Hi
Hopefully the right place to post this! I have an inground pool and the pool pad is in another part of the back yard in a low spot. The trouble I have is that when we get lots of rain (NJ) the low part of the yard floods, including the pool pad. I've raised the pump and booster pump off the ground as much as I can without having to redo all the plumbing as the flooding already killed the previous pumps.
I had the idea that I could dig a hole near the pump pad and put a drain in and plumb it into the waste pipe from the multi-port (underground) and it would drain the water away from the area. The waste pipe already joins with a couple of gutter drains further (50+ft) away away so it all drains to the street so I don't think this would be that bad, I don't see how it would back up to the multi-port as that is a couple of feet off the ground and worse case is nothing happens and I still have a flooded pad... Given I'd be plumbing a drain nearer the pool pad to the waste pipe I wasn't sure if this would be bad for any reason so thought I'd ask,,,
Digging a whole new trench to drain further away is something I would like to avoid as there's obviously the waste pipe going underground somewhere already, the gas line for the heater and a few rather large pine trees which will have roots everywhere too so it would not be a simple job.
Thoughts/advice?
Thanks!
Hopefully the right place to post this! I have an inground pool and the pool pad is in another part of the back yard in a low spot. The trouble I have is that when we get lots of rain (NJ) the low part of the yard floods, including the pool pad. I've raised the pump and booster pump off the ground as much as I can without having to redo all the plumbing as the flooding already killed the previous pumps.
I had the idea that I could dig a hole near the pump pad and put a drain in and plumb it into the waste pipe from the multi-port (underground) and it would drain the water away from the area. The waste pipe already joins with a couple of gutter drains further (50+ft) away away so it all drains to the street so I don't think this would be that bad, I don't see how it would back up to the multi-port as that is a couple of feet off the ground and worse case is nothing happens and I still have a flooded pad... Given I'd be plumbing a drain nearer the pool pad to the waste pipe I wasn't sure if this would be bad for any reason so thought I'd ask,,,
Digging a whole new trench to drain further away is something I would like to avoid as there's obviously the waste pipe going underground somewhere already, the gas line for the heater and a few rather large pine trees which will have roots everywhere too so it would not be a simple job.
Thoughts/advice?
Thanks!