Can you drain water from above ground pool and keep the pool up?

Answer 1

Unless you had the pool installed with a bottom drain there is not a drain on an above ground pool. You'll have to pump the water out using a sump pump or siphon it out using a garden hose. Please note having a bottom drain in any pool does not indicate that it is an actual drain as in house Plumbing. The word "drain" or "main drain" is used most likely for lack of a better term. The only way to drain any pool is to use a portable pump and pump the water out.

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Answer 2

You don't drain an inground swimming pool, unless you are trained to do so. Doing it alone or even with assistance is extremely dangerous. Save yourself some trouble and go contact a local and trained swimming pool cleaning service.

Answer 3

First rent a sump pump then use a wet dry vac if you want all the water out.

You can use your vacuum system to drain your pool. Place your vacuum plate over the skimmer basket. Connect enough hose to reach the bottom. run the pump to waste. When water level gets below skimmer it will suck a little air, but will keep on pumping the water out. you must stay with it while it's pumping because it will lose it's prime if it gets to much air. find a way to seal the vacuum plate to the skimmer basket and you shouldn't have any problems. If pump loses prime, use your vacuum hose or water hoses to suck the water out. connect water hose to faucet and run water into pool just enough to fill hose full. leave end in pool and disconnect from faucet and place that end even with bottom of pool or lower. it will suck all the water out except an inch or two. one garden hose takes about 30 hours for a 24 foot round above ground pool.your vacuum hose will work. connect as much of it together as you need and fill with water completly. put one end in poo and quickly place other end on ground. (same as garden hose)and it will work. I just drained mine with the vacuum hose and to water hoses over the weekend. it took about 15 to 20 hours.

One way to drain the pool is to rent a high velocity sump pump and let it get busy. Meanwhile, you must use the garden hose to keep the liner and skimmer area wet. If you do not keep the liner wet, the chlorine that is on the liner will cause the liner to shrink. Also, DO NOT drain the pool out all of the way, unless you are getting a new pool or liner. Keep at least 7 inches of water in the bottom or the liner will pull away from the walls.

The real answer is: Don't drain your pool completely. No matter how careful you are, you risk causing serious damage to your liner. Drain one foot of water, then replace with new water. Then drain one foot of water, and replace with new water. Do this as many times as you want.

Answer 4

You can quickly drain down to the return jet by unhooking the hose from the filter. After that I just throw one end of a hose in the pool and suck on the other end out of the pool to start the flow. No, you don't want to suck on the end of a hose that you've put into the pool, it's near impossible, unless you could suck a golfball through it! Anyways, easiest way is to open the plug that most Intex above ground pools come with, it's near the bottom and attach your little drain connector to a garden hose, it will drain. Also, hook another garden hose up to your outdoor faucet, turn water on for about a minute to fill hose up, kink the hose about 2 feet away from faucet, turn off faucet, unhook hose (doing all this while it's still kinked), now put the hose somewhere that you want water to drain and let the kink go. Or let your pool pump do the work, attach a hose to your pool outlet/drain and make sure the other end of hose is weighed so it stays at the bottom of the pool and turn on the pump. Be sure to take out the filter first, no need for all that stuff to gunk up your filter. And be sure to not turn off your pump until it's all drained.

On my pool they ran a grounding strap from the filter motor to a grounding screw on the electrical outlet.

Answer 5

It might be possible, but not easy, and you may be left to invent your own drain fitting. Draining and above-ground pool is generally accomplished fairly readily by siphoning or pumping through a vacuum hose. Yes it's possible. You can use a hayward main drain. I think it's an SP-1048 or SP-1408. Just make sure you set it in a small amount of concrete under the sand surface to prevent it from sinking.

Answer 6

Maybe:

1. Will it run onto a neighbors property? Big no no without permission
2. You need to allow it to sit until the chlorine levels fall low enough they wont harm you yard plantings etc
3. It may be illegal in your jurisdiction, but not where I live
4. And do it slowly so no damage is done.

Answer 7

For anyone who has an above ground swimming pool, you understand the frustration and damage a leak in your liner or normal pool drainage can have on your yard. Excessive water laying around your pool’s outside structure can also cause the walls of your pool to become weak and lead to costly damage and repair issues. There is a way to create a drainage field that would help to prevent these costly and timely issues from occurring. Here is a step by step guide on constructing a drainage system for your above ground swimming pool that will last you for many years to come.

1. Have underground electrical and utility cables marked. Contact your local utility companies to mark any underground wires and cables before you ever dig. This will save you from costly repairs that can occur. This will also prevent the likelihood of hitting any underground water or gas lines that can be very hazardous.

2. Measure six inches away from your above ground pool. Do this around the entire diameter of your pool. Mark your points with stakes to get a good visual idea of where you will be working and of the amount of gravel and drainage pipe you will need.

3. Decide where your collection point will be. This is the spot that you want your excessive water to collect at. It is important to make sure that this will not interfere with neighbors or public access locations. Most people choose the lowest point in their yard or to a trench, ditch or reveign on their property. Using the closest point from the area you marked around your swimming pool to the designated collection area stake out a line.

4. Using a shovel or trench digger, dig out your marked area around the pool and to your collection point. This trench should measure approximately 6 inches wide by 24 inches deep. When this is dug out, mark it using safety fluorescent painted stakes or caution tape to prevent people from walking in this area.

5. Using four inch perforated drainage pipe, preferably a flexible style, lay it down in the trenched area around your pool. The holes should be facing downward to prevent dirt and gravel from getting trapped in the holes and plugging it up. Using it in this fashion will allow water that is rising to run off faster than if it has to wait to get to a higher level.

6. At the location where your trench to the collection area starts from the trench that runs around the pool, use a y shaped piece of pipe. Connect the two ends of the drainage pipe that is running around the pool to two of the openings. Use the third opening to attach the piece of 4 inch perforated drainage pipe that will go out to the collection area.

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Answer 8

Yes, the pool will not collapse if you remove the water as long as it is not broken.

Answer 9

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