How To Drain All Water From Above Ground Pool

How to remove the remaining water from your above ground swimming pool.

How to drain all water from above ground pool. Manually shut the pump off at the breaker box. Remove the hoses once the water level remains stagnant around 6 12 inches deep. Use your pool filter switched to the drain setting to empty the pool water. It s possible to leave your above ground pool up all winter with the water in it since draining it completely may cause it to collapse.

Since i couldn t find any videos on how to drain the last 3 6 inches from the pool i had to post this video. However several steps and precautions are necessary to keep your pool safe through the winter. Store all the drain plugs including the ones from the filter in the pump basket so that you keep them all together and you won t have to go hunting for them in the spring. Pick the backwash hose up to help drain all the water out and roll it back up.

At the end of summer you may be wondering how to care for your above ground pool. For the full hose method once the hose is full you ll submerse the hose in the pool and remove the clamp or your hand from the end under the water when there is only about four feet of hose left above the water. In ground pool draining requirements are similar to those of their above ground counterparts. You may need to buy a 100 foot hose here s a good priced one.

Drain a pool without a pump. How to drain an above ground pool step by step depending on the size of your pool the draining process can take as little as an hour and as long as half a day while you wait for the water to empty. If you need to pack things away for the winter or just need to free up space in the yard removing the water is a must. Turn the multiport valve in a clockwise direction until you get to waste.

Drain the water down to no more than 6 inches from the bottom of the skimmer if you plan to use a standard floating winter cover. I used a sump pump then a shop vac to get it all. Completely remove all drain plugs to drain and remove the pool pump chlorinator if you have one and all the hoses. How to drain a pool with a de filter.

Both methods of draining will not completely remove all the water. Garden hose siphons will not drain all of your pool s water. For the severed hose siphon you ll just remove your hand once you ve lowered the un submersed end to the ground and let the water drain.