Yeah, that's what I'm doing now. The built in drains (used with garden hose attachments) are useless because of the slope of my yard. I've been using the Waste setting on my pump to drain/refill, but only down to the intake outlet so that's a tedious process. Guess I need to find a way to get a longer plastic hose to feed directly into the pool from the pump so I can actually drain it. I wonder if the 1.5" Intex setting is universal - meaning can I just go to a pool store and get a hose that will fit? Not thinking clearly right now as I am suffering from pool rage!