Hello, iv been reading the forums here for awhile and have learned alot already. I'm getting ready to start a pool build and will be doing it myself. No one in my area does concrete pools only vinyl liner. I plan on making it out of icf but I have a few questions about the plumbing. I'm doing a negative edge and was wondering instead of putting an actual main drain in, is there any reason I can't just use schedule 40 pipe and use that for the drains. Of course I would split it into 2 drains atleast 3ft apart. It's hard to even find the main drain piece right now and it seems easier to just leave pipes sticking up thru the concrere and cut them Level with the concrete later. I would just put a drain cover on the pipe to finish it and to keep leaves and stuff out.
Also can my pipes be to big? For my suction side of the negative edge I planned on using 2 seperate runs of 4 inch pipe "each splitting into 2 drains 3ft apart" everything I read says go bigger on the pipe and 4 inch isn't that much more expensive but I didn't know if I would have to have a really big pump with that big of pipe. Thank you in advance
Also can my pipes be to big? For my suction side of the negative edge I planned on using 2 seperate runs of 4 inch pipe "each splitting into 2 drains 3ft apart" everything I read says go bigger on the pipe and 4 inch isn't that much more expensive but I didn't know if I would have to have a really big pump with that big of pipe. Thank you in advance
