Hi Everyone,
Not going to believe this...
but my 18x36 inground marcite pool, built in 1986 (I just bought the house in '03), has what appears to be CONCRETE chunk stuck 3 inches inside of the main drain! Pool drain depth is 6'. YES... it is definitely concrete, and boy is it HARD.
For about 6 months, the vacuum side of my pump continued to pull in air. I couldn't figure this out. So I replaced literally everything above ground, with. still no luck. Until....
Amazing....
I stapped on the scuba gear, took a dive, popped the grill on the main drain, and put a mirror down there to see the clog in the 2" pipe!
Now for about 1 week, 4 tanks of air, and countless times trying to "break" the clog with a screwdriver, files, small saw blades, I got the thing about 1/4 of the way down. But it's a royal pain in the @#$.
And I can't get any leverage to try to lightly hammer on the clog with a hammer and screwdriver being under water.
1. Anyone have ANY ideas?
I'm trying to come up with anything without having to resort to draining the pool.
2. How the heck could a piece of concrete nearly 2 inches in diameter get in there in the first place?
Please help a newbie...
Daryl
Florida
P.S. Since hacking away and busting my knuckles underwater, the water circulation has improved, and the air resistance in the pump has started to dissipate.
Lesson: The clog is causing the air to be pulled from the water into the pump!
Now: How do I get rid of the frickin' concrete clog?
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