Next question: How to drain a pool

[sweet angel]

without flooding the neighborhood? Sump pump? Shop vac? We've already got it below the skimmer line...

 

[just.me]

stick a hose in it -
suck the other end to get the flow started - not to much though
and then put that end where you want it to drain into - sink, tub, back yard -

a shop vac would take you FOREVER!

 

[L107ANGEL]

stick a hose in it -
suck the other end to get the flow started - not to much though
and then put that end where you want it to drain into - sink, tub, back yard -

a shop vac would take you FOREVER!

 

[sweet angel]

stick a hose in it -
suck the other end to get the flow started - not to much though
and then put that end where you want it to drain into - sink, tub, back yard -

a shop vac would take you FOREVER!

Okay, let me ask you this...when we were draining yesterday thru the waste setting on the filter, we had it running 100' from the yard into the street out front. Who's got the sucking ability to get the flow started from 100'?

Never though of draining it into a sink or tub, but that would be waterflow all uphill.

If I drain it into the yard, the whole yard will be flooded, as well as my neighbor's inground pool -- don't think they'd appreciate that.

We had the street totally flooded yesterday....good thing it was drizzly and not really noticeable.

 

[L107ANGEL]

Love your new tag!

 

[Lynn CC]

If you can get a really long hose you can disburse it in different directions. It may have to be done over several days or weeks in order to avoid flooding. Last time we had to drain our pool my neighbor complained because the water was hitting his driveway, so we got creative with different directions etc. It took us 6 days...we are going to do it again this spring to change the liner!
Good Luck

 

[cepmom]

Okay, let me ask you this...when we were draining yesterday thru the waste setting on the filter, we had it running 100' from the yard into the street out front. Who's got the sucking ability to get the flow started from 100'?

Never though of draining it into a sink or tub, but that would be waterflow all uphill.

If I drain it into the yard, the whole yard will be flooded, as well as my neighbor's inground pool -- don't think they'd appreciate that.

We had the street totally flooded yesterday....good thing it was drizzly and not really noticeable.

maybe if you use the shop vac to get the suction going...

 

[sweet angel]

I don't think even a shop vac could suck water thru a hose 100' long...maybe though.

 

[Nancy]

I have no clue how my DH gets the suction going through our hoses when he drains the pool, I think he starts with the filter. Our pool sits way back in our yard...he connects 2 hoses together (I know it is over 100 feet) and runs it out of the back yard and more than half way down our driveway....the flow coming out isn't really full force so it takes a while to drain the pool...but it never floods anything...it just goes down the driveway, into the street and down into the storm drain along the curb. (which luckily is right in front of my house)

 

[sweet angel]

Therein lies the problem -- I don't think there's a storm drain anywhere nearby....and the water level is below the filter line now.

I'm wondering if maybe we simply poke a hole thru the bottom liner and let it seep out......