Sooner or later, an artificial reservoir of any type will require draining the water.

Water is drained:

at the end of the swimming season in case of severe turbidity and contamination, if its filtration is impossible when substances hazardous to people get into the water for eliminating breakdowns and repairing coatings when the bowl overflows with rainwater

How to drain water from a permanent pool

Stationary (buried) according to the rules must have a circulation and drainage system, which is laid in the initial stages of construction. It includes suction nozzles, drain nozzles or bottom nozzles. The water will drain out on its own through the open drain hole. Filters also usually have a multi-mode valve that allows water to drain into the sewer. It is enough to select the valve mode (flushing/draining) and ensure that the hose (pipe) exits to the place where the liquid is drained (for example, a pit). After this, we start it with the pump and monitor the removal of liquid. Please note that using this method the water will be drained to the level of the last suction nozzle. The remaining liquid is drained into the bottom hole or pumped out with a pump.

How to drain water from a Bestway pool

You can empty it in the same way with other models of similar design (see above):

• there is a drain valve - open the plug and connect the hose;
• partial drainage of water - select the rinse/drain mode on the filter tank tap and start filtration;
• drainage is not provided, there is no filter with the tap position “Drain” - pump out the water with an external pump.

Where to drain water from a pool at the dacha

A swimming pool is a desirable accessory in the summer season in any area. To ensure that the use of the pool is always comfortable, you need to take care of it - change the water and clean it.

It is ideal to drain the water into the sewer system, if there is one. You won't have to worry about swampy areas. However, in summer cottages there is rarely a centralized sewerage system, so draining large volumes of water can become a problem for users. Large volumes of water are usually treated with chlorine, oxygen or bromine based products. The use of chemical water has a number of nuances and determines the method of disposal/processing of such liquid.

Water is treated with chemicals:

• IN country houses It is recommended to drain into a cesspool. But keep in mind that it may not be suitable for draining large pools, because... this may cause it to overflow.
• In this case, install a separate water inlet for drainage. The reservoir for water disposal is designed taking into account the volume of the pool (as a rule, the size of the water intake is calculated with a margin). This will allow you to drain the pool whenever necessary.

not used:

• Organize drainage into natural reservoirs or arrange special ditches to distribute water throughout the site.
• Swimming pools can be an excellent source of water for watering plants and the irrigation system of the area. This is especially true for arid zones and areas with problematic water supply.

• ! The volume of the pool bowl should be less than the volume of the drainage pit or receiver into which the water is drained.
• ! When connecting to the sewer, the pipes must be sloped so that the water leaves and does not return. The drain pipe must be equipped with a valve.
• ! Please note that the size of the pipe or hose (diameter) determines the rate of drainage.
• ! If the water in the pool is treated with chemicals, it cannot be used for irrigation or discharge into ponds or other natural bodies of water.
• ! Discharge into water bodies is possible only if it does not contradict environmental legislation adopted in the given region.

Frame pools make it possible to organize a swimming place in your dacha or garden territory, which is especially valuable for areas with remote natural reservoirs. At the end of the swimming season, the water from the pool must be drained and the structure itself must be disassembled.

There are three main reasons why frame hydraulic structure have to be freed from water:

• Overflow. Heavy rains can lead to overflow frame pool, which makes its operation inconvenient. In this case, it is necessary to partially drain the water.

There are cases when it is better not to drain the pool water. It's about about static structures buried in the ground. If such a bowl is emptied, it may become deformed as a result of winter heaving of the upper layers of soil. The presence of frozen water inside will compensate for this load.

To empty frame pools of small volume, a special hose is used, which is attached to one of the two drain holes at the bottom of the bowl.

The operating procedure is as follows:

1. Decide on the point where the water will drain. This point is regulated by local laws regarding the disposal of used water.
2. Connect a garden hose of the required length to the selected drainage hole. You can use any of the holes: usually the most convenient option is chosen. After switching, you need to make sure that the drainage module is installed correctly inside the bowl.
3. Release the drain valve from the cover and screw a special adapter to it. The valve is usually located at the top of the structure, and the adapter can be purchased at any hardware store.

