Has anyone heard of pre-cut pool covers? - Page 2

Hi Chevy (if I may call you that) - big thank you for all that information, I think the place in Mojocar who cuts the pool covers is the one someone mentioned when we were in spain two weeks ago.  There is a cover at the property now but didn't get a good look at it, it wasn't on a roller but maybe because it was one of the heavier one's, will find out more when we get the keys.  It's a 10 x 5 pool so cover will be big.

Husband is a pharmacist to shouldn't be too much of a stretch for him to become designated 'pool guy', he likes 'projects' and a bonus is it will keep him out of my hair when I'm trying to catch some sun ....

We bought all the furniture so am hoping there will be some gardening implements included ... totally forgot that weeds grow through gravel lol ... there is TONS of gravel.  I keep trying to upload a pic of the villa but it never shows, am doing it to the right pixel size so dunno why it won't load.  I like the idea of heating the pool, there are solar panels on the roof but not sure if this is just for the villa.

Not sure if there are any hedges (there is a big wall surrounding the pool area) - they have got some lovely plants though so will need to learn what they are and how to care for them. Can't believe that guy ended up in hospital because of a hedge!!

Many thanks again - I so wish time would go faster, it's killing us waiting for all the legal work to be done.

Regards

Ren

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Hi, "Hola" thanks for responding. No probs with any info.

Time will go fast enough. As a rough guide partner actually agreed the sale of her Saffron Walden home she sold in 6 days just before we went to Oz for 7 weeks,  on November 30th a family visiting vacation we booked back in January way before we got interested in coming here. 

Jasmin Harmon and place in the sun has a lot to do with us being here lol. Things started in motion after we visited the exhibition in London last year.

The buyer had to twiddle his thumbs till we got back mid to late January this year.

Time was taken up packing and itemising everything we were bringing, finding a good shipper, doing car boots.

Think we were actually homeless and in transit by the end of February, completed and actually moved in and out of her mates house up the road by March 24th.

Bought some furniture from the seller who took just 90 minutes to accept Anns offer. The truckload of her furniture came about a week later. Dont quote me exactly if we meet up as Ann can be much more precise and I've doubtless missed something lol.

Havent tried uploading pics but I think the villa is still on the Voss website under "Villa Lentiscar", no idea why cos the name on the wall is different lol.

If I didnt mention it before, you'll most likely lose around an inch of water thru dehydration per day in this heat, we have an automatic pool leveller thats adjustable up/down which takes care of that, it comes off the villa water supply which curiously enough was/is just above ground so the actual water supply is slightly warm. It's seemingly ok to top up the pool from your domestic supply but water is cheap.

10x5 pool is biiiiiiiig lol, as a guide the people from WS cover pools charged around €900 for the higher spec cover and roller. They also converted our quadrant en suite shower cubicle to a bigger 900mm square one. The main guy is a hungarian or something and is first rate, he mentioned fitting a pool heat pump for a customer last December and the guy was swimming in 29 degree water in December saying it was great lol.

You might be able to get your solar panels checked by one of the companies Colonel doctor Bob and Sandra lyons may have mentioned in the local magazines and free papers to ascertain where the solar power actually goes. It could just be power in the villa, boiler heating, if your lucky it goes to the pool, partners daughter in Oz has the pool heaters and pumps powered by solar panels.

Ok, congrats on your villa purchase thus far, weather should still be ok by the time you get here.Congrats if you got this far and I havent bored you half to death lol.

Adios for now, just ask if theres anything else you come up with lol.

Regards Jim n Ann in her absence.

We bought ours through Andy Voss too - it was first one he showed us and wasn't even on my list of viewings for that day!  I got worried when I read "You'll most likely lose around an inch of water thru dehydration per day in this heat" at first I thought you were talking about BODY dehydration - was thinking 'never mind Slimming World - this is much easier' ...lol

If you want to see ours it's here on this link  (if it's allowed to post a link here)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZYdbdk0M0&feature=youtu.be

Ren

Wow thats a huge plot and a big house !! Almost got kitchen envy with that lovely big island/breakfast bar, little wonder you chose that one and well done Andy Voss !!

Lovely big pool patio, you'll be able to host big parties on that one.

Getting a pool cover for your pool wont be a biggie cos its just a straight forward 10 x 5 "Roman ended".

Ours has the stepped curved section in the middle of one side, nearest the back elevation so it was a bit more work involved measuring and cutting, and rolling in and out too.

If you keep an eye out on the forums you might well pick up a roller, they expand and contract so size wise you should be able to get one to suit, WS cover pools supplied Anns.

Think youve got an olive tree on your patio, Ann has one we just trimmed and she'll soon have it and a huge fig tree cut down and carted away, they just grow and grow and as you can see in one part of the video can cast an almighty shadow.

Your nice and somewhat secluded but with neighbours near enough, Anns villa has neighbours with high walls front and side with a cul de sac road with a hedge for privacy.

She's not been averse to having a midnight skinny dip lol. Helps her/us sleep better being cool.

Youve got a nice fly free area, 

Ann's having the guys at lifestyle enclosures at Antas come over Friday and do some work on the front arches fly frees, screens and a door and maybe before the original given date of the 25th getting a full "Florida style" enclosure over the pool at the back, the present small-ish fly free will mostly all be gone and the new one going out to the edges of the pool patio will give us/her much more entertaining space.

