RAIN WATER POOL LEVEL RISING FAST PHOENIX

[MarkThomasAZ]

Not sure if this is the "correct" forum but here goes.
Finally have a problem with too much rain in Phoenix.
My pool water level is rising fast with rain.
This may be a dumb question but do I need to go out there and drain
some of the water out via the pump?
The contractor put a spigot on the return pipe I think strictly for that purpose?
Or do I just let it overflow? The water is going to go in the same place
either way????

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

You don't want your water level to rise above the tiles. Water can seep between the bond beam and coping (or deck) and cause damage.

Does your pool have an overflow? If not, use the spigot on your plumbing, with the pump running, to drain water. Turn the valve off before you shut off your pump.

 

[MarkThomasAZ]

Nice, good call Mike. Sure enough just by writing this post I made the rain stop.....sorry fellow Phoenecians.
I will keep this in mind if it rains agian.

 

[mknauss]

Unless you are getting run off into your pool, which you really do not want, it is a pretty rare day to get 6" or so of rain to overflow your pool.

I would suggest you get a low priced sump pump (Harbor Freight, Amazon) to have on hand to drain the pool water. You will need it eventually.

 

[MarkThomasAZ]

Thank you mknaus. Yes it was a bit of an optical illusion....I was using the water line tile to guage....and there is a whole nother course of the deck tile before
it overflows....My bad. Goofy new guy here.

 

[Nikilyn]

Ours got pretty high too. We have 3 row of 2” tile and it was up to the middle of the top one. It was back to normal yesterday so I guess our auto leveler works. I knew it did well keeping it filled. Now we know it drains it too, just took a little while. It was a lot of rain very fast.

 

[Newdude]

My bad. Goofy new guy here

Well to be fair, the last time it rained in Phoenix, bread slicers were in the research and development stage……..

 

[mknauss]

Now we know it drains it too

You have an overflow? That would be surprising.

I suspect that evaporation occurred lowering your water level to normal.

 

[Sunnydaze]

My pool level raised by about 1/2" yesterday in 3 hours then the rain stopped. I figure it will be extraordinarily rare to get enough rain to overflow the pool here. It would have to be similar to the event in September of 2014 when the entire valley was underwater and drivers were swimming out of their cars on the I-10. That storm set the state record when it dumped 3.5 inches in Phoenix and 5.5 inches in Chandler in just hours.

 

[MarkThomasAZ]

My pool level raised by about 1/2" yesterday in 3 hours then the rain stopped. I figure it will be extraordinarily rare to get enough rain to overflow the pool here. It would have to be similar to the event in September of 2014 when the entire valley was underwater and drivers were swimming out of their cars on the I-10. That storm set the state record when it dumped 3.5 inches in Phoenix and 5.5 inches in Chandler in just hours.

Yes agree....I was using the wrong tile line to judge the level. I wasn't even close to overflowing.

 

[Nikilyn]

You have an overflow? That would be surprising.

I suspect that evaporation occurred lowering your water level to normal.

I could be wrong. Paperwork said, auto leveler. So maybe just a fill? I just know that was a lot of water to evaporate that fast.

 

[mknauss]

I just know that was a lot of water to evaporate that fast.

I suspect you are evaporating 3/4" to 1" per day.

 

[MarkThomasAZ]

The overflow drains are usually grates. Google the overflow drain and you can see a photo.