Bottom drains will also help improve water circulation keeping your pool much cleaner which means less vacuuming.
Swimming pool bottom drain kit.
We ve already seen that the water in a swimming pool needs to circulate through a filtering system to remove dirt and debris.
The main drain in your swimming pool is very easy to locate it sits right at the bottom of the pool.
A 4 way valve gives you the control and ease of directing your water.
During normal operation water flows to the filtering system through two or more main drains at the bottom of the pool and multiple skimmer drains around the top of the pool.
Swimming pool plumbing diagrams 1 standard skimmer with 2 main drains 3 returns.
Place your bottom drain at the lowest level of your pool or if flat in the middle.
My solution in leu of cutting on in and having to drain the pool was to make a bottom drain on top of the liner.
The trench should lead out and under the bottom channel of the pool to the area where the filter will be set.
This adapter is only 1 inch on both ends.
I see that it says garden hose adaptor on the description but the diameter of my pool drain is an inch and a half wide.
But locating them isn t actually the problem with swimming pool main drains.
Dig a trench 4 to 6 deep.
I need one that is an inch and a half to the drain side and 1 inch to the hose side.
The main drains are usually located on the lowest point in the pool so the entire pool.
If you have an older drain and are replacing the liner you need to upgrade it with a antivortex cover this will divert the flow of water and will prevent a dangerous vortex from forming.
American national standards institute and published by the american society of mechanical engineers.
We also offer a large variety of standard swimming pool shapes and sizes if a more traditional swimming pool is what your looking for.
The problem is that they can be very dangerous pieces of equipment in the pool and that many pool owners don t realize it.
All of our inground pool kits are completely customizable to any design idea you might have so go ahead and dream a little.
Kit includes 2 bottom drains with a safe anti vortex cover 4 way ball valve 25ft of 1 1 2 in.
Flexible pvc hose quick disconnect fittings for easy.
Description bottom drain kit.
So it will fit on a standard garden hose but not onto the pool drain spout.
Instead of using the trick of turning the pool cleaner brush upside down on the bottom of the pool i used 20 of 1 5 inch pvc plumbed into the skimmer port used for the traditional flex hose vac brush.
Connect the hose to the fittings and bottom main drains using teflon tape on all threads.
Locate the center of the pool and install center drains at least 3 apart from one another.
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