Quote Originally Posted by sublimity View Post
I was wondering about rigging some type of pvc elbow to move the intake to the bottom. Any experience with this?
Yes. Don't do it.

Pool pumps can suck the guts out of people . . . literally. Manufacturer systems are, at least somewhat, designed to avoid this outcome. Most home-built suction replacement systems I've seen are very much like what you'd design, if you were TRYING to suck people guts with your pool pump!

Not saying that's what people were trying to do, but it's what tends to happen when you don't know to try NOT to do it.