This pvc pool hose reel only cost more or less 25.
Diy pool cover reel pvc.
Take your tarp or pool cover to a wide open space and lay it out flat.
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I have attempted to attach a picture of my setup.
It sits right on top of the water.
And make it easy enough we don t need a whole crew out there to do it or need to take another swim after because we re all tired hot and sweaty from trying to the the thing back on and in place.
Because a tarp cover is not very tight it is more prone to water puddling in the center.
Feb 26 2015 that s it trying to deal with getting the solar cover bubble wrap kind off the pool on my above ground pool and then back on after swimming.
Pvc pipe will sag trying if you try to make a squared off structure.
This retractable swimming pool cover is made using the basic solar cover and winter cover that came with the tuff pool swimming pool package.
The solar cover is just a sheet of blue bubble wrap.
Cut the pieces of 1 inch pvc pipe for the width of the pool.
Measure for pvc pipe length.
The winter cover is a tarp designed to be cinched around the outer edges of the swimming pool frame.
Water will then drain off the pool cover rather than creating a large messy puddle in the center.
Measure the width of the cover to determine how long of a pvc pipe you ll need for your cover reel.
One solution is to build a framework of pvc piping as the support for the pool cover.
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The interior water of the wet hose can drain out from lower end opening of the hose even after the hose being wound in order.
For example if the pool was 60 feet long then use 6 pieces to cover the area from one end of the pool to the other end.
The pool is 30 feet round and the span of my reel is about 22 i figured i would fold in the sides as i reel it in.
You will need to bow the pipes into a dome shape which i m thinking of doing for my own pool and simply cover it with my pool net.
The hose is vertically wound on the reel.
The pvc conduit sags a bit and i m still not sure how i m going to attach a strap to connect the pole to the solar cover.
This will raise the cover up slightly so it doesn t droop in the center.
May 17 2016 explore nina grant s board diy pool cover reel on pinterest.