Automatic Pool Safety Covers

An automatic pool safety cover is the best pool cover you can get. Not only does it provide complete peace of mind, but it means your pool can be uncovered by switch or remote control, which is a huge advantage if you use your pool frequently and don’t see a manual cover as a crucial part of your personal exercise routine.

In addition to providing safety, as with manual safety covers, automatic pool safety covers reduce heat loss and chemical usage, as well as preventing leaves and other debris getting into the pool.

A hydraulic automatic pool cover will open or close easily in less than a minute, depending on pool size. For additional security, the switch has a key to ensure it cannot be operated by accident and the switch is always sited well out of the reach of small children. Needless to say, there are no electrical installations near the pool.

Automatic covers can be fitted to almost any pool, existing or new. If you are about to start a pool build, it is an ideal time to add an automatic safety cover as the tracks and pit can be much more easily installed and hidden below ground if provision is made prior to the build.

For existing pools, there are a variety of options including fitting the tracks on the surface around the pool, insetting the tracks into the surface round the pool, retro fitting tracks underneath the coping stones round the pool, digging a pit in which to house the cover or using a bench to house it.

Depending on the options chosen, an automatic safety cover can generally be fitted in a day and no planning consent is required.

The typical cost for a fully automatic, hydraulically key operated safety cover for a 30’ pool would be £8,000 – £15,000. However, a good automatic safety cover should last 10 – 20 years and is considered by most people who have one as one of the best investments they have made and completely indispensable.