Poolcoversbc‘s pool cover specialists have been installing automatic pool safety covers in Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria and the Okanagan for over 20 years. As experts in quality automatic and manual pool covers, we are a leader in the BC pool cover industry, with a focus exclusively on automatic pool covers.
Automatic safety pool covers provide year-round protection, acting as a safety cover, solar cover, and winter cover all in one. We offer the most advanced automatic pool cover systems on the market and are proud to be an industry leader in providing quality cover systems to our customers. We understand the importance of pool safety and are happy to offer our customers peace of mind.
The motorized mechanism can be covered with decorative end coverings or better yet, many customers choose to have a custom bench built to hide the mechanism while providing the attractive utility of a pool bench.
Even if your pool is not a perfect candidate for an auto safety cover, we may be able to overcome any challenges, so feel free to send us pictures of your pool in the form below.
Convenient and Fast
Automatic pool covers offer the easiest way to keep your pool covered. With a simple turn of a key or press of a button your pool is protected in under a minute. The durable and powerful tracks make it an easy process to open and close your cover, even allowing you to automatically open or close the covers on a schedule.
Safety For Your Kids and Pets
Imagine having a pool cover that can do more than just cover your pool – that’s exactly what a safety pool cover offers! With a multitude of benefits up its sleeve, the shining star of these advantages is its capacity to prevent drowning. Just as its name implies, an automatic pool safety cover is, first and foremost, a safety guardian. Picture this: an ultra-durable cover acting as a friendly gatekeeper, effectively sealing off the pool and keeping your kids, pets, and even uninvited guests from unintentionally accessing the pool. These covers are so sturdy that they can comfortably hold several adults standing on them! Now that’s impressive, isn’t it?
Customized For Your Pool Shape
We recognize all automatic safety pool covers are not all the same, but there are several different systems available. We help you choose the system to match your pool, design and budget by providing a free consultation and a design drawing for your approval before installation.
- pool specific track systems for concrete, vinyl or fiberglass and any pool shape
- mechanism coverings to protect and retain the aesthetics of your pool
- motor or hydraulic power options to suit your needs
- standard fabric colours or choose from extended special order colours
- control and automation of pool features and cover
- automatic water-removal pumps come standard with every new system
Professional and Friendly Service
One of our expert consultants will come to your home and carefully measure your space, paying special attention to the details that can impact a great installation as well as providing knowledgeable, expert advice.
Quality and Reliability
Pool covers need to be high quality, meaning they need to be reliable and durable. When they are not properly maintained, they can lose their effectiveness over time and become less dependable. We only work with innovative technologies so that our products last the distance, while at the same time providing a superior level of safety.
Warranty
It’s no surprise that automatic pool safety covers come with the best tried-and-true warranties in the business. The pool installers on our team aren’t just professionals – they’re seasoned experts with decades of experience, fully backing the warranties we provide. Our warranties extend to cover the whole cover assembly and ancillary components.
Safety Cover Offers Safety and Great Return On Investment
Besides offering worry free safety automatic and manual pool covers saves heat, chemicals and cleaning. By extending equipment life our pool covers quickly pays for itself. You can save up to 70% on operating costs in Vancouver. Contact an auto pool cover specialist today for a quote and pool cover consultation.
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Benefit 1: Backyard Safety For Your Children and Pets
Safety is a concern for pool owners with young children at home, as well as their visiting friends. A variety of safeguards are available, including fences and alarms.
While there is no substitute for proper adult supervision, one of the best physical barriers you can put in place to boost safety is a sturdy automatic pool cover aka pool safety covers.
As automatic pool covers are strong and durable, they offer the highest degree of safety when it comes to keeping people—especially children and the elderly and pets from falling in.
Get peace of mind whenever your pool is open and in use, especially important if you have young children with access to your backyard or when they are near the pool for any period without an adult around.
Benefit 2: A Clean, Attractive Pool With Low Maintenance
No one likes looking at dirty pool water or the hassle of cleaning their pool. An automatic pool cover ensures you have a cleaner swimming environment to enjoy.
The more often your pool remains covered, the less dirt you’ll have to deal with overall.
Imagine, if your pool is open for only two hours a day; that’s a fraction of the time that dirt, debris, pollen, leaves, twigs, bugs, grass clippings, and a host of other contaminants can find their way into the water.
This results in less time and effort needed for both manual and automated cleaning. You will cut the time running your automatic pool cleaner and the physical effort using a pool net to scoop out debris.
It also means less time for filtration cycles. You can run your pool pump—which powers water through the filter—much less each day. For example, if you typically run the pump eight hours, it may suffice to run it only four to six hours—saving both energy and wear on your pump.
Automatic pool covers also helps extend the lifespan of your filter. Since there will be less dirt overall for your filter media to trap, the filter operates more efficiently. You will also extend the time between filter cleanings.
That also benefits you because each cleaning causes some wear on the filter’s material so less cleanings means a longer product lifespan. Fewer cleanings save you the time and effort as well.
With children at home, a smart move is to choose a cover model that offers an on/off function that works only with a key. That way, you can keep the key to ensure control when the cover is on or off the pool.
