Pool Covers in Memphis: Automatic, Safety & Winter
Three kinds of cover go on inground pools around Memphis, and they do very different jobs. An automatic cover is built into the pool and closes with a key switch. A safety cover anchors into the deck for the off-season. A winter cover keeps leaves out and nothing else. We install all three, and this page tells you straight which one your pool and your family actually need.
Three covers, three different jobs
The question we get most is “which cover should I buy?” The honest answer starts with a different question: do you need the cover to stop a child or a dog from getting into the water? If yes, only the first two count.
Automatic pool covers
The cover rides in tracks along the pool edge and winds onto a motorised reel, either recessed under the deck or in a low-profile bench housing. Turn the key and the pool is covered in under a minute. Because it is that easy, it actually gets closed every evening, which is the whole point.
- Covers the pool every day, not just in winter
- Keeps heat and water in, debris out
- Best designed in on a new build; retrofits are case by case
Pool safety covers
A safety cover is custom-cut to the shape of your pool and pulled tight with straps and springs onto brass anchors set flush in the deck. When the cover comes off in spring, the anchors screw down level with the concrete so nobody trips on them. Mesh lets rain drain through; a solid cover keeps more debris and sunlight out.
- Made to hold a person’s weight when installed right
- The usual off-season cover for Memphis pools
- Fits freeform shapes, steps and raised walls
Winter covers
A winter cover is a heavy woven tarp laid over the pool and held down with water bags around the edge. It keeps oak and pine leaves out of the water from November to spring and costs a fraction of the other two. We stock them in 8, 12 and 15-year grades. What it does not do is keep anybody safe: a person or pet that walks onto one goes into the water under it.
- Lowest cost to buy
- Keeps debris and sunlight out over winter
- Not a safety barrier, ever
Which pool cover fits your pool
| Automatic cover | Safety cover | Winter cover | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeps kids and pets out | Yes, closed and locked | Yes, when anchored | No |
| Used | Every day, all year | Off-season | Off-season |
| On and off | Key switch, under a minute | Two people and an install rod | Two people, water bags |
| Holds heat in | Yes | Pool is closed | Pool is closed |
| Upfront cost | Highest | Middle | Lowest |
| Best for | Young kids, pets, new builds | Most existing pools that close for winter | Fenced yards, no little ones, tight budget |
What a Memphis winter does to an open pool
- Leaves, in bulk. Oaks and pines drop straight into Mid-South pools from October to December. Leaves sinking all winter stain plaster and turn the water at opening.
- Freeze nights, not frozen months. Our winters swing between mild weeks and hard freezes. A covered, properly closed pool rides out the freeze nights; an open one needs its pump running through them.
- Spring pollen. The yellow film every Memphis pool owner knows lands on the cover, not in the water, when the cover stays on until opening.
- Liner pools and low water. A cover that sags because the water was dropped too low can pull a vinyl liner. We set the water level for the cover you have.
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A cover is only as good as its fit. A safety cover with a gap at the steps is not a safety cover, and an automatic cover that tracks crooked wears out its fabric.
- We measure the pool ourselves, including steps, raised walls and the deck around the edge, so a safety cover is cut to your exact shape.
- Anchors go in flush with the deck, and we show you how they screw down level for summer.
- Automatic covers are planned into new builds on our custom pools, with the track and reel set before the deck goes down. On existing pools we tell you straight whether a retrofit makes sense.
- Closing and opening go together. Our opening and closing service includes cover removal and storage in spring, and the cover goes back on at the end of the fall closing.
Pool cover questions we hear every fall
Serving Memphis & the Mid-South
West Tennessee and North Mississippi — from two convenient locations.
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Brighton, TN 38011
Bartlett, TN 38134
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