1st bad opening

[Taylorbay]

So here’s my concern (then I’ll tell the why / how it’s happened)
Above ground pool has about 12” water in it, I’m slowly pumping out water that’s left with hopes of ‘starting over’, keeping water as stirred up as possible hoping pump will suck out the ‘dirt’. So I’m not too concerned about any water left in it, I know I can get that straightened out, we’ve gotten 99% of the leaves out, how do I get the ‘dirt’out, the stuff that settles to the bottom?

We discovered a hole in the pool cover just today (sick of replacing covers every single year), we thought we might have a very slow leak but now we’re not sure, we may have been sucking the pool water out of the pool while pumping water off the cover all winter (we did have a lot of rain, always do.
This is my 5th year with a pool, so far I’ve had perfect openings.

Suggestions?

 

[Richard320]

Do you happen to have a wet-n-dry shop vacuum? It'll make short work of the last inch or so that a submersible pump can't get.

 

[Taylorbay]

Do you happen to have a wet-n-dry shop vacuum? It'll make short work of the last inch or so that a submersible pump can't get.

I don’t, but if that will get all that fine little debris out, I’ll gladly go buy one, thanks

 

[Richard320]

I don’t, but if that will get all that fine little debris out, I’ll gladly go buy one, thanks

Ask the neighbors. Someone is bound to own a shop vacuum.

Or wait until it's filled and use the pool vacuum to pick it up and let the filter filter it.

 

[Taylorbay]

Ask the neighbors. Someone is bound to own a shop vacuum.

Or wait until it's filled and use the pool vacuum to pick it up and let the filter filter it.

Thought about doing that, once it’s filled run the vacuum on waste, just hated to put nice clean water into a dirty bottom pool lol?

 

[Richard320]

Thought about doing that, once it’s filled run the vacuum on waste, just hated to put nice clean water into a dirty bottom pool lol?

You can vacuum on filter. That's what I do. When all you're picking up is dust, you don't need to waste thousands of gallons of water. That's what the filter is for -- to filter out dirt!

 

[PoolguyinCT]

I don’t, but if that will get all that fine little debris out, I’ll gladly go buy one, thanks

Leave about 6” at a minimum on pool floor, now matter how nasty it is. An above ground with no water weight pinning the floor, is a quick path to trashing the liner.