While you want your family to enjoy being outdoors in and around your pool, you need to make sure that they don't get too much exposure to the sun. It can be hard to keep your kids out of the pool on very hot days. You can install plenty of sunscreen length but it may not feel that this gives enough protection.
If you're looking for some extra protection, you can install a cover over your pool. For example, a retractable shade sail could help. What are the benefits of using this kind of cover in a pool area?
Get Shade When You Need it
One of the problems of installing a fixed shade cover over your pool is that it sometimes does its job too well. While you want the cover to protect you from the sun's rays when they are at their height, you don't need or want this protection at other times when things aren't so bright.
If you install a retractable shade sail, you get the best of both worlds. You can put the sail up when the sun is at its hottest. When things cool down, you retract it.
Get More Use Out of Your Pool
If your pool is unshaded, you may try to keep your family out of the water when the sun is really hot. This reduces the time that you can use your pool.
If you have a shade sail over the pool, then you get extra protection even from the midday sun. So, you don't need to ration out pool time. You and your family can use the pool whenever you want.
Get A Longer Lasting Shade Sail
Retractable shade sails also give themselves some protection that you might not get from a fixed sail. For example, fixed sails are exposed to the weather all the time. They may get sun faded or damaged by wind, rain and hail.
This is much less of a problem with a retractable shade. It isn't in the sun all the time, so its colour lasts for longer. Plus, you can retract the shade easily whenever the weather isn't so good. This reduces the chances that the sail will get weather-damaged.
To see some examples of retractable shade sails, contact local suppliers. They can explain your options — for example, you can use sails with manual or motorised retraction and even products with weather sensors that close themselves when it is windy or raining.
