How Do You Repair An Inground Swimming Pool Drain & Lateral Tubing?
A leaking main drain in an in-ground swimming pool is often a pool repair technician’s worst nightmare. It usually means draining the pool completely and breaking through the plaster and concrete around the drain to expose the leaking section of pipe and repair the leak. Though everyone calls it the main drain, it really is not drain at all, but an intake line that leads up to the pool pump. It’s an important part of the pool’s circulation system. Identify the nature of the problem with the main drain. A good leak detection service can pinpoint the leak, saving hours of time and perhaps hundreds of dollars searching for it on your own and breaking up concrete in several suspected areas. The main drain consists of a 1-1/2 or 2-inch open line leading from the bottom of the pool up outside the pool shell to a trench about 24 inches below ground level. Here it joins other pool lines from the pool’s skimmers and return lines. The main drain line and the skimmer lines join into one line that