   

   Drain valve

4. Connect a garden hose. One end of it is connected to the adapter, and the other - inside the selected water disposal point.
5. Open the drain valve. There is a drainage plug inside, after which the water begins to drain out quite quickly. The flow rate is controlled by this plug. In some models of frame pools, the drain hole is located too high, which is why some of the water remains. In such cases, several racks of the structure around the neck are dismantled in order to tilt the bowl in the desired direction. Use a plastic bucket or basin to remove residual water.
   
6. At the end of the procedure, the hose is unscrewed from the adapter and the drain button is placed in its place. On the outside of the pool, the drainage valve must be closed with a special lid.
7. If an inflatable cup is used, all the plugs are unscrewed from it and the air is released.

Before putting the bowl away, wipe it well and dry it. All valves and plugs must be removed and placed in a separate bag, and the pool structure must be sprinkled with talcum powder. Any dry room with a positive temperature (for example, a heated garage or a shed protected from rodents) is suitable for storing a folded frame pool.

You can remove water from a frame pool using a filtration pump, which is included with most modern structures.

You can do this as follows:

To simplify the procedure, owners of large frame structures try to acquire a special pool pump model. It has more compact dimensions than household drainage analogues. With this device you can almost completely empty the pool bowl. It is also capable of cleaning the inside of the bowl from contaminants: for this reason, a pool pump is often used as a water vacuum cleaner in the summer. It has a comfortable handle, so there are no problems moving the device along the bottom of the pool.

Another advantage of this model is the ability to function in conditions of a minimum water level, which is not possible with submersible drainage technology.

As for surface pumps, which are often purchased by dacha owners to work on personal plot, then with their help it is possible to completely empty the pool bowl. To do this, the device is installed next to the bowl, and the suction hose is lowered inside. In this case, it is also necessary to carefully monitor the procedure to avoid dry running. Such equipment is not suitable for the role of a water vacuum cleaner, due to its high power. A surface pump can remove bottom dirt, but large volumes of water will be sucked in.

Choosing the right model pumping equipment To maintain a frame pool, first of all, pay attention to the power and principle of operation. Drainage models must be in a plastic case, which will protect the bowl from damage during pumping out water.

The technology for emptying medium and large frame pools largely depends on the drain point. When choosing it, the characteristics of the area and standards for waste water disposal are taken into account.

Into a natural reservoir

If there is a river, lake or ditch near the dacha, the water from the pool can be drained there. This is the most convenient option, allowing you to implement the process in the shortest possible time.

Some limitations should be taken into account:

• It is prohibited to pour excessively dirty water into a natural body of water.
• The liquid to be removed should not contain chlorine or other chemicals.
• Before starting the procedure, you must coordinate your actions with local authorities.

The most convenient way to transport water from the pool to the reservoir is to organize a temporary pipeline, equipping it with a pump. The optimal pipe diameter is considered to be 110-150 mm. It is advisable to lay the route in a straight line, with, if the landscape allows, a slight slope towards the drainage point. If the pool is operated on an ongoing basis, and the distance to the reservoir is small (up to 100 m), the pipeline is laid in a trench. This saves time on its assembly and disassembly.

For watering

If during the operation of the pool the water is not added chemical substances, and bathing occurs without synthetic soaps and shampoos, the drained liquid can be used for watering the garden, vegetable garden and flower beds. Most often this is done in the summer, when preventative water replacement is carried out. Watering land plot can be carried out immediately, or pump water into a reserve tank. This requires a garden hose of the required length and a surface pump.

In cases where the water still contains a small percentage of impurities (detergents or bleach), it can be used for technical purposes. For example, such a liquid can easily be used to wash a car or use it for washing and cleaning premises. If they are held at the dacha construction works, then the drained water is used for mixing solutions, paints, and washing tools. In any case, before pouring water into a ditch, it is advisable to come up with a more practical use for it.

