Anyone have a pool cover? I need help.
 

I need a way to prevent pollen from going into the pool. It happens too often and then the pool has to be shocked. We don't shock or do pool maintenance for a plethora of reasons. I'm interested in looking into a pool cover but it has to be custom made as my pool is such an odd shape. Any suggestions or people I can reach out to please? Much appreciated in advance. Sonja

You can’t keep pollen out of the pool. When you roll up the cover or it rains the pollen will still wind up in the pool. Proper pool maintenance is the way to keep your water balanced properly.

Exactly. Pollen will get in with a cover or without. I haven't covered our pool since day 1 and there are no issues as long as you check the water weekly.

I have a pool service once a week. I'm not sure what else to do. Anyone have any other recommendations? Thanks.

Pool Maintenance
 

I've had pools for 52 years. There is no avoiding maintenance either by yourself or hiring someone to take your $$ for a simple task once a week. As the others have stated a cover will not help.

Maybe your best maintenance would be to drain it, fill it with dirt, and plant a garden.
Oh, I forgot, they require maintenance too. :a040:

I’m not sure what your question is. There are hundreds (if not thousands of pools here in The Villages). What is special about yours?

No need for that. I'm from NYC where we have neither pools nor gardens. I'm willing to pay someone who actually knows what they are doing. You were rude to me for no reason whatsoever. We're supposed to be a friendly community, remember?

Our son used Pinch A Penny Pool patio Spas for his custom poll cover in Rockledge FL. They have a store on 441/27 near Sam's club and may be able to help you with a cover. As stated above I am not sure it will solve your problem.

Dutchman………she’s right.

Sometime back I had a custom contoured pool with pool cover. The cover was a floater made of plastic much like the bubble wrap for packages. It was easy to cut with scissors to the custom shape.

Thats a thermal cover, it keeps the pool from losing heat at night

OP - you need some level of pool maintenance, either pay someone to do it or get your water tested every 10 to 14 days at a pool store. The pool store will tell you what to do.

If you filter your water, pollen wont be able to stay on your pool, filtering moves your water. I think you may need to talk to a pool maintenance guy for help.

I don't understand how you ever have a clear pool if you don't shock or maintain your pool. It doesn't matter if pollen gets in. The pool will not stay clear, and if not properly maintained or shocked when needed, it will never clear up.

Check out trouble free pool. It's an awesome site run by retired pool professionals that will give you the good information - not try to sell you a bunch of chemicals you don't need.

maybe you misunderstood?
 

I have a weekly pool maintenance person come weekly. So I'm not sure what you were talking about when you said you don't understand....

it's green, not blue
 

special? i'd like it blue the way it should be and not green as it is due to pollen...i'm trying to figure out what's wrong...I have pool maintenance once a week...special? a little persnickety, don't you think?

I dont think its pollen, its algae. If you are filtering your pool, the pollen would move to the filter outlet, and get caught in the filter.
I’ve been involved with pools most of my life, owning, managing, opening, etc - all in the northeast. None of them had covers in the summer and none had pollen on/in them.

Look for another pool company.

I am not a pool person for this reason.... I did have a hot tub for a number of years so that might qualify me as one.

My question would be why you don't want to shock your pool if it needs it, or needs it more frequently. Do you have a sensitivity to the shock? What is the pollen doing that seems to be affecting you? I know they have different kinds of chemicals you can use to manage your pool, or they did up north, have you looked into any of those?

Good luck and hope you can find a solution!

What am I missing?
 

They of course can shock it. It took 3 days last time to get back to normal. They come once a week. If I need them more than that it’s another $150. Tx.

Pool solutions/options
 

Learned a lot over the years.
1) Pool covers can be great (expensive 7-10k electric cover) but won't eliminate basic maintenance. No matter what you do or buy basic testing and maintenance is required for a pool.
2) If you have an automatic chlorinator (tabs, pellets, etc) Do a test of Cyanuric Acid. (Stabilizer). If chlorine is not working either Way too high CA or no CA and FL sun is burning off the chlorine before it can work.
3) If you have Salt water chlorinator may not be producing enough Chlorine have to check salt and chlorine levels in water.
4) If no auto chlorination then you have to monitor chlorine daily or you'll get into algae trouble.
5) No matter what need a high quality test kit. Highly prefer one with a FAS-DPD chlorine test. Very easy, very accurate. Taylor k-2006 I believe.