I just purchased a new home and wanted to attach my pool cleaning robot to the suction port on the side of the pool. Low and behold no suction! I tried all the valves, even had a pool tec. stop by. He said it was probably capped off somewhere. Does anyone know how I can find the end of the piping so I can attach it to the suction side of the pump?
cleaner attachment on side of pool near skimmer
- Thread starter barkley
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Often ports are plumbed during the build to allow a cleaner to be added. I'd look near the equipment pad for a capped pipe coming out of the ground.
OH, I found out where mine was when they filled my pool up. I had a compartment below my pool house for a pump house for my pond and they ran all the plumbing in that area. They forgot to cap our port and guess what - when it got to the return in the pool, it flooded the entire compartment when the pump was running for the pond. It was underwater by about 2 feet. Never got a good resolve on that one. Mine was plumbed up to where all the other pipes come up into the pool house as JohnT suggested.
I tried sticking my garden hose in the opening and turning it on to see if water would exit somewhere... no success. I'm sure the line is capped.
barkley said:
Any unexplained valves on your suction lines?
Otherwise, I'd expect it to be within a few feet of where your other plumbing comes out of the ground. They wouldn't dig an extra trench if they didn't have to.