Down the drain

Removing waste water into the central sewer system is considered the most the right option. In this case, there is no threat of environmental pollution or flooding of the site. Therefore, if there is a corresponding pipeline on or near the household territory, a permanent pipeline is laid to it. As a rule, collapsible plastic pipes with a diameter of 110-150 cm are used for this: they must be laid at an angle of 3 degrees per 1 lm towards the drain.

If the sewer inlet is located near the pool, you can do without a pump when draining. To do this, connect a tube to the drainage hole by inserting it into the branch pipe of the permanent line. As a rule, this pipe is installed next to the pool and covered with a special lid.

The speed of emptying the bowl will depend on its volume, the angle of the line and the number of turning sections (if possible, they should be reduced as much as possible). Before starting the process of draining water into the sewer, it is necessary to clarify with the local administration the size of the limit for waste discharged into a common pipe. This will make it possible to correctly regulate the rate of water removal by selecting a pump of the required power.

Organization of a receiver for draining water

It happens that the central sewer system in locality is absent, and the degree of contamination of the water in the pool does not allow it to be drained into a reservoir or used for irrigation. There is only one way out - to organize a special receiver on the backyard territory. In this case, the water has to be drained gradually, since such a structure is not able to accept too large volumes.

How to drain water from a frame pool

Thanks to the variety of offers in different price categories, today swimming pools have appeared on almost every site. Large permanent pools built by wealthy people independent systems, connected to water supply and sewerage, and their operation is automatic. But inflatable or frame models, by magic, do not fill or empty; here you need to make an effort. This is where special equipment comes to the rescue - pumps for pumping out water.

Which pumps are suitable for pumping water out of a swimming pool?

There are several types of water pumps; depending on the operating principle and equipment, they are designed for different applications. For pumping water from swimming pools and other containers in which the water is not clean, but not completely littered, there are self-priming drainage pumps.

The pump can be a special one, usually produced by pool manufacturers, or a household pump, designed for widespread use. Depending on the cost of the reservoir, a pump for pumping out water may be included, but this is in expensive frame models. The bulk of the units have the same manufacturer, but are supplied separately.

Types: submersible and surface (drainage)

Household sump pumps that can be used to empty water come in two types.

• Submersible– lower to the bottom of the pool or other emptying container and pump out water through the grate in the housing. They do not require additional sleeves for operation. Find out which pump to choose for your well.
• Superficial– remain outside, a special hose is lowered into the container to suck out the liquid. In addition to this, you can also check out.

For swimming pools, they produce not only drainage pumps that can quickly drain water and at the same time clean the bottom, but also universal systems that operate in several modes:

• Circulation– they circulate water in the pool for uniform heating and pass it through a purification system, preventing “blooming”.
• Heating– work both for draining water and for pumping it in, while simultaneously heating the cold water entering the pool.

A drainage pump can not only pump water out of the pool, but with its help it can actually set up an irrigation system. Water can be pumped from a nearby pond or rain barrel.

The technology for installing a drainage pump in a well is described.

Which ones are better

For inflatable

The most common for summer cottage use are inflatable pools; recently, they have been successfully replaced as leaders by frame varieties. Both are distinguished by their mobility, they can be installed wherever you want, and ease of use. In the middle of the season, if proper measures have not been taken to purify the water, the pool may need to be drained, or this will happen at the end of the swimming season, when it needs to be prepared for wintering. In any case, it is impossible to spit out several cubes with buckets, and the water will not flow by gravity due to the safety valves.

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Frame

To pump water out of an inflatable or frame pool, you can use the included filtration pump.

The hose through which purified water flows back into the container is connected not to the pool, but to the outlet hose through a coupling or adapter. However, all the water cannot be drained in this way, since the equipment is installed on the fence at a considerable height from the bottom. For final pumping, you will have to use a special or household drainage pump. Or connect it to the process initially. Special pool drainers differ from household drainers in their smaller power and dimensions. These are compact models that will collect almost all the water from an inflatable or frame structure

. In addition, they are designed to clean the bottom from dirt and can serve as a water vacuum cleaner during the swimming season. A convenient handle allows you to move the device across the entire bottom of the pool.

