Re: My feedback on main drains in an above ground pool...
Regardless of the so called benefits of having a pair of master drains on the pool floor, they would be of little use to me. I do heat the pool with solar deck panels.
First, it is hard enough to properly place a pool liner exactly where it belongs when you only have to locate sidewall drains, skimmers and the return. Floor drains just makes the liner installation difficult.
Second, I don't want to have to deal with winterizing the piping that feeds the floor drains. Not quite sure how I could winterize the master drain plumbing with my pool setup either.
My pool liner fits like a glove, and I doubt that it would fit that well if I had used floor mounted master drains.
FantaSea AG pool, 16' x 32' x 4' flat bottom, Hayward T210 sand filter
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