sized pool or an irregular pool shape, you may need to cut your solar cover to fit your swimming pool correctly. Luckily, it is very easy to cut a solar cover to fit any swimming pool.

Does a solar cover need to cover the whole pool?

What’s great is that you don’t need to cover your entire pool to reap the benefits. Many pools are kidney shaped, but you can float a rectangular cover over only a portion of the pool, and it’ll still help considerably.

How do I remove a solar pool cover by myself?

Fold the cover back about 3 feet and, while holding the top end in place with one hand, lift the cover and fold it under itself another 3 feet. Flip the cover over itself another 3 feet. Continue folding the cover in this accordion-style manner until you reach the other end of the pool.

How can I keep my pool cover from sagging?

Tips on How to Keep Pool Cover from Sagging

Hold the edges of the pool cover with pins and metal locks.
Remove debris and snow from the pool cover promptly.
Use Styrofoam on the pool’s water surface before adding the cover.
Use a mesh cover.

How big does a solar pool cover need to be?

In The Swim offers 4’x8′ pieces of solar blanket for step sections in 12mil and 16mil material. If your pool is so large that the blankets offered in stock just aren’t big enough, we can special order larger sizes, but only in rectangular shapes. You will still have to cut it to fit if you have a free form pool.

Can a solar blanket cover a free form pool?

You may consider using two smaller solar blankets to cover larger pools. Hopefully by now you are comfortable with the process of sizing and customizing a solar blanket as necessary. If you do have a free form pool, I think you’ll find it really is worth the time it takes to cut your solar cover to shape.

Where do you cut the cover for a swimming pool?

Once you have the cover centered over the pool, covering all the water, and evenly stretched over the pool, carefully cut the cover around the perimeter of the pool, cutting right up against the coping to make sure there won’t be any gaps between the cover and the pool wall when it is lying on the water.

How often should I Change my Pool cover?

During these high temps I turn my solar cover upside down, with the bubbles up. The solar cover then only heats my pool up to about 84 degrees. I have to replace my solar cover every two years because it falls apart. I am not sure if turning it upside down contributes to this problem.

How do you remove solar cover from pool?

It is easy to take off with two people. One person on each side. Pull about 3 feet at a time and just fold each 3 foot section on top of the previous one. I can do this by myself but I have to keep going back and forth to either side. The easiest way to put the cover back on is to get in the pool and pull it along.

Solar pool covers typically come in a wide array of sizes, assuming that you will cut it down to size to custom fit your pool.

Why does a pool cover keep the sun out?

Despite the fact that the surface area of a pool is large, not much sunlight that hits the pool is actually being converted into heat. A staggering 75% of a swimming pool’s heat loss is due to evaporation and the cover acts as a barrier between the water and air to keep it all in.

How is the best way to fold a solar cover?

Work in tandem with your assistant as you pick up one end of the solar cover. Fold the cover back about 3 feet and, while holding the top end in place with one hand, lift the cover and fold it under itself another 3 feet. Flip the cover over itself another 3 feet. Continue folding the cover in this accordion-style manner…