• Some owners of country estates, when designing and building summer pools there, completely lose sight of the issue of draining water - where and how to drain it? Sometimes this issue is put off for later and is not considered important, although it can be resolved during the process of using the pool.
  • Do I need to drain the water from the pool and when is the best time to do it?
  • The answer is yes! Why?
  • The answer is no! Why?
• Compromise option How to drain water from?
• inflatable pool
  • Draining water from a frame pool
• How to drain water from an Intex frame pool?
  • How to drain water from a stationary pool?
  • Tools and materials
  • Arrangement of water drainage
• Pit cover
  • Where should I drain the pool water?
  • Down the drain
  • Draining water into beds
  • Drain into the septic tank

Discharge into reservoirs

Some pool owners naively rely on a water filtration system, thinking that it can be done without draining at all. But there are circumstances when to drain the water from children's pool required:

• the water has bloomed or become cloudy;
• before the onset of cold weather;
• the water has an unpleasant odor;
• ingress of an animal corpse or substances harmful to humans into the water.

The answer is yes! Why?

If the obvious reasons described above have not yet been observed, is it necessary to drain the water from the frame pool in such cases? Obviously, yes, for example, at the end of the swimming season. This seems logical, since there is no longer a need for water, and it seems pointless and tedious to continue cleaning the bowl of fallen leaves, acorns or pine cones without the expectation of a subsequent bath. In addition, from mid-autumn, the dacha becomes less and less visited, and frozen water in winter is quite capable of breaking the very bowl of the pool.

The answer is no! Why?

True, there is also the exact opposite point of view, which holds that even in winter you should not completely drain the water from a frame pool. Proponents of this theory justify their point of view by the fact that groundwater they freeze near the surface in winter and begin to strongly compress the bowl of the pool deepened into the ground. When it is left filled with water, it, also freezing, compensates for the soil pressure with a counter force and allows you to keep the pool structure intact.

Both of these opinions are quite justified, but then the question of draining water from the pool for the winter depends on the nature of the soil around the pool.

Compromise option

There is another, compromise point of view, according to which you need to leave half the usual volume of water in the bowl for the winter, and not struggle with how to drain the remaining water.

If you have good specialized equipment for servicing swimming pools, then you can completely change the water in them every two to three years.

Since during the operation of filters and heaters, as well as natural evaporation from the water surface, its amount gradually evaporates, it is necessary to periodically add clean water. In a week, approximately 3% of the water volume is lost. Thanks to this, there is a natural slow renewal of water, which can please owners with purity and freshness longer.

How to drain water from an inflatable pool?

And yet, if you have an inflatable pool, then draining the water from it is not a difficult task at all, and you won’t worry about its safety if you drain all the water in time and store the pool in a dry room.

Video on how to drain water from an inflatable pool:

Video about an alternative method of draining water from an inflatable pool:

Draining water from a frame pool

Most often, the owners of such “hot tubs” begin to think about how to drain the remaining water from the frame pool only at the moment when it needs to be disassembled for transportation or long-term storage. But not only in this case, it may be necessary to drain the water. In summer or autumn there are heavy or prolonged rains that fill the pool bowl. In such cases, if you do not figure out how to quickly drain the water from the pool, it may overflow and the excess water pressure will damage the structure.

In standard designs, drain holes are located on both sides of the bowl. You can choose a solution for how to drain water from the pool through a hose:

1. First, you need to check your local laws regarding the disposal of used water.
2. Then you need to connect a garden hose to the most convenient drain hole and check whether the drainage plug is installed correctly on the inside of the bowl.
3. You need to remove the cover from the drain valve located on the top side of the structure and connect the end of a garden hose to a special adapter (sold in hardware stores).
4. The other end of the hose is placed in an acceptable water receptacle.
5. Next, the adapter must be connected to the drain valve.
6. After attaching the adapter, a drain plug will open on the inside of the bowl, after which you can quickly drain the water from the frame pool.
7. After draining the water, disconnect the hose from the adapter and insert a plug into the drain valve.
8. Place the lid on the drain valve on the outside of the bowl.
9. You need to completely bleed all the air from the inflatable ring and remove all the plugs.

