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POOLSAFE

AUTOMATED

POOL COVERS

Automated pool covers

have become an
integral part of most
newly designed and

constructed pools. They

are also being retro-
fitted to existing pools.

ith the trend being to
create pools that are easily
Wmaintained, water wise, child-
safe and integrated into entertainment Foam filled (hail proof) cream coloured Covrex cover
areas, automated pool covers meet all of
these requirements.
involved right from the start of the pool Polycarbonate, which is a superior
The most aesthetically pleasing way to design process in order to make the material. The latter can allow for
integrate an automated pool cover into necessary allowances. transparent slats or ‘solar’ slats which
a pool design is to let it retract into a cut out the sunlight to the pool water
below ground chamber thus making it There are three basic types of slatted (thereby halting algae growth) while
completely disappear when opened. It pool cover material, with PVC being still transferring the sun’s heat into
is important that the cover supplier be the entry level product, followed by the water. The third type is called
Covrex - these slats are specialised
foam-filled slats which can withstand
the onslaught of hail or golf balls very
successfully.

Poolsafe is the sole distributor in
Southern Africa for this Covrex material,
which is extremely well-suited to the hail
prone Gauteng area. It is also ideal for
golf estates. Poolsafe offers these slats as
part of their own selection of materials
and also supplies other pool cover
manufacturers in SA.

Automated pool covers save on heating
costs, water consumption, chemicals and
they save lives. Although it seems like a
hefty investment initially, an automated
pool cover pays for itself over the years to
come and people who have become used
to having one do not even contemplate a
Retro-fitted light grey PVC slatted cover with an above ground roll-up chamber
pool without it.

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