Coverstar Automatic Safety Covers & Pool Studio

A few years ago, Coverstar partnered with Structure Studios, the company that introduced a 3D swimming pool design software called Pool Studio.  This software allows dealers to quickly create pool designs, complete with landscaping, running water and sound effects.  In addition to being able to create and show customers what their potential pool can look like in 3D, they can also show their pool with a Coverstar Automatic Safety Cover. 

When creating the design of the pool, Coverstar track, lids and cover fabric can be selected from the Coverstar Library and added to the design of the pool.  For those who may be unfamiliar with this process, please click on the following link to view a video that shows how to access the Coverstar library and how to add the Coverstar components. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuns3XAh04

 

We hope you will find this helpful as you include Coverstar Automatic Safety Covers in the design of your pools. 

Coverstar Touch Pad with WiFi

A Coverstar automatic safety cover is the best way to protect your family, your pool and your time. A backyard swimming pool is the ultimate source of family fun! But when it comes to children and pets, it is also the source of safety concerns. No parent can be watching over the pool every minute. No fence or alarm can prevent a child from getting access to an unsupervised pool. A Coverstar automatic safety cover can!

 Simply flip a switch, and your Coverstar automatic safety cover will create a barrier over your pool that no child or pet can penetrate. Coverstar is the best protection available for your family and your pool investment.

 Coverstar is proud to introduce a new touch pad control switch, which has been given a voice of its own. 

What if your pool cover controller could contact you, when you are away from home, to let you know who is using the pool?

 

Or notify you when your pool cover is closed, letting you know your pool is safe and secure?

 

What if your pool cover controller could alert you when your pool has been left uncovered?

Now it can with Coverstar!

 The new Coverstar touchpad connects to your existing home network.  It is easy to set up and will allow you to choose which notifications you want to receive such as:

• When the cover is closed
• When a user code is entered
• When an unauthorized user attempts to log in
• When the cover is left open and more

The Coverstar touchpad allows you to program up to 4 unique user codes, so different members of the family can have their own code.  The touchpad can be installed on any new or existing Coverstar automatic cover system.  Let your pool cover connect to you. 

The new touch pad control switch by Coverstar, a brand of Latham Pool Products, Behind Every Pool. 

 

 

 

Featured Product - Coverstar Reusable Lid Forming Kits

Coverstar is excited to feature their reusable lid forming kits. These kits will allow concrete lid sections to be formed and poured on the job site quickly and easily, and best of all, these kits are completely reusable. The lid forming kits are available with either an inclined or a cantilever shaped profile and match the profile of Coverstar's reusable coping forms.

 

 

The new lid forming kits include:

• Molded plastic lid forming trays
• Removable profile forms in either a Inclined or Cantilever shape
• Shape specific trowel
• Easier cleaning and maintenance
• Reduce complexity and time required to pour lids
• Weight saver design for 20% lighter lid sections
• Channel for locking stone to bracket
• Easy forming of motor and non-motor ends
• Non-weight saver tray and adjustable divider that can be used to make lid sections with custom widths.

A concrete lid is a great looking lid that helps the location of the cover housing blend in with rest of the pool. The concrete sections of lid are removable, so the cover housing can be accessed as needed.

Coverstar also has a number of aluminum and stainless steel bracket options available that can be mounted across the back of the cover box to support the concrete lid. 

These lid forming kits can be ordered either as lid forming kit or as box perimeter and lid forming kit.  The part numbers for the different kits are:
A2276     Cantilever Lid Forming Kit
A1120     Box Perimeter and Lid Forming Kit Cantilever
A2275     Inclined Lid Forming Kit
A1119     Box Perimeter and Lid Forming Kit Inclined

For more information on these reusable lid forming kits, please contact a Coverstar Representative.

Coverstar Dealer Manual

For the past several months, we have been working on updating our complete Coverstar Dealer Manual.    The dealer manual provides detailed information that you can refer to when building a pool that will include a Coverstar automatic safety cover.   The manual includes information such as:

• Updated installation instructions for full Eclipse, CS3000 and CS300 spa systems
• Updated specifications sheets for each mechanism, system type and housings
• Updated wiring diagrams
• New cross section drawings of housing, walk on lids, housing drainage etc.
• New sections for special applications including blowers, perimeter overflow, vanishing edge etc.

