[jane032657]

I just went through a long and horrible experience around our swimspa cover because the cover that came with the swimspa was not able to open fully with the birdcage above. It was too high a cover. It is a 20 ft swimspa cover in two halves and four ft wide and a bear to lift and take on and off and no way would we be motivated to do that every day or every week for that matter. After numerous failing tries of working with Unique Pools and Spas out of Almante who proved very disappointing and I do not recommend them, I called T and D who told me we did not need a cover and in fact most people do not use covers. Their expertise in helping us with our swim spa which is above ground by the way, was miles and miles ahead of Unique Pools and Spa and we have turned its maintenance and care completely over to T and D. Their professionalism is very impressive and I wish we had gone with them to begin with, I always read the positive reviews of them on TOTV. So my understanding is you do not need a cover and if you maintain your pool, there is no need for one. They did say that we may want to look at a solar cover in the winter months but we will wait and see. I am not an expert and have not had the experience yet of living with it but I am just sharing that after a lot of heartache over what to do and where to get a cover that would fit and that we could manage physically as the one we had was so heavy, it turns out we do not need one at all. We do need to be cautious the swimspa does not blisted from the sun but if we see a problem in the hotter months arise we will tarp it with a light tarp cover until the heat of the summer is over.