After you have managed to quickly drain the water from the inflatable pool and before folding the structure and sending it to a barn or garage for the winter, the remaining moisture must be absorbed by sprinkling the structure with talcum powder. All valves and plugs must be removed from the pool, carefully rolled up and stored until the next season.

By the way, about the water in the pool. It is better to add as few chemicals as possible to it - both the skin of the swimmers and the environment after draining the water.

Video on how to drain water from a frame pool:

How to drain water from an Intex frame pool?

To know how to drain water from an intex frame pool, you need to consider that they have two drain holes. Water can be drained using a drain adapter:

1. First, the hose must be connected to the adapter.
2. After this, connect it to the drain hole on the outside of the bowl.
3. The adapter will open the valve slightly and the water will immediately begin draining.

In bestway frame pools, water is drained according to the same principle. But in some of them the drain neck is located too high, so it is not possible to completely drain all the water at once. In order to find a solution in this case on how to drain the water from the bottom of the pool, you will need to remove several racks from the frame.

Video on how to drain water from an Intex pool before wintering:

How to drain water from a stationary pool?

Even at the stage of planning a permanent pool, you should think about how to drain the water from the pool. The water drainage system is one of the primary tasks, which can be solved on your own.

Tools and materials

To work you will need the following:

• tiler's shovel and trowel;
• brick;
• sand;
• cement (“grade 500”);
• metal plate 2-3 mm or asbestos 5-10 mm depending on the area of ​​the drain pit. For example, for a pool measuring 2x4x1.5 m, the drainage recess area is 50x50 cm and the depth is 50 cm.

It is important to note that a large pit size implies a larger free area, but the volume of water released per drain will increase.

Arrangement of water drainage

• First you need to dig a pit of the required size, adding the width of the brick on all sides of the recess. Brickwork will help strengthen the walls.
• The first layer is laid with a gap of 30 mm. The second is done so that the upper level covers the gap between the bricks of the lower layer. For laying, a solution of cement and sand is used, proportion 1:3 - this is how lattice walls are obtained. Through them, water will be absorbed into the ground.
• Sprinkle the soil on top so that when digging the soil, do not touch the top cover of the pit.

Pit cover

1. In the plate prepared in advance, you need to make two holes with a diameter of 50 mm. Pipes are installed in them. One is for air outlet, the other is for a hose to drain water.

The air outlet pipe must be higher than the plane of the earthen embankment.

1. Suitable for air outlet plastic pipe with a diameter of 50 mm. The pipe must be attached to the plate.
2. The second pipe should pass through the hole in the pit cover.
3. Using bent corners, the pipes are attached to the plate. It will cover the pit before backfilling. The mass of the earth will put pressure on the plate, and the prepared corners are needed to strengthen it. They should be placed on the top layer of bricks under the plate at a distance of 200 mm.
4. The final stage is laying the plate with pipes.
6. Everything is covered with earth from above.

The pipes should not move when backfilling; if necessary, they should be adjusted.

7. All that remains is to compact the earth and fill in the rest of the pit.

That's it. Everything is ready. Now you don't have to worry about how to drain the water from the pool - you just need to connect the hose to drain the water. Drain the water until the pit is completely filled, then take a 30-minute break, then repeat the operation. You need to do this until all the water has left the pool.

Where should I drain the pool water?

Down the drain

The simplest answer to the question of where to drain water from a pool at the dacha is its further disposal through the sewer system. If there is good sewerage on the site, it will not be a problem to equip not only a stationary pool inside a residential building, but also a small frame or inflatable pool on the adjacent site.

If there is a branch of the sewer system not far from the pool, then simply pull a pipe from the pool to it and provide it with a valve. But if the sewerage system has a waste tank of limited volume, then connecting to it may be imprudent.

