Too much rain, need to drain

[prh129]

Sorry, I have a cartridge filter so I couldn't help with your original question I used my vacuum hose and put the brush end in front of the return jet to get a siphon going to drain water out.

Peter

[Donna's Poolboy]

Don't you lose a little bit of sand each time you backwash? (If you have a sand filter, obviously). If your filter doesn't need backwashing, I'd drain it off using the waste setting.