Newbie question: How to clean pump strainer basket without a flood?

[sevver]

Yes, the water will flow out of the hoses, but it does not matter, the water will push the air out of the system. I have valves on mine, previously I did it your way: flood city.

[poolfngy]

Just following up on my own post here . . .

I ended up installing ball valves as CarlD suggested and it worked like a charm: twist, twist, pop the cover off, clean the strainer, replace the cover, twist, twist. I get maybe 2 - 3 cups of water overflowing the from the strainer basket now.

It was so easy to do that I went a step further and got rid of all my hoses and hard-piped the entire system. I wish I had done that about two years earlier!

[JohnT]

Just following up on my own post here . . .

I ended up installing ball valves as CarlD suggested and it worked like a charm: twist, twist, pop the cover off, clean the strainer, replace the cover, twist, twist. I get maybe 2 - 3 cups of water overflowing the from the strainer basket now.

It was so easy to do that I went a step further and got rid of all my hoses and hard-piped the entire system. I wish I had done that about two years earlier!

Just be aware that the hard plumbing can be an alternate ladder for kids if you don't have a fence or rely on a removeable ladder for security.

[Vinyl_Guy]

Just following up on my own post here . . .

I ended up installing ball valves as CarlD suggested and it worked like a charm: twist, twist, pop the cover off, clean the strainer, replace the cover, twist, twist. I get maybe 2 - 3 cups of water overflowing the from the strainer basket now.

It was so easy to do that I went a step further and got rid of all my hoses and hard-piped the entire system. I wish I had done that about two years earlier!

Don't forget the second set of "twist twists". They hate running dry .