JETTA
06-02-2007, 06:17 PM
Friday night I wanted to get the remnants of water off of the cover and take the cover off so that Saturday am, I could fill the pool, hook up the pump, etc.
I have a deck & walk around so this worked rather well:
I used the submersible pump but there is debris that would plug it up after a while. I do keep the leaves off of the cover until it freezes but this is all of the other stuff that lands in over the winter an up until recently.
I came up with this method that worked very well for me yesterday.
I took a HD 5 gallon bucket, my submersible pump, garden hose and the leaf net.
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207a.jpg
I then inserted the pump in side the bucket
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207b.jpg
Place the leaf net on top and use another bucket to collect water off of the cover and pour into the pump bucket. The leaf net strains the water and there are no plug ups of the pump. My pump is fairly fast and takes about 45 seconds to empty out 5 gallons. You have to move quick!
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207c.jpg
I would have taken the pics yesterday in use, but I had an hour to do empty off the cover and did it.
I have a deck & walk around so this worked rather well:
I used the submersible pump but there is debris that would plug it up after a while. I do keep the leaves off of the cover until it freezes but this is all of the other stuff that lands in over the winter an up until recently.
I came up with this method that worked very well for me yesterday.
I took a HD 5 gallon bucket, my submersible pump, garden hose and the leaf net.
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207a.jpg
I then inserted the pump in side the bucket
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207b.jpg
Place the leaf net on top and use another bucket to collect water off of the cover and pour into the pump bucket. The leaf net strains the water and there are no plug ups of the pump. My pump is fairly fast and takes about 45 seconds to empty out 5 gallons. You have to move quick!
http://www.skijay.com/pool060207c.jpg
I would have taken the pics yesterday in use, but I had an hour to do empty off the cover and did it.