There was a big pergola on the shallow end of the pool as well as a brick built bbq but someone off the forums bought and dismantled it with some of his friends and took it away, it had lovely grape vines both white and red but looked to be harbouring wasps so it had to go and the old brick bbq is all bar gone, just a few bricks to lay around the side of the villa and take the steel bbq frame to the dump. Ann just hates our olive tree and abhors the fig tree.

We've limes and pomegranates as well as other plants/flowers around the present fly free and pool, theres three garden centres she uses local to Antas and on the way into Vera.

Centre 1 has a good selection of plants and garden aggregate, its just off the A7 at Antas opposite Lopez, the second is off another roundabout keep right and head for Vera south, its called Alonso something, they have a great selection of decorated pots in all shapes and sizes, the third is by Commercial Vera left off the road and opposite a cemetary, huge selection there as they sell to hotels shops etc and have a shop in Huercal.

The second one sells huge bags or oranges later in the year, great for fresh orange juice and for just tearing apart for a lunch time snack. As with most things theyre seasonal even tho you can get oranges in the shops, they dont compare.

You can buy a mini flame thrower type device to burn weeds off, we do weeding manually cos the gravel in most places isnt very deep and the membrane shows up in places and we'd burn more membrane than weeds lol.

Check around your pool, most likely along the long edge for a plastic cover on top with an adjacent pool inlet in the pool, not the skimmers opposite the roman end by your steps, if you have one then that should have a float mechanism for a pool top up, if theres no cover but an inlet then thas most likely the suction thingy for a pool cleaner.

You can get manual cleaners from the pool shop at the Longo site near Albox as well as robot cleaners but they can be expensive but theyre a kind of fit and forget as they just run up and down the pool all day.

You'll most likely get sand/dust in the pool, we get it but the once a week sweep sucks it all up and drops it in the filters where all your pump equipment is.

Thanks for the link to view your villa, no wonder your mad keen to move. Is the car out front a peugeot 5008 or a renault ? Just curious as whilst Ann settled on her Honda I was looking at 5008's, Megane "Grande" look a nice car.

Maybe we'll be able to chat better when you get to come to sign your paperwork when Ann will be back.

Bye for now, anything we've missed just ask.

Raining here right now and apparently we had a fairly bad storm around 3am I mustve slept thru, rain today and tomorrow and temps down a bit but by weekend everything turns around and gets hotter and sunnier. Cat got frightened and is currently under the cover for the patio table n chairs, not been in to get her breakfast which is not like her.

Take care.

Jim n Ann

WS cover pools are based in Arboleas, not Mojacar, my mistake lol.

ahhh that's good, that will be nearer to us at Taberno won't it?

Hiya

Will message you in full later on - the car isn't ours though Andrew is thinking of getting one there so we don't have to keep renting.

Yes, would be lovely to meet up when we come over!

Glad you have a cat - massive cat fan, we have three (keep ending up with strays) - hope she is okay.

Talk more later

Ren

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Hi, I dropped a line to the guys at WS this morning for a ball park figure for a 10 x 5 pool cover with a roman end and got a quick reply but now cant find the reply from them that gave details of the covers they do, 500 micron and 700 micron, light to heavy which is what Ann got.

I'll keep searching, maybe its on my laptop as oposed to this tablet.

Will get back with you.

You can reach them if you google WS Cover pools, their website should pop up with amongst other things a map of where they are, click on contact us and add in my email and Anns address, calle la fuente 68 in Urcal and the very helpful lady in the office will get back with you I'm sure.

Tell her your in the process of buying.

I saw on the website today they also do fabric car port covers which might help you. We inherited a proper tile roofed car port that the Honda fits inside but I've measured the space and it will fit a VW Touran 7 seater as well.

Off to do some digging for that message lol. Have a nice afternoon.

I hope all the info I've sent isnt contributing to your lack of sleep lol 

Found the numbers.

Whether your able to beat these costs is up in the air kinda but you have a monster pool, you cant build or install 10 x 5 pools anymore from what ive read, 8 x 4 is the new standard size, thats if you can get one put in. Some estate agents websites state that the local mayor might just wave planning permission thru whilst others wont. Hard cheese on your neighbours I'm afraid if they cant permission

Anyways, to cover your pool here are the numbers WS sent me earlier.

700 micron, the thicker one that we have.

Complete with IVA tax comes out at €646.87

Roller kit €164.95

Reinforced edges which I'd recommend  €164.56

Installation where they deliver everything, make sure the cover fits snug, assemble the roller and fit the straps and make sure it all rolls in and out properly to your satisfaction €121.00

They do a cover cover but we hardly use ours so you could probably pass on that item.

Looks a chunk of change and as I said you might just beat it but doubt by much, some companies give a very base price for the cheaper 500 micron cover but you want a good cover given the size of the pool so its kind of you pays your money and take your choice.

Again given its a long term them I doubt Ann would have any probs showing you what she got when you get here.

As a guide we take about 5 minutes to deploy ours, thats getting it off the roller, onto the pool, tucking in all the edges and the semi cicular roman endy bit.

Hope that helps.