!Anyway, the pool is ready and last summer we could for the first time offer our guests a pool. Now that the winter is nearly over, I have to think about preparing it for its second season. I now notice that although the water has remained clear, the pool floor is very dirty with heavy debris. This is mainly due to the fact that the winter cover has open spaces where leaves can fall through. I do not know if the debris that I now see, is loosly sitting on the floor or if it's tightly bound. However, my experience from last year learns that it is not sensible to use the vacuum cleaner (connected via the skimmer inlet to the Doughboy pump and filter), to pump the debris to the sewer. The pump and filter will certainly get blocked by the dirt and as a consequence the water circulation will diminish. Moreover, due to the vertical position of the pump in shed, with respect to the water level in the pool (remember we are on a slopy terrain), and the fact that the water inlet (skimmer) and outlet are appr. 1m above the pool floor, I can only pump water away until its level reaches the inlet point. I can of course use my independent submersible dirty water pomp and surpass the pomp/filter system but I cannot connect the hose of the vacuum cleaner to this simple dirt water pump.
Does anyone know if there are any (self-prinming) dirty water pumps that you can use together with a pool vacuum cleaner, i.e where pump is located outside the pool and directly connected to the drains.
Or are there any other suggestions to clean the pool without the necessity to first completely empty it, and after that scrubbing?
