Has anyone repurposed a old swimming pool winter cover as a firewood stack cover. The good part is that they are customizable to any size, however the bad is that where ever they are cut the wind will fray the edges. I have not found anything that will keep those edges from fraying. So I was hoping that some members have had this problem with a good solution to this problem.
I use commercial black rubber roofing. They re-did the roof at work last summer and I got all that I could haul
Those pool covers, at least the ones we’ve had, do not make good stack covers. The edges of your splits will chew them up fast. I used an old one to cover some milled ash boards and it shredded in high winds.
Softwood - I totally agree on the rubber roofing, however my supply is in use. I'm looking to use the pool cover as a temporary solution.
Can you use a small blowtorch and run it quickly down the cut edge? Melts them together. Im currently using thick black plastic that was supposedly a pool cover. Not woven though.
rusty ranger 44 I was "gifted" a pool cover too. I haven't cut mine yet and thought about running duct tape on each side of the fray and leaving it stick over the end, than pinching the ends together, or like it's been mentioned trying a torch to melt the end.
I do not cover wood here. really no need to, but I do have to admit though that necessity is the mother of invention and you hoarders have come up with some good ideas.
I am also looking for something very inexpensive to cover stacks. I would like some free rubber roofing, but never find any. I might just bite the bullet on a few pieces of metal roofing, maybe just buy a few a year.
Pool covers not so good. But the bottom floor of above ground pools is excellent. Made of a rubber material that holds up to the weather for several years. Better than any tarp I've ever used. Usually some neighbors every year just throwing out their dilapidated pool.
I used Flex seal tape on the holes in my old pool cover it held up pretty well. The metal sides of above ground pools also make good woodpile covers.
Talk to a local tarp repair place. I scored a couple semi trailer tarps that had a couple big rips and the truckers just put new ones on and the repair place was just going to toss them. I cut according to the rips and squared them up and they have worked well.
Or if you know anyone (or don't know them) that has an old dilapidated shed that's got old tin on the roof/sides, you might be able to score some with a little work.
Did this worked great my “pay” was the free tin, and I helped him put the new tin on. Win, win for both of us!
I use some metal that I got from a guy that was taking down his above ground pool. Cut to 8 foot sheets it works pretty well.
