Inground Pool With No Bottom Drain

The problem is that they can be very dangerous pieces of equipment in the pool and that many pool owners don t realize it.

Inground pool with no bottom drain.

Start the drainage process by opening the pool s hydro static valve which is located in the main drain. We ve already seen that the water in a swimming pool needs to circulate through a filtering system to remove dirt and debris. The issue here is not whether the pool will circulate well or not it s that the contractor made a. I have spoken to several pool companies they all said that they would drain the pool through my filter system away from the house with the exception of one company.

This does not sound right to me putting 12 000 gal. They drain the water out through the bottom drain into the ground below the pool. The federal 2007 virginia graeme baker pool and spa safety act regulates swimming pool main drains. If your swimming pool has a main drain ensure at minimum that it has a suction entrapment proof cover.

The main drain in your swimming pool is very easy to locate it sits right at the bottom of the pool. Bottom drain may be closer to the pump with shorter return line and have a more suction due to shorter restriction and water pressure of extra depth. If you cannot locate a hydro static valve call a pool professional to drain it. If the main drain is not working in your inground pool you may need to have it cleaned.

But locating them isn t actually the problem with swimming pool main drains. In reality most inground pool have no need for main drains to achieve proper circulation. A main drain circulates the pool s water by pulling water off the bottom of the pool and sending it to the filter. I need some help.

An inground swimming pool s main drain is located in the deep end of the pool. Cpsc staff recommends that to eliminate and not just mitigate the drain entrapment hazard in pools and spas pool owners should disable olddrains or build new pools without any drains and use gutters overflows and or skimmers to provide water to the pump iii. Since 2007 federal and state laws require new pools to have either multiple main drains unblockable drains or no main drains at all. To have your pool professionally cleaned or even if you re doing it yourself you ll need to remove the.

I am having my pool resurfaced.