Maintaining a backyard pool can be expensive, but with proper planning during the design and construction phases, you can save money for years to come. It’s easy too and only requires one decision: To invest in a solar pool cover. Read on for more details.

What are Solar Pool Covers?

Solar pool covers are large blankets of bubble wrap-like material that cover your pool. They range in thickness from 0.25 mm to 0.6 mm and are usually transparent, blue, or blue with silver highlights. Solar pool covers were created for safety and to increase pool water temperature, but they serve other money-saving purposes as well.

Solar Pool Covers Reduce Debris

Since the pool is covered, leaves, dust, insects, and other debris cannot fall into the water. This helps prevent algae from forming and reduces the need for chemicals and cleaning. Your cleaning equipment, including skimmers and automatic vacuum cleaners, runs less often and requires less emptying and maintenance. Furthermore, since covered pools are cleaner than uncovered pools, there is far less need to backflush and refill your pool with fresh water. All this leads to significant savings on:

  • chemicals
  • water
  • electricity
  • equipment wear and repair
  • maintenance and cleaning

Solar Pool Covers Reduce Evaporation

When your pool is covered, the water cannot evaporate, and you do not have to refill your pool as often. Plus, since water is not evaporating, the water level will not fall below skimmer level and cause the pump to suck in air and possibly become damaged. Keeping your water in your pool saves money on:

  • water
  • electricity
  • pump damage

Solar Pool Covers Reduce the Need for Electric Heating

Just as a solar pool cover reduces evaporation, it also maintains and increases the temperature of the water as sunlight passes through the plastic bubbles. This saves you money on:

  • electricity bills
  • heater maintenance

Solar Pool Cover Storage

Once you decide to invest in a solar pool cover, you are faced with the need to store it when the pool is in use. The easiest and safest way to do this is to have a roll-away blanket. This way, the cover can be easily removed and stored with the turn of a handle.

However, when it comes to inground pools, rollers can take up a lot of space and spoil the aesthetic appeal you worked hard to achieve. There is a solution, however: Opt for an in-deck solar blanket roller when you are designing and building your pool. This way, your solar pool cover can be easily removed and stored out of sight and without limiting deck space.

Where to Find an In-Deck Solar Blanket Roller

To benefit from the money-saving advantages of a solar pool cover without compromising the aesthetic of your inground pool contact ClearDeck. We have distributors and installers throughout Canada and the U.S.