Can I leave a solar cover under the winter coner?

[RGH]

It seems that I am always pumping out pool water whenever I pump off water off of the winter cover every spring even with new winter covers due to stretching. I have a 30 foot round above ground and never use the solar cover because it is hard to manage due to the pool size. I thought if I could leave the solar cover as a barrier, this might make opening the pool less of a hassle in the spring. Any thoughts?

[rpuryear]

Most of the solar pool cover manufacturers recommended removing the solar cover when the pool is superchlorinated or shocked, because the chlorine will deteriorate the cover. With that said, I would think when winterizing, the increase in chlorine during winterization would no be good!

[zeischeryl]

I'm going to try putting the solar cover on after the non-chlorinated winterizing chemicals and then the winter cover. Hope it works well!