figured out a cheap way to drain my pool...I just turned my filter to WASTE...
took my pool vacuum hose, wrapped plumber's tape around it to create a seal..stick one end into my skimmer ...the other end into the pool...drained like 1 feet of water below the skimmer line...enough to go below the returns..
checked to make sure my sewage pipes aren't overflowing...worked like a charm...
and I didn't even need a bilge pump to pump out the skimmer when i blew out the lines..sticked the same pool vacuum hose in there and direct the water back to the pool...works better than a bilge pump....plugged it and stuff the skimmer with short pieces of pool noodles...no gizmo needed...
have an air compressor already...blew out all the lines
did not have to buy anything except new plugs, one pool noodle, eyeball removal tool and pool shock/algaecide...cost me $50...it will cost me $10 next year...i still have 1/2 bottle of algaecide
my pool guy said it's too expensive to do it myself ...proved him wrong
took my pool vacuum hose, wrapped plumber's tape around it to create a seal..stick one end into my skimmer ...the other end into the pool...drained like 1 feet of water below the skimmer line...enough to go below the returns..
checked to make sure my sewage pipes aren't overflowing...worked like a charm...
and I didn't even need a bilge pump to pump out the skimmer when i blew out the lines..sticked the same pool vacuum hose in there and direct the water back to the pool...works better than a bilge pump....plugged it and stuff the skimmer with short pieces of pool noodles...no gizmo needed...
have an air compressor already...blew out all the lines
did not have to buy anything except new plugs, one pool noodle, eyeball removal tool and pool shock/algaecide...cost me $50...it will cost me $10 next year...i still have 1/2 bottle of algaecide
my pool guy said it's too expensive to do it myself ...proved him wrong
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