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The main thing a bottom drain does in a swimming pool is help the pool water circulate better and more evenly stabilize the water temperature. Without a bottom drain, the skimmer is the only place water gets out of the pool to the filter system. If the return jets are aimed toward the surface intending to sirculate the floating debris toward the skimmer, as most home-owners aim them, the water near the surface circulates around the pool but the cooler water pretty much stays near the bottom of the deep end. With the filter pulling some water in from the bottom drain, the cool water being removed from the bottom will cause the cooler water to be replaced with some of the warmer surface water causing the water in most of the pool to be pretty close to the same temperature. Also, if there is debris causing cloudiness in the water, if you add clarifier, the clouding matter in the water will settle to the bottom of the pool. With a bottom drain, some of that cloudy debris might be able to be trapped by the filter to help clear the water. But that's no guarantee since often what's making the water appear cloudy will be too fine for the filter to be able to trap so trying to run with water flowing through the bottom drain can sometimes result in cloudy water flowing back into the pool through the returns causing the water to look even worse. In which case, best bet is some drop out followed by leaving system turned off for 12 - 24 hours, then vacuum to waste to pump all the cloudy crud out of the pool through the waste line.
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Are swimming pool drains connected to a storm drain or a sewer line?
No
How do you plaster a swimming pool?
You drain the water then plaster the walls from inside
What is a swimming pool suction?
The pump sucks water thru pipes that lead to the pool usually one in the bottom called a main drain and one on top at the side called a slimmer then pumps it thru the filter and heater then back to pool.
Can you change a above ground pool center drain with water in it?
Where is the drain located? If it is on the wall near the top then you can keep the water in the pool. If it is near the bottom then you may have to drain the pool.
How do you get rid of leaches in swimming pool?
you could drain the pool, but if you don't want to drain your pool, you could get a pool skimmer and get all of the leaches out of your pool and then carry the leaches to a near by sewer, or a murky pond/lake/river.
What is the name of the black lines on the bottom of a lap swimming pool?
It depends one what pool you go to. There are some swimming pools that have lines on the bottom and there are others that do not
What is the Purpose of a main drain in a swimming pool?
If its not connected through the skimmer I imagine it's there to empty it. hmmm, on the above. The main drain in pools is for circulating the lower part of the pool and is not intended to drain the pool as in a bath tub.
How often should you drain an outdoor swimming pool?
Once a week really
What does Gatsby instruct his gardener NOT to do?
Gatsby instructs his gardener not to drain the swimming pool.
Use gogles in a sentence?
The swimming googles are on the bottom of the pool.
How do you exterminate midges in swimming pool?
put a quarter at the bottom
Cleaning dirty swimming pool?
I, myself, would drain it - especially after a natural disaster.
