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Posted by on January 5, 2007, 11:49 am
Bob G. wrote:
>
> >On 4 Jan 2007 08:26:55 -0800, "Your Local Pool Guy"
> >
> >>That's because the foam inside the cover sucks up water from both
> >>outside the spa during rain and snow and also from condensation from
> >>inside the spa. A quick tip to help make the cover a little lighter is
> >>to take the cover off the spa on a sunny day. Stand it up like a tent
> >>and open up any zippers the cover may have. this will help dry out your
> >>spa cover just a little. Keep doing this on sunny days to ensure
> >>dryness.
> >>
> >>And if you just bought a cover this will happen so in order to prevent
> >>it buy a cheap plastic tarp to throw over the cover to keep it
> >>protected from the elements. It will still collect condensation from
> >>inside the spa but it wont be as bad.
> >>
> >
> >
> >Bwhahahahahahaha! This is too funny!
> >
> >CWM
>
> ============
> Last cover I had lasted 7 years BEFORE the wife complained it was
> getting a "tad" too heavy for her to remove my itself... and honestly
> it did weight a heck of a lot more then the new one I just installed
> BUT these things are NOT that expensive..I would rather buy a new one
> every 6-7 years then remove it every sunny day...
>
> The vinyl cover on the old one looked just fine BTW after the 7
> years.. but boy the sytrofoam sure was waterlogged (saturated)...
>
> Bob G.
That's been my experience too. Current one is about 3-4 years old and
is now a little heavier than new, but still OK. I seriously doubt
that trying to dry it out on a sunny day is going to help much, as it's
the styrofoam that gets water logged and the water is trapped inside.
Even the poster says it only dries it out just a little, so what't the
point?
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