Which cover suits a pool in San Pedro?
San Pedro sits between the Guadalmina and the Guadaiza, right on the water, and it has the mild Mediterranean climate of the western Costa del Sol: long warm summers, gentle winters and a great deal of sun. The natural swimming season already runs from roughly June to October, and an automatic cover is what stretches it at both ends — closed overnight, the water holds on to most of the heat it gained during the day.
In high summer the argument changes from warmth to water. With strong sun and the dry poniente wind, an uncovered pool loses a surprising amount of water every day, and every time you top it up you dilute the chemistry and have to dose again. Closing the cover when the pool is not in use breaks that cycle, and the saving shows up on both the water and the chemical bill across a season.
Being this close to the beach has a cost, and it is salt. Rollers, axles and fixings take far more punishment on the front line than they do inland, and a cover that would still look immaculate in Toledo can start giving trouble here within a few years if it was not built for the location. That is why every installation along this stretch of coast is specified for a marine environment.
There is also something particular to San Pedro. Much of the town was laid out from the nineteenth-century agricultural colony, with wide streets and generous plots, and a good number of the pools here are concrete and decades old. That is not a problem: most will take a cover without touching the shell. Where there is room the roller goes submerged in a purpose-built bench; where there is not, it sits visible on the coping stone.
As for the slats, transparent polycarbonate is popular in the Guadalmina villas because it all but disappears over the water; solar polycarbonate is the choice if you want to warm the pool using the sun; and PVC remains the toughest and best-value option. You can compare them all in Cover models and Slat types — or come to the office and handle them yourself.
