On this episode, we're talking about protecting your in-ground winter pool cover and due to overwhelmingly positive feedback, i'm going to continue making these videos. So thanks to everyone who responded now, let's do this thing. There are some enemies that threaten your in-ground winter pool cover including ice rain, snow trees and animals. So to protect your cover against ice, let the ice melt, so you can remove the winter cover pump and don't try to remove the ice when it's frozen because it has sharp edges and pool covers.

Do not like sharp edges. You can also prevent ice buildup by keeping a half inch of water on top of the pool cover. Unless you have a mesh cover, then it would just fall through to protect your cover against wind. Keep that half inch of water on top of the cover that also helps with the ice, kill two birds, one stone also, if you have a tarp cover, instead of a safety cover, use water bags or aqua blocks to hold the pool cover down.

Never ever ever use coffee cans or bricks or boards, or anything like that, because if they fall in the pool, they can damage your liner and that's no bueno to protect your cover against trees, hire a professional tree specialist to remove any overhanging limbs that may fall Into your pool dead tree limbs are the number one cause to holes in swimming pool covers during the winter. According to a study i read somewhere on the information super highway, you can also buy a swimming pool leaf net that covers uh the entire cover and installs right on top perfect and finally, to protect your pool cover against animals, you can install a sturdy fence. That's about five to six feet tall and that's usually enough to keep out any four-legged animals also keep the cover clean. So no animals will be attracted to anything in your pool in the first place.

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Is there anything you can't fix with duct tape? Well, anyway, patch holes promptly to prevent them from spreading for safety covers uh or, if you want to use a better patch on your solid cover, you can use mesh cover patches, which are available at your local pool, store your cover, manufacturer or online, and for more Information go to www.swimuniversity.com, that's it guys! Happy swimming! You.