Top track manual safety covers

The PCS™ ManualTrak™ system is designed for small to mid-sized pools and features a low-profile track mounted to the deck on each side of the pool. The cover is retracted with a "hand crank" and extended over the pool by pulling a rope tether connected to a handle.

Designed to be affordable and offers many of the same safety features as its "big brothers" the PCS PowerTrak ™ (a semi-automatic pool cover system) or the Infinity 4000 ™, the most state of the art automatic pool cover system in the world.

The PCS™ ManualTrak™ manual pool cover utilizes many of the same components used in our Infinity 4000 fully automatic swimming pool cover, making it possible to upgrade.
The PCS™ ManualTrak™ is classified as a safety cover, but does not doesn't require the use of anchors, water bags, or tie down straps to hold it in place. Thanks to PCS' unique design, one person can usually cover or uncover a pool in just a couple of minutes.
The PCS™ ManualTrak™ system exceeds the A.S.T.M. Federal Safety Standards for pool covers.

Swingaway Hinged Ladders for autocovers

Tired of having your automatic pool cleaner get tangled up on your pool ladder, or having to remove your ladder to close your auto cover?
When an autocovers is installed on a new or existing pool, there is always one problem... the ladder in the deep end is always in the way of the cover closing.
Cover companies came up with an easy solution to this and installed hinges on the ladders. The only draw back to their hinge is it uses a small pin to lock the ladder in place. These are small pins and can very easily get lost and bent. More often than not, it is easier for homeowners to just stop using the ladders.
Our hinges incorporate the locking pin into the hinge itself. The pin is internally mounted which makes it easy to lock and unlock. To unlock the hinge, you simply lift the entire ladder 1 inch. To lock the hinge, you simply let the ladder slide down and lock into place. It couldn't be easier.
These hinges can be used for more than auto covers. If you have an automatic cleaner that is always getting tangled on the ladder, this is the solution for you. No more worrying about your cleaner getting stuck and staying in place for hours. Simply lift the ladder out of the water and let it go.

They also make for easy winterization. To order swing away ladder hinges...call Penguin Pools at 612-225-0007


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The difference in covers between a top track, and a recessed

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This is a recessed cover above, notice how the cover rides in the same track we install the liner in, on the side of the pool wall and then rolls into a well under the diving board.

This is a top track cover below. Look closely and you will see the track on top of the concrete that the cover slides in. This was an existing
pool that we put a cover on two years after we built it. We had to build a bench above the deck for it roll into, in order
not to tear up the tiles. On a new pool it would be underground like picture 1 or 3.

Another picture of a top track cover, we use these for two basic reasons, the customer saves about $1500 because special coping is not needed atop the pool wall, so it's a cheaper option. If you have a freeform pool like the one below, it has to be top track, because it needs a straight edge to close.