We are expecting to get several inches of rain from hurricane Sally starting tomorrow. Should I drain some water from my above ground pool or just let it run over?
Expecting a lot of rain from sally
- Thread starter Fun4Life67
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- Jun 22, 2014
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If water can spill over without getting trapped between the liner and wall in your set-up, you could probably go either way. If your CYA and/or CH are high, lowering before the rain hits would be the best way to lower them. Good luck!
Wobblerlorri
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- Apr 16, 2019
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We're expecting a lot of rain, too. I just let it overflow then drain some to get it halfway up the skimmer after the rain is gone.
Kenai
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East of Atlanta here...raining all night...grateful our pool’s overflow pipe...has saved us several times already. I grew up in west Georgia where I hardly remember rain. Seems like since we moved here July 19’ it has rained constantly!! Stay dry everyone!🌧🌧
I let mine fill up then drain, Sometimes things change and it never hits us.
But I am in north Atlanta and raining hard all day and according to radar the hard stuff hasn't arrived yet..I am also concerned about tree's falling after a soaking rain and winds.
But I am in north Atlanta and raining hard all day and according to radar the hard stuff hasn't arrived yet..I am also concerned about tree's falling after a soaking rain and winds.
we hit 21" worth and finally it quit raining. the wind was wild and it looked like a wave pool for the past two days.
glad it's over .... finally.
glad it's over .... finally.
Wobblerlorri
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It's rained steadily all night, and looking out the kitchen window I saw the wind chasing bands of rain across the road. It's currently about 62 degrees out there. Brrr! Just waiting for Dragnet to come on MeTV at 530 -- that'll warm me up!
Man my pool is over the coping and still pouring. Surprised not a lot or leaves in the pool but no complaints.
what does 21" do to your pool? Completely overflowing?
I am draining some of mine out now, it's about a 1/2" from over flowing
Kenai
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My salt levels dropped from 2900 to 2400.
I think we got around 4" or more..Almost overflowed when I started draining some out
I think we got around 4" or more..Almost overflowed when I started draining some out
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I still can't imagine 21" of rain, Pensacola got over 30" and they had winds!
well we were smart enough to at least hard pipe from the waste so I can drain it pretty fast. when draining I ran it for an hour and you couldn't tell it was doing any good because it was raining so hard. i ended up draining it three times in a 24 hour period. also we had a ton of leaves in the pool from our neighbors trees. the robot did a great job getting rid of those!
honestly i haven't checked the water. just haven't had time to do it. maybe tomorrow. also got to have some pavers relaid because I stepped on a few and they sank down. no big deal.
Holydoc
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We had over 20" of rain and lots of wind. Got my pool cleaned out of debris, and are adjusting the chemicals now.
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