When they winterize and drain the pool below the returns, how/where did they get rid of that water? Was it pumped to the stree via a long hose.....
Mystery Pipe? What is it for?
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TexEdmond
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Sorry, no help on the mystery vertical pipe with plug but I do have a guess on the tee between the filter and heater inlet: It looks like the SWG is a retrofit add-on to the pool plumbing based on the straight coupling. There may be another one hiding behind that pipe, or whoever did the SWG install cut the pipe and did the whole pipe including heater union new. My best guess is that threaded cap is blocking off where the old heater bypass used to be? I dunno.
I'm in the same situation you are except on the other side of things. There's a port that's installed on my pool that no water moves in or out of and there's no corresponding pipe at my equipment pad.
nieuport17
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I have a pipe just like that.
I live in south Florida, and the water table can get high, so the pipe is used to suck water out from the bottom of the pool.
Not sure about pool in IL however.
I was told by my pool manufacturer that in the event the pool ever needed to be drained for service, this pipe would allow me to control rising groundwater. This would prevent the pool from literally being pushed out of the ground!
do you have a picture of it, but yes, the deadmans line is one of the things it could be. Luckily I havent had alot of rain, however there has been some rain in recent days, so if this is for that purpose, then I should try draining it out if I needed to lower the level down? Either way something I should know.
Have you shined a flashlight down the pipe? I say that because it looks like what is on my septic system that is used to switch drainage from one drain field to another. It works using a long tool that fits down over a ridge at the bottom to allow turning from one side to the other.
I do believe that is what this is, and should have been communicated to me since this could damage my pool if not properly maintained. The liners dont last for ever and if I needed to replace it during a time of heavy rains that could now cause problems with the bottom concrete and liner not to mention every year when I need to winterize (including lowering the level of the pool past the returns for proper clearing of lines). Very disappointed with my install company, but happy to have this narrowed down. Thank you.
Yes, you cant see anything besides an empty pipe- the pipe is also a flexible pipe, not a standard PVC pipe that would not be flexible.
thats what seems to be where this may be falling, the more comments that come in, the more I believe that is the case.
I am not confident the new owners of the pool company are completely sure nor familiar enough to confirm a concrete answer. I have noticed several things that were missed during opening the pool over the last few years. These overlooks would be enough to ruin all my equipment. When questioning it with them directly, they said they must have forgotten that step and proceeded to compliment me with my keen observations and how impressive it was that I figured it to be on the plumping side (all I am thinking during this is "thanks for the compliment but its your job to know this, not mine"). I am not a plumber, nor a pool installer, so these little overlooks really kills the level of confidence I have for them with any inquiry. I have requested them to clarify but so far have not received a response which tells me they arent sure. The fee to open my pool was never lowered during these instances either, so I ultimately said I may as well do it myself.
Would you be able to send a photo of your pipe so I can compare the two?
Could be a construction drain. During construction if there was a ground water issue they would use that pipe to keep it dry.
I have one just like that, and was told that at some point in the past, the third return to the pool had a leak, or had been capped off for some reason. The pool was neglected for years prior to our purchasing the property. I have no idea if that is accurate, but it is what I was told by the pool company who has serviced the pool in the past.
It could be a well installed when they built your pool. (Also mentioned above de watering. ) how high is your water table? Did they have to lower it to build pool. I have one on a fifty year old pool I still use to fill it. Do not do that on a vinyl pool. If so leave it alone
I had one just like it for future expansion for a pressure/suction cleaner. I didn’t ask for it but it cost peanuts at the time to do during the build. (Before PVC was trading on the precious metals index) There was a dead return in the pool that was the other end of the pipe.
If all your shell/liner punctures are accounted for, I’ll go with de-watering somehow.
If all your shell/liner punctures are accounted for, I’ll go with de-watering somehow.
I dont recall, but when I needed to remove water during heavy rains, I would use a hose and run it out to the main sewer drain
Another thought…. Is the liner original ? If it’s been replaced the may have cut the return pipe out and abandoned it behind the new liner. @PoolStored has similar with old wall drains behind the new liner. (At that time). If it was active at one point, or unused but open in the pool they would have opened the pad cap to winterize it each year, explaining the marks, unlike mine that was permanently capped at both ends from the get go.
I had the pool installed. the liner was the original request.
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