Plastica Winter Debris Cover Installation Guide
- June 12, 2024
- Plastica
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Plastica Winter Debris Cover
Product Information
The Plastica Winter Debris Cover is designed to protect your pool during the winter months. It is made of durable material that can withstand harsh weather conditions and prevent leaves and debris from entering the pool. The cover comes with various fixings, including Deluxe Spring Anchors, Brass ‘Flush-Fix’ Anchors, Stainless Steel Eyebolts, Stainless Steel Ground Stakes, and Premium Fixings. These fixings are used to secure the cover in place and ensure a tight seal with the pool deck.
Product Usage Instructions
- Step 1. Preparing Pool: Remove any summer cover from the pool surface area and store it safely. Winterize the pool by adding the recommended chemicals and following the manufacturer’s instructions for winterizing the equipment.
- Step 2. Unpack Cover: Carefully remove the Plastica Winter Debris Cover from its storage bag, avoiding dragging it on the ground to prevent damage. Check if all the necessary fixings are included in the box/bag.
- Step 3. Positioning Cover onto Pool Area: Unroll the cover along the length side of the pool, ensuring that the reinforced corner sections and anti-chafing strips are on the underside of the cover. These strips protect the cover from rough surfaces. The cover should be 0.3m (1′) larger than the pool all around to provide a barrier against leaves and debris.
- Step 4. Position the Cover using Weights: Use weights to hold the cover in position, ensuring it is square with the pool and has an equal overlap all around the perimeter. This is especially important for freeform and shaped covers.
- Step 5. Drilling Fixing Holes: For rectangular pools, start by fixing the corners first and then tension the fixings. This will help square up the cover on the pool. For shaped pools, locate four fixing points at each extremity and fix and tension them. Continue around the cover until all fixings are in place.
- Step 6. Tensioning the Straps: Thread the fixings correctly onto the webbing straps and tension them to ensure the cover is taut across the pool area. The cover should not rest on the water but should form a consistent seal with the pool deck. This allows leaves and debris to be easily swept off.
- Winterizing, Removing, and Storage of Winter Debris Cover: Before removing the cover, make sure it is clean by hosing it down with fresh tap water to remove any dirt deposits. Allow the cover to dry thoroughly before storing it.
Note: Do not put chemicals through the pool cover. If chemicals need to be added to the pool, detach a corner of the cover and apply them directly to the pool water, following the manufacturer’s instructions for proper circulation and mixing.
General Instructions & Requirements
Installation of your Plastica Winter Debris Cover is a reasonably simple task.
What is required is for the cover to end up being held taught, like a
trampoline, over the pool. Care should be taken to keep the straps pulling
straight to keep the cover itself as ripple free as possible. This will ensure
the best seal and the minimum of leaves and twigs ending up on or under the
cover while in use. The tools required are long and short measuring tapes,
chalk for marking the deck and a suitable drill. The cover will require the
deck surrounding the pool to be in good condition, with any paving slabs fixed
securely to a solid base. A total minimum depth of 75mm (3”) solid masonry is
preferable. The drill and bit used will depend on the type of masonry in
question and a number of different bits may be necessary to achieve a clean
and accurate hole. For our most popular fixing, the deluxe spring anchor, you
will need to end up with an 8mm(5/16”)Ø hole a minimum 66mm(2 5/8”) deep. For
other fixings see page 2 for details and drill bit sizes.
Preparing Pool
Remove any summer cover from pool surface area, clean and store away safely and securely. Winterise/close down pool ensuring correct chemicals are added to pool water and that plant and equipment are winterised as per the manufacturers instructions.
Unpack Cover
Remove your Plastica Winter Debris Cover from it’s storage bag. Be
especially careful not to drag the cover on the ground as this will damage the
material. Packaged with the cover will be a box/bag containing all the fixings
necessary to install your cover.
Measurements for the Standard 0.3m (1’) Cover Overlap.
Positioning Cover onto Pool Area
Unroll your Plastica cover along the length side of the pool. There is a correct “way up”, the reinforced corner sections and anti-chafing strips must be on the underside of the cover. The anti-chafing materials are there to act as abrasion resistant pads to protect the cover from rough surfaces around the perimeter of the pool. Your Plastica cover will normally be manufactured 0.3m (1’) larger than the pool all round, this provides a barrier against leaves and debris.
Position the Cover using Weights
Use weights around the cover to hold it in position. Ensure cover is square
with pool and has an equal overlap all around perimeter. This is especially
important with freeform and shaped covers.
Drilling Fixing Holes
For a rectangular pool we recommend fixing the corners first then
tensioning fixings. This will help “square up” the cover on the pool. For a
shaped pool locate four fixing points, one at each extremity, then fix and
tension. Continue around the cover until all fixings are There is a correct
way of fixing Plastica Winter Debris Cover straps to a spring anchor. You must
ensure the slide bar on the end of the spring is positioned as shown here when
looking from above, with the join at the top. Then thread the strap through as
the arrows show.
Tensioning the Straps
Ensure the fixings are threaded correctly on to the webbing straps (see diagram on previous page) and are tensioned to allow the cover to be taught across the pool area. The Plastica Winter Debris Cover should not rest on the water, it should be tensioned taught to form a consistent seal with the pool deck and allow leaves and debris to be “swept off”. Do not put chemicals through the pool cover. If chemicals need to be added to the pool, detach a corner of the cover and apply chemicals ensuring they are thoroughly circulated and mixed within the pool water, making sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions.
Winterising – Removing and Storage of Winter Debris Cover
Before removing the cover ensure it is clean. Hose down with fresh tap water
and remove any dirt deposits, then allow to dry thoroughly.
To remove the cover simply remove the fixings from their drilled sockets or fixings, fold back to the next fixing until the cover is completely off the pool. Remove all detachable fixings, these may damage the cover material if “rolled up” within the cover. Place the folded and rolled up cover into the storage bag provided. Store cover in a safe and secure place, like a dry outhouse or garage to avoid excessive heat, freezing or vermin. Pack fittings separately so as to avoid damaging the cover. It is best to store your cover away from direct sunlight as the ultra violet rays from bright summer sunlight will age the cover prematurely. Unless absolutely necessary we recommend the cover is not left on the pool during the summer season. Should you require a solar gain or heat retention cover for the summer season please contact your local supplier for full details on the range of summer covers and reel systems that Plastica manufacture.
Notes: Our policy on design of products is directed towards continuous development, we therefore reserve the right to change the relative specification.
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