{"id":1877,"date":"2013-02-01T16:39:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.BackyardCityPools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2013-02-01T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T22:39:47","slug":"maintaining-your-safety-pool-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/maintaining-your-safety-pool-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Your Safety Pool Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maintaining Your Safety Pool Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tips for Maintaining Your Safety Pool Cover<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike solar covers, leaf nets, or winter covers, safety pool covers are designed to provide a protective barrier over the swimming pool to prevent people and animals from accidental submersion and drowning.\u00a0 No other type of cover can be called a safety pool cover.\u00a0 In fact, a pool cover must be able to hold at least 485 pounds of weight per 5 square feet to be considered a safety cover, according to standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM standard F1346-91).<\/p>\n

To ensure that a safety pool\u00a0cover can adequately perform its intended purpose, though, it must be inspected and cared for on a regular basis so that it stays in top condition.\u00a0 Here are some easy-to-follow maintenance tips:<\/p>\n

1. Secure springs very tightly when first installing the safety cover.\u00a0 Over time, tension eases as the cover relaxes.<\/p>\n

2. When removing the cover from the pool, fan fold it before storing it away.\u00a0 The fan fold makes the process of replacing the cover much easier.<\/p>\n

3. Store your safety cover in the storage bag when it’s not being used, and hang the bag off the floor to allow water to drain.<\/p>\n

4. Each time you place the safety cover over the pool, make sure it lies completely flat against the pool deck.\u00a0 There should be no spaces or gaps through which a child or pet could squeeze and enter the water.<\/p>\n

5. Hose out any dirt or debris in anchor casings on the pool deck several times each season to prevent sticking.<\/p>\n

6. Hose off any debris from the cover while it is installed over the pool.<\/p>\n

7. Cleaning the mesh debris screen in a solid safety cover — Remove the cover from the pool.\u00a0 Then, open the mesh screen, fold it back on top of the safety cover, and use a hose to rinse the screen from behind.\u00a0 Close the panel and store your cover away until it’s time to place it back onto the pool.<\/p>\n

8. Use a cover pump regularly to remove excess accumulated water from the surface of a solid safety cover that doesn’t have a debris screen.<\/p>\n

9. Patch small holes in your safety cover right away using an appropriate safety cover patch kit.<\/p>\n

10. Large holes that cannot be patched make the cover unsafe and unusable.\u00a0 A new safety cover is recommended.<\/p>\n

Taking the time to regularly inspect and maintain your swimming pool’s safety cover is an essential step in helping to prevent submersion and drowning accidents.\u00a0 A safety cover can only be relied upon if it is kept in proper condition.<\/p>\n

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Tips for Maintaining Your Safety Pool Cover Unlike solar covers, leaf nets, or winter covers, safety pool covers are designed to provide a protective barrier over the swimming pool to prevent people and animals from accidental submersion and drowning.\u00a0 No other type of cover can be called a safety pool cover.\u00a0 In fact, a pool […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-uh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}