Installers who go to the edge for their clients
By Mike Shadoan
Depending on the terrain, some installers often risk their own personal safety when installing auto covers on pools.
Automatic pool covers are designed to make pools safe for pool owners. However, auto-cover installers are often risking their own personal safety (or sanity) while they attempt to install auto covers on pools. From installing on steep cliffs and working in the sweltering heat, climbing up staircases to get materials to the job, three auto-cover installers share their most challenging stories about the lengths they go to installing these products on their clients’ pools.
Cliffs, ladders, and ferries
Allan Horwood, owner of Pool Patrol in British Columbia, says he is often confronted with automatic cover installation challenges on pools in his area, which primarily come from the location of the job site.
“Since we are surrounded by so many hills and cliffs overlooking gorgeous oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water, many of the auto covers we install are on vanishing-edge pools—which can be very challenging,” says Horwood. “In many cases, we’re working on cliffs that have sharp drop offs below the catch basin. This means we’re having to install the track while standing on the lower basin ledge with a steep drop behind our backs.”
There are no good places to lay tools and installers do not want to forget something like a screwdriver once they have managed to get themselves out on that ledge to work, he says. As a result, his crews are continuously planning for all the extra time involved to figure out and work around the logistics of these physically challenging pool locations.
“Recently, we were trying to take measurements on a basin where there was a cliff with a 23 m (75 ft) drop off below us,” says Horwood. “It was so steep we really couldn’t work without having to build scaffolding to install the track. At some point you must refuse a job because it’s just not safe for your crew.”
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