main drain clogged with gunite

[tonyj]

I bought a 15 years old house... pool has a skimmer line leak.. skimmer was replaced... jack hammer was used by repair guy.. so after the skimmer replacement the pool wouldn't run off main drain... the vent pipe to the main drains for the safety vac release would dump.. causing the pump to aerate... so we did all the normal drain cleaning things.. finally pumped compressed air from pump to main drain.. 2 got 3 or 4 big broken chucks of gunite, they were 1/2 round... like when something liquid settles in pipe and hardens... after that I could almost run on main... fast forward to today... we scoped drain and you can clearly see both main drains have a good amount of gunite in them.... how would a professional deal with this... thanks tony

 

[YippeeSkippy]

Events like this probably explain why some folks close off their main drains over time. You don't *have to* have one, but if you do, its certainly nice if it worked.

I hope someone will come along with a good idea on how to clean it out....

Can you please fill out a signature line describing your pool surface, size, equipment, how you chlorinate and test, etc? You can find the signature spot under your screen name up at the top right. THanks in advance

Maddie

 

[tonyj]

Update. Used some pex tubing, air compressor.. was able to get almost most out of the 2 main drains... runs now on main only.. man that was alot of stuff... also used pex to guide camera in drain. Thanks tony

 

[YippeeSkippy]

HOLY COW!!