Filling pool with firehose???

[SeanB.]

Well, I've talked myself out of this idea. I spoke with a guy I work with who is a volunteer fireman and he echoed Philbo's comment about getting pretty dirty water. He also said that when they use a hydrant it stirs up a lot of sediment and unless they flush the line for quite some time afterwards, your neighbors are likely to have dirty water coming out of their faucets.

We are in a new house with new neighbors and I certainly don't want to start out on the wrong foot, besides I wouldn't be too happy if that were done to us.

I guess I'll be stringing out the hoses.

[Watermom]

It won't take it as long as you think it will to fill a 13K pool. You'll be surprised at how quickly it will go.

[Socal_biker]

I used the backyard garden hose and the pools fill line to fill my 15K pool in a little more than 24 hrs.

It used to take less time, but when they replaced all the water meters in the neighborhood, they installed a more restrictive flow valve.

[SeanB.]

It won't take it as long as you think it will to fill a 13K pool. You'll be surprised at how quickly it will go.

The thing that bugs me is my water company no longer gives a sewage discount for people filling pools.

[drumr]

I made a $50 donation to the local volunteer fire department and they were happy to come out and fill mine from the hydrant on the corner of my lot. They pay a set rate for their water. I went ahead and filled it about 1/4 of the way full with a garden hose to solve the deflection issue and the fire department filled it the rest of the way in about 45 minutes with a fire hose. I know some people have sediment issues, but the water out of the hydrant here was perfectly clean and clear.

[JonnyG]

I would worry about rust or other contaminants staining the plaster. I know the fire stations in most towns around us stopped filling pools because of all the law suits associated with rust coming from the water out of the trucks. Not sure if you get a similar problem with water in the hydrants.

John

[bryjen]

My pool is 25,000 gals and I ran a hose from the frt and back. It took a day and a half. I called the water co to ask how much that would cost. It was $145. The local water trucks wanted $900. I decided to save a few bucks.

[chem geek]

Our 16,000 gallon pool was filled from a fire hydrant (our pool contractor coordinated with the city fire department) after it was built about 3-1/2 years ago and did not have dirty water nor complaints from neighbors (or ourselves) regarding sediment in the tap water. I suppose this is one of those things that is sometimes a problem and sometimes it is not.

I wasn't around while they filled the pool so don't know what they did to avoid the pressure of water hitting the walls, but since it was the pool contractor that coordinated this, I'm sure he did something, but don't know exactly what.

Richard