The cover for this dog pool is kind of pricey. Is it easy to cover with a tarp or has anyone come up with an alternative cover? Thanks! lpadron
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I have never covered mine. My dogs go out in the winter and break through the ice. It does have a big lip on it so you should be able to cover with a tarp and bungee cord.
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My Dane makes the water pretty dirty with each use so I just got a short hose with an extender on it. I drain it every evening after he's done playing and then I tip it on it's side for storage. I use the drained water for plants sometimes or I just let it drain into my lawn. Win/Win!
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We covered our bone pool with a home made cover made from pvc pipe (frame) and screening material.
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it is simple plastic sheet cover come with rope. If you know how to put bed sheet on bed then u know how to put over pools. it shoul.d be fit wht size your pool
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Also we found a dome at Amazon that covers the entire pool and keeps it warm and no leaves or dirt. We spent our money on that instead. It has screened windows and a big zipped door opening.
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I wondered the same, but once I got it I realized that because you can set this up in any shape and configuration, getting a premade cover for it didn't make sense. You can certainly use a grommeted tarp and attach it with zip ties.
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Yes, I slide the cover off the pool onto the grass. I then hose off all the debris before folding it up for storage.
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I took up the grass and put 10 bags of sand down and a tarp. I am adding sand this year. If your grass is soft just put it on a tarp. Lay on the grass area, what ever you feel will be the floor of the pool.
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I just went outside and looked at my pool. It still has the cover on it. I dont recommend it. The 16 foot pool might have less poles to anchor the cover to. It's not going to get as tight when you tighten it with the trap
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I am in Tampa and put the cover away in May. Pool is 88 so no need for extra heat. I'll put it back on in October to get another month of swimming. I found the solar blanket only kept the temp up at night, it didn't seem to heat it during the day but that was before the pool got more direct sunlight.
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We don't have a regular pool cover, but I don't see why not. You might want to find another place that sells them though just to ask that question. I'd hate for you to buy this on my say so and then find out it didn't work!
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A smaller cover will almost work as well as a big cover to keep the pool warmer and to help lower evaporation rates. It would still be better to get a slightly too big cover to keep dirt/bugs/debris out of pool. All the mess on the 15' cover will fall in the 16' pool when you take the cover off.
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The pool does come with a cover and ladder. my advice is to buy a bubble cover to help warm the water. you wont regret it
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A $2 paint tarp will probably work better as far as being sturdy, guess it's up to you as to what you want it took like when not in use. The cover seems sturdy but it is thin and I was/am concerned it could tear easily. So far, so good, we've had it a few weeks. Hard rain will get through it though.
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I haven't found a standard pool cover yet that will keep ducks out. The cover is very lightweight, but it appears to have held up over this severe midwestern winter we've had.
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It doesn't come with a cover, nor do I think it really needs one due to the plastic material it is made out of. However, if you wanted to cover it you should be able to use some type of grill cover or something similar or even just a tarp.
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It seems like a lot of money to spend to use as a tarp. I do not think it would survive if used that way. It works great as a blanket at outdoor events when it is raining, but those events are usually only a few hours long. It is more of a blanket, which happens to be waterproof, than a tarp. Just my opinion.
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I use my leaf cover as a Pool Cover. I had a solid Pool Cover before with Big Problems. Every time it rained water would build up on the cover. The water on top of the cover would push the pool water out. I would have to pump the water off the cover then refill the pool to the proper level.
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I would get a whole different cover. We bought ours last year, we have trees above our pool that drop seeds. When the sun hit the pool the cover fell into shreds. It was floating in pieces on our pool? We had to open our pool in March.