Safety Cover aaaaaaaaaand a winter cover?

[cdvana]

I live in the Chicago area so it's cold around here. I already own a safety cover and was wondering if it would benefit me to put a winter cover on top of the safety cover. Double cover! My thought would be to minimize the light coming into the pool to reduce algae since I have a long season of no pool use.

Has anyone used this setup? Any issues?

The winter cover is soo much cheaper than buying a new safety cover in case your wondering why I just don't do that.

Thanks!

 

[Mam262]

Is your safety cover solid or mesh?

 

[benjydog]

Is it normal to open to a green pool? I'm in Ontario and, while only having the pool 4 seasons, it's always been crystal clear when I open. We close around mid October and open mid may. My neighbor one year opened to green water but they waited much longer, first week of June to open. He has a safety cover, I have a winter cover. To be honest, I use a company to close the pool, so I don't know what they put in, if anything.

I know the above does answer the op, but what I'm getting at is, isn't it all based on water Temps at close and open? What too cold inhibits algae, ni?

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[jkayca]

It's about sunlight too. The less that the pool is exposed to the less algae will develop. I've seen posts around here about using a tight weave mesh safety cover to get the best of both worlds.