Over the last couple of weeks, it has been noticeably getting cooler in the evening. This has had the undesirable effect of the pool also getting colder. it had dropped around 5'C to 25'C over the course of just over a week and it was certainly noticeable when you went in! Not quite 'where have they gone' cold, but cool enough.
After look at various site and suppliers and getting a feel for prices online from various forums etc. I came across a supplier in Paphos.
I dropped them an email on the Wednesday morning and they came back to me with some options on different materials and requested I send them a sketch of the dimensions and picture of the pool.
They came straight back to me on the Wednesday afternoon with an estimate, and I agreed to proceed and just to make sure on the dimensions etc. agreed for them to come and measure up first, just to be on the safe side. The pool could have easily been slightly off square etc. They also needed to know the corner radius etc.
Thursday morning Lloyd of
Safe.T.First Pool Safety arrived and measured up the pool, he also showed me the different options of the Solar Cover material. I remember back to the days of swimming pool covers being effectively blue bubble wrap, i.e. the same bubble wrap you might use to send a parcel or spend hours popping when you are bored. This pool cover material is like a really strong peanut shell shaped bubbles.
I elected to go for the heavy duty 500 micron premium 'Aresti' cover, with hemmed edged and also a suitable roller. Didn't fancy trying to handle a large 10m x 5m (+steps area) cover without a roller.
I asked about the delivery time and was told it would be about a week.
On the Monday, got a phone call from Lloyd that they could come and install the pool cover, as everything happened quicker than anticipated with the supplier etc. We had just dropped the kids off at school and were out shopping, so finished off and headed back to the villa ready for them coming.
Lloyd and Dan turned up and did an excellent job of installing the pool cover and trimming the curve at the Roman steps end to fit neatly. The swimming pool had a step ladder at the far end, and wasn't sure if we should leave it in or not, and cut the cover to suit, but decided to temporarily remove the ladder as we don't use it and it is only bolted down. Might consider extending the leg height of the roller at a later date to go over the steps, but for the time being it is fine without them.
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| Pool Cover In Place |
I used a piece of the trimmings to make a bobble float for the pool thermometer which I had originally tied to the step ladder. Over the course of the next next couple of days I checked the temperature and when I went into the pool on the Tuesday, it was definitely better, it had risen by a couple of degrees, despite being cloudy on Monday and Tuesday, by the Thursday night it was up to 28'C.
Big thanks to Lloyd and Dan of
Safe.T.First Pool Safety,
http://mysafepool.com.cy, for such a speedy and professional delivery and installation. This investment will certainly extend the pool usable window towards the winter months.
In addition to their website link above, you can also visit their Facebook page at:
Next up I will maybe think about some form of solar heating using a sump pump and black irrigation hose coils....but that is a project for another day.
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