Clogged Pool Return Line

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Clogged pool return line.

Here are some easy steps on getting your pool lines cleared up after they ve been clogged with leaves or debris. We have high filter pressure and very little return into the pool. You will need to measure your drain s dimensions and take this. If your pipe has an elbow you can still try to use the hose to blow the debris or material into the pool.

The function of pool circulation components is highly interdependent. You can try a drain jet. Close the suction pipes that lead into the skimmers. Attach the drain bladder to the end of the garden hose.

Swimming pool drains are often built with short radius elbows that are normally found in cold water supply lines. The filter pump check out as functioning correctly. How to clear a clogged skimmer suction line. You want to try to clear the line in the reverse direction.

Attach a product called drain king to the hose insert it into the pipe and unclog your pool drains with the force of the water. Attach your hose to the drain attachment. With a shop vac and a garden hose you shoul. Leave the valve to the clogged skimmer open.

There s another method that you can try requiring the use of a garden hose. Is it possible to unclog this without having to break up the concrete and looking underground. Close intake valves to any other skimmers and the main drain. If you believe that the clog could be close to the strainer basket gently clean the nearby section of drain using a hand held drum auger.

Remove the lid from the pump basket. After filtration it is conveyed through a return line and enters the pool through jets situated a few feet below water level. How to clean clogged pool pipes. The diagnosis is that we have a clog in the return line.

A 25 foot handheld drum auger can be purchased for around 30. It attaches to your garden hose. I believe you can get it at most hardware stores.