I know I'm overthinking this but here goes.
I'm having someone close the pool but I'll manage my own chemicals. Pool is schedule to close on 10/25 so a little less than 2 weeks. According to Loop-Loc, my water needs to be 15-18" below the top of the pool. Base on that, I need to lower another 4" but I have to lower water gradually because it has to be drained to the yard. If I try to drain 4" of water all at once, I'll flood my yard and my neighbors yard.
Right now, the water is just at the top of the return jet casing. If I lower the water gradually, the returns are going to eventually be "exposed" and no longer under water. That will happen when I drain about 2" more. But I still need the returns functional in order to add chlorine over the next week and then bring to SLAM level before closing.
How the heck do I lower the water level gradually to loop-loc level and still have functional returns? When the returns are exposed and no longer under water can I still use them and they will just send the water back into the pool like a fountain? Or do returns function best when actually covered by water?
I'm having someone close the pool but I'll manage my own chemicals. Pool is schedule to close on 10/25 so a little less than 2 weeks. According to Loop-Loc, my water needs to be 15-18" below the top of the pool. Base on that, I need to lower another 4" but I have to lower water gradually because it has to be drained to the yard. If I try to drain 4" of water all at once, I'll flood my yard and my neighbors yard.
Right now, the water is just at the top of the return jet casing. If I lower the water gradually, the returns are going to eventually be "exposed" and no longer under water. That will happen when I drain about 2" more. But I still need the returns functional in order to add chlorine over the next week and then bring to SLAM level before closing.
How the heck do I lower the water level gradually to loop-loc level and still have functional returns? When the returns are exposed and no longer under water can I still use them and they will just send the water back into the pool like a fountain? Or do returns function best when actually covered by water?