The strength of automatic pool covers these days are extremely durable, easily supporting 2 adults and a child at one time. However, you should never use it for recreational play in any way.
Warn children that the pool cover is not a place to play. However, parents can gain some peace of mind knowing that if an accident occurs, and a child falls onto the cover, it will prevent them from getting into danger—or even getting wet.
Likewise, if you have pets that use the backyard and do not swim or do so poorly, a pool cover is a reliable means of keeping them safe as well.
Benefit 3: Save Water, Use Less Chemicals
Automatic pool covers are a great way to prevent water loss from your pool. According to a U.S. Department of Energy study evaporation is responsible for up to 70 percent of water loss in pools and spas.
It’s not uncommon to see anywhere from one-quarter of an inch to one-half an inch of loss per day on your pool water line. Over the course of a week, that adds up to a significant 2 to 4 inches.
If your pool’s water level seems lower than you expect it is most likely due to evaporation. There are three primary causes: high outdoor temperature, lack of humidity, and exposure to outdoor elements like sun and wind.
While it is impossible to completely control exposure to the elements an auto pool cover is a highly efficient means of taming the effects of the outdoor environment.
The pool cover material greatly reduces evaporation by blocking the heat that comes from direct sunlight on the water. It physically blocks wind that would otherwise hit the pool surface and produce water loss. Even if the air outside is very dry, a cover helps reduce the effects.
Using a well-fitted automatic pool cover can make a huge difference. One study suggests that by using one, you can cut water loss as much as 95 percent.
Besides saving water, having a motorized pool cover over your pool means no sun exposure degrading the chlorine in your pool so you don’t need to replenish it as often.
Benefit 4: Save Energy & Operating Costs
It can a fair amount of gas or electricity to keep a water heater or pump working to keep pool water at a comfortable temperature especially as fall and winter sets in, even if you live in an area where it stays warmer longer.
However, an auto pool cover can help extend your backyard swimming season while also saving you money. Save yourself extra energy costs when it’s chilly outside. A good pool cover helps preserve more of the warmth generated by your heater.
Water evaporation is the single biggest cause of energy loss, and as noted above, a cover can significantly cut evaporation. Even in the summer, nightfall in certain geographic regions brings a dramatic dip in temperature; in these cases, covering a pool when the sun goes down can help cut energy costs by minimizing evaporation.
As a result, a cover can lower pool heating costs by up to 70 percent, and they may save as much as 50 percent on overall electricity costs.
An auto cover can help lower your electric bill in another way: As mentioned above, by keeping your pool cleaner, you will need to run your pool cleaner for less time—saving energy. And cleaner water means shorter filtration run times, so your pump won’t have to operate as many hours per day to circulate water through your filter.
Benefit 5: Fast, Convenient & Consistent
Traditonal mesh and solid tie-down pool covers offer many similar benefits as an automatic pool cover but they take a lot of work to roll out and put on your pool and to remove from your pool. You need to manually roll or spread them out over the water, and tie or anchor them down around your deck. To open up your pool for use, you have to drag the cover off, remove any ties or anchors from the deck, and fold and store the cover. Who wants all this hassle just to enjoy their home pool?
So, one of the greatest rewards of investing in an automatic pool cover is ultimate ease: They essentially store themselves—usually in less than a minute! Just flip a switch, and watch as the cover seals your pool. Your automatic pool cover conveniently puts itself away whenever you are ready.
It’s worth noting that convenience can lead to more regular use. Like any device, if using it requires a lot of effort, it’s human nature to use it less frequently.
By inherently being so easy to use, an automatic pool cover helps ensures you will use it as intended and a regular basis, day after day. This ensures you will spend more time enjoying your pool. Why not get maximum benefit out of your pool investment?
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How much weight can covers hold and can you walk on them?
According to the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), most pool covers should be able to support a weight of 485 pounds. Our brand of covers can hold up to 2000 pounds, exceeding the standard. While specific weight guidelines can vary depending on the type and design of the pool cover, it is generally advised to avoid placing heavy loads or using the cover as a walking path. The occasional walk can easily be handled.
Can you install an auto cover on an existing pool?
Absolutely, we can accommodate walking on the pool cover, given that there is sufficient deck space without obstructions. Typically, a minimum deck space at both ends of the pool is required in right angles to allow tracks to run. These guidelines ensure safe and unrestricted access when walking on the pool cover.
How much does an automatic pool cover cost?
The cost of a safety pool cover in Canada will depend on the size of your swimming pool and the type of material that you want to use. The price range for an auto safety pool cover in Canada can vary based on your overall pool design and the customizations you choose.
There are 3 main features that affects the price of new safety pool covers.
– Materials
– Track Options
– Pool Size and Shape
Additionally costs for a completely new build vs installing on an existing pool will differ. An automatic safety cover can start as low as $10,000 for a small, cocktail pool or an existing pool with the average for an existing pool being $14,000 to $15,000.
For a larger pool with more complex custom features, a safety pool cover build on a new pool build can cost upwards of $20,000 with a typical new build being $17,000 to $20,000.
Note: This range is a basic estimate, exact pricing will vary.
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