The manual is organized with an easy to follow table of contents which will help you navigate through the different options whether they are looking for information based on pool type (gunite, vinyl liner and fiberglass)  or system type (underguide, topguide, deckmount). 
 

We are excited to announce that the new dealer manual is now posted on our website and is available for viewing or for download.  To access the manual, go to www.coverstar.com.   After the website opens, click on the link that says "are you a builder/dealer".   Next, use the mouse to hover over the link that says "Automatic" along the top of the page.  This will bring up several options, including "Dealer Manual".  

 

After clicking on the manual link, you will see that it has been set up with a number of links throughout it.  Each of the line items in the table of contents is a link that will take you to that section of the manual.  Additional links titled "return to table of contents", have been included at the top of each page throughout the manual.  When clicked, these links will take you back to the table of contents. 

 

Please note that the manual is only available for download in its full version at this time.  We are working on separating the manual out to show each of the different sections, which will allow you to download a specific section without needing to download the full manual.  We expect to have this update ready in the next couple of weeks.  With the manual being in one complete document, it may take a few minutes to download. 

 

We hope you find this new manual helpful as you implement automatic covers in your pool designs. 

Strongest Solid & Mesh Safety Covers

Every pool professional knows: the weakest part of every safety cover is the seams. Only Coverstar uses interlocked and double overlapped seams to dramatically improve weight transfer from the cover material to the seams and webbing. In fact, Coverstar covers are shown to be the stronger than competitive brands' in independent pull tests!

More strong reasons to choose a Coverstar Solid or Mesh Safety Cover:

• Bar and box tack reinforcement on all perimeter straps for additional strength - a Coverstar exclusive.
• Double Decker edge won't unravel - the cover material is first hemmed then sandwiched between double layers of webbing around the perimeter.
• Heavy duty vinyl nosing pads protect cover against wear from coping and steps.
• Chafing strip sewn to bottom of cover protects the webbing from coping abrasion wear - and won't mark the coping, like other strips!
• Lower profile springs with heavy-duty overlap D-ring (standard on Heavy-Duty Solid and custom covers) - cover lies flat and fits tight!

And...because we build them better, we back them better: with a 20-YEAR WARRANTY (5-year full warranty)!

Bar & Box Tack Reinforcement

Chafing Strip

Coverstar Automatic Cover Mainenance

As the swimming season is quickly approaching, swimming pools will soon be uncovered, cleaned, balanced and prepared for family fun, relaxation and entertaining friends. We would like to remind you that in addition to preparing your pool for spring, it is also important to prepare your Coverstar Automatic Safety Cover for the season. Like anything that is exposed to harsh chemicals and wide variations in environmental conditions, a pool cover also needs regular maintenance.

We recommend that the following items be checked each spring to insure that you’re Coverstar automatic safety cover will operate smoothly and perform reliably.

· Lubricate all pulleys

·Adjust the torque limiter

· Adjust the ropes for smooth cover operation

· Flush dirt from the cover track

· Tighten loose bolts and screws

· Clean leaves and debris out of the cover box

· Clean the cover

· Replace sliders and pulleys as needed

By properly maintaining your Coverstar Automatic SafetyCover, it will continue to provide the best protection available for your family and your pool investment.

 

 

Coverstar 2013 New Products

Coverstar, a division of Latham Pool Products, is pleased to introduce some of the new products and product enhancements that will be released in the coming weeks. 


Touch Pad Control Switch

• Program upto 4 unique user codes
• Intelligent limit sensing
• Digital Screen Display

    

Touch Pad with WiFi

The homeowner can choose to receive an alert via text or email for several occurences including:

• Who and when a user logs into the switch
• When the automatic cover is opened or closed
• when the cover is open longer than the programmed time

Aluminum Mechanism Enhancements

• Swivel pulleys on both the motor end and non motor ends of the drive mechanism.
• Disc style of torque limiter

 


CS300 Spa System Enhancements

• Cross Braces for both motor end and non motor end
• Upgraded rope reel brake
• Repositioned vertical pulleys with full rope containment

 
PowerFlex Rope

• Proprietary PowerFlex rope processing
• Smaller diameter to work in all applications
• 2 year no break warranty

Coverstar is committed to having the highest quality and most durable products on the market.  As we enter the 2013 season, these new products and product enhancements will once again distinguish Coverstar as the market leader in automatic pool cover products.