Sorry to cross post!
I didn't realize so many people from the havus forums go here!
I wanna drain the pool, because powerwashing the walls with the pool drained is MUCH easier than brushing the walls blindly. Even if my powerwasher quit mid way into the cleaning, brushing wouldn't be half as bad as doing it with a full pool.
Maybe I'd like to do some DIY plaster repair while I'm down there.
Buggsw,
My pump does not work! the motor is good, but yesterday I primed the pump, and ran it with the filter cap off (Both the skimmer and main drain valves were open). I didn't see water rush into the filter, though it does stir around.
Though I won't know for sure unless I isolate the pump from its surrounding plumbing and make sure it can suck up a sample of water.
I wouldn't expect the main drain to suck anything, since I scooped the deep end, and the gunk down there wouldn't let any water through the mesh! So I'd think the same thing is happening to the main drain.
I lost one of the skimmer baskets to one of the skimmers, but the other one has it. Im afraid to reach down in the skimmer with the missing basket even with a glove for some dumb reason. But I cleared the other one's basket. The pump still wouldn't suck.
On my filter the valve is a push pull one, I pushed it in because I assumed that would normally filter, but I ran the pump, and water that was already sitiing in the pump stirs, as I've said, and no water comes out of the top pipe (Side valved filter). This would lead me to believe this is in the backwash function. So I'm going to test it with the push pull valve raised up.
Reporting back soon.