Popular Canvas Pool covers are a Cape Town based manufacturer of safety and evaporation covers.
Pole covers are the most secure and cost effective way to keep your pool safe and secure, while saving you money on maintenance costs.
At Popular Canvas, we understand that your pool is not just a water feature; it’s a sanctuary of relaxation and enjoyment. Our mission is to enhance your pool’s lifespan and create a worry-free oasis with our state-of-the-art cover technologies. Whether you’re looking for a safety cover for added protection, or winter covers to safeguard your pool during the off-season, we have the perfect solution tailored to meet your unique need
The cover is made of sturdy materials that will prevent anyone from falling into the water, provided they are attached and installed properly.
We make the covers to your specific needs. Creating the ultimate waterbed like surface that children can walk over or play on without directly touching the water – giving you peace of mind.
A cover can slow down or even stop the evaporation process, which means you use less water for your pool.
A swimming pool cover can help you keep out unwanted leaves and other debris. By keeping out dust and other elements you can now spend less time vacuuming the surface and chasing down leaves in your pool. Which means you save time on cleaning and have more time to just enjoy it.
Why use a Pole Cover?
How does it work?
- Pole cover are perfect for:
- Protecting your pool from dirt and leaves
- Preventing water evaporation
- Preventing children and animals from falling into the pool
- Increasing the temperature of the water allowing yo to extend the swimming season
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Why Use a Solid Cover?
How Does It Work?
- Solid pool covers are perfect for:
- Small pool sizes
- Protecting your pool from dirt and leaves
- Preventing water evaporation
- Increasing the temperature of your water allowing you to extend the swimming season
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- Leaf Net Pool Covers are perfect for:
- Small pool sizes
- Protecting your pool from dirt and leaves
- Preventing water evaporation
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A NOTE REGARDING FLOATING COVERS
There are basically two types of pool covers: safety covers and floating covers. Safety covers are designed primarily as a physical barrier to prevent children from falling into the pool water. As an indirect benefit, safety covers often help keep the pool water warm. Floating covers, as the name implies, float on top of the water and are designed primarily to heat the pool water utilizing solar energy. Floating covers are not safety covers. However, both types of covers tend to keep leaves and other debris out of the pool, reduce heat loss, and reduce water evaporation. The following is a description of covers which you might consider purchasing and recommendations as to their acceptability.
Floating Covers,
As the name implies, floating covers are designed to float directly on the water surface and are not securely anchored. Floating covers range in style from a bubble type cover to a plastic blanket. Those which are made of plastic sheets with air bubbles throughout are often referred to as “bubble covers”. Some floating covers are designed to be held down with sand bags or other weights placed on the deck. However, such covers are not necessarily securely anchored.
Floating covers are considered by many pool safety experts to be inherently dangerous. For example, toddlers are attracted to them like to toys. They are typically opaque or translucent, not transparent, thus making it difficult, if not impossible to clearly see what is beneath them. Secondly, when placed upon the water the cover gives the appearance that it can be walked on; especially to the eyes of a small child. Because they are normally not securely attached to the pool, floating covers can collapse under the weight of a child and possibly result in suffocation.
Tests have shown that floating covers will return to their original position within 10 to 20 seconds after something has fallen underneath them, thereby concealing a potential drowning victim. There have been documented cases of children being trapped and hidden from view under such covers who were not found until brain damage or death had occurred.
In addition, pool bathers have been known to fold back only part of the floating cover and swim in a half-covered pool. Bathers can become disoriented, swim under the cover, and become trapped underneath. In one case, both a mother and her two children drowned when they became trapped underneath a floating cover while swimming.
To reduce the risk of a floating cover, you should:
1. Make sure your cover meets or exceeds the ASTM Standard Performance Specifications for pool covers.
2. Always remove the cover completely before entering pool.
3. Always remove standing water from the pool cover.
4. Always cover the pool with a safety cover per ASTM standards when not in use.[/su_quote]
