Quote Originally Posted by Socal_biker View Post
A submersible pump will do just fine.

It's what I've used to completely drain my pool a few time over the decades. You can get them cheap at Harbor Freight OR rent them from Home Depot. For what you pay in rental from HD, you can buy the unit from HF.

Similar model to what I have:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45019


The Harbor Freight website doesn't list all their submersible pumps, if you can go to a local store, they'll have over a half dozen models to chose from. The pool vacuum hose will fit the HF pump just fine.

I've got a pump from a contractor that is real fast and will only take about an hour to drain the pool.

However, given what others have said, I'm concerned the concrete could crack. Did you have any problems with that at all?