In any case, the volume of the pool bowl should be less than the volume of the receiver free of waste; in addition, during the draining process, you need to ensure that the level of waste in the receiver does not exceed the upper permissible level.

To connect to the sewer system in the pool itself, you need to connect the drain to it, lay the pipes, maintaining a uniform and sufficient slope.

The larger the diameter of the pipe and the shorter the distance to the sewer, the faster the water will drain.

In this case, the cost of drainage consists only of the cost of purchasing and laying pipes, so it is also more profitable if the sewerage system is located closer. If the drainage is carried out into a drainage pit, then you will also have to pay for the work of the vacuum cleaners, although this is not very expensive.

Draining water into beds

Often the question of how to drain water from an inflatable pool, especially if it is small or for children, is decided in favor of watering the garden. Solving this problem becomes easier if the bowl is located next to drainage ditches, holes or on a hillock.

If you connect a simple watering hose to the drain hole of the pool and stretch it to the watering site, avoiding kinks and tangling, then all that remains is to open the valve and at the same time “kill two birds with one stone”: drain the pool and water the plantings. This option is optimal.

This process can be upgraded by adding a not too powerful pump, which will create the necessary pressure convenient for watering some crops.

But at the same time, you need to remember that if the water in the pool has been treated with chemicals, then for plants it may turn out to be evil, not good.

Therefore, if you immediately intend to use water from the pool for irrigation, then you need to choose a “chemistry” for it that would have a mark on the packaging about its harmlessness to fauna and flora.

Drain into the septic tank

Experts strongly oppose draining water from garden pools into cesspools and septic tanks. The fact is that in almost one such procedure their volume can be completely filled.

A much better option is when the drainage is carried out into a specially dug hole for water drainage, located below the pool itself and reaching the level of the gravel-sand soil layer. In this case, the water will drain from the pit much faster. If this pit will serve only the pool, then with its help you can completely solve the problem of recycling water from its bowl.

Discharge into reservoirs

Such a drain is the easiest and cheapest to organize, however, such a decision can often conflict with the law and ethical standards of the pool owner if he considers himself a civilized person.

Draining into a nearby natural or artificial reservoir is permissible only when the water in the pool has not been filled with water big amount chemicals, which often happens when cleaning a pool or using a pool for spa treatments, including fragrances, salts, softeners, etc.

How did you solve the problem with draining water from the pool? Where and how do you drain the water? Share your experience in the comments - you will definitely help others with your answer.

When I was faced with the problem of removing residual water from a frame pool at my dacha (the drain hole is located high and some of the water remains at the bottom),

then scooping it out once with improvised means was enough to decide to purchase a drainage pump. Moreover, I drive on my own summer cottage construction of a pond with a waterfall, and I may also need it in the future for supplying water to the top of the waterfall. I chose the DN 110/6 model.

I was satisfied with both the power (200 W), which allows pumping up to 110 liters per minute, and the price of this device. The maximum immersion depth of the pump is no more than 8 meters, which is also suitable for me (my future pond will be of a more modest size), and a pressure of 6 m will allow water to be supplied to the top of the waterfall. So, with this purchase I immediately killed two birds with one stone. The pump is equipped with a float switch,

which automatically turns the pump on and off depending on the water level, so in order to pump out the remaining water from the pool, it had to be fixed at the top of the handle and manually controlled when the pumping process is completed so as not to overheat and burn the engine.

The design of the pump is simple and therefore reliable.

It consists of a pump part and an electric motor. At the bottom of the pump part there are suction windows for mechanical cleaning water,

and a special heat exchange chamber ensures cooling of the electric motor, which allows the pump to operate for a long time not completely immersed in water. That is, it is an ideal option for pumping water from a swimming pool, and the permissible particle size of 5 mm allows it to be used in a pond. The pump body material is made of plastic, which significantly reduces its weight (only 3.92 kg). The pipe allows you to connect hoses of various diameters to it.