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This confuses me a bit. I can wrap my head around the need to blow the drains out, but the only valve I have (to my knowledge) is on the equipment end, 20-30 feet away. Oh wait....is there a check valve on the main drains? That would make sense. They only allow water though when suction is...

I figured that was the case. I feel like I've seen the fittings before but I can't locate them now. Thanks for your quick response! Am I good blowing the lines from there, back toward the pool? Cap the return and skimmer when it starts bubbling, add antifreeze, done? Main drains will just get...

Hello. Terrific forum here. This is my first post after reading 100's of threads on closing an in ground, vinyl lined, salt water pool in the Midwest. As a very mechanically inclined person, I turn to you all in defeat and frustration. I can not blow my lines out. Instead of continuing my...