How To Drain and Clean Your POOL After HEAVY RAIN | Swim University

If you’ve had a rainstorm or even several lighter rain showers, your pool water chemistry, and pool equipment will need some help. Here are 8 steps to properly drain and clean your inground or above ground pool after it rains.

⏰ Timestamps:
00:00​ - Introduction to How To Drain and Clean Your Pool After It Rains
00:19 - Do You Need To Drain Your Pool After It Rains?
01:02 - Step #1. Clean The Pool Deck
01:17 - Step #2. Manually Remove Debris From The Pool
01:41 - Step #3. Turn On Pool Pump And Filter
01:51 - Step #4. Brush The Pool
02:01 - Step #5. Vacuum The Pool
02:38 - Pool Care Video Course
03:24 - Step #6. Drain Some Water
03:55 - Step #7. Test And Balance Your Water
04:51 - Step #8. Consider Shocking Your Pool

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[ezziesmith]

I just want to say thank you for doing these videos. Cool informative and real.

[dmt]

Just had 1 and 1/2" of rain last night. I have an above ground pool and the rainfall was enough to raise the water above the skimmer. I use the vacuum head and it's 1 1/4" hose to siphon from the bottom of the pool to an outside drain. I find this accomplishes 2 things. Pulls the cooler water off the bottom, and I get some of the debris that settled there as well. ...uh, and of course, don't forget to disconnect!. That method drained an inch and 1/2 of water from a 33' X 18' pool in about 15 minutes.

[bigzeno]

Man did I need this video after last week. Nice job!!!

[StayshaS]

I needed this today!!! Perfect video recommendation.

[dan]

I had a rainstorm come in last night. Some leaves, seed debris in the pool. I brushed, raked and used the Pool Blaster and it looks good. The rain was light but I'm going to chop my oak tree and others to reduce the leaves.

[MrDaniel]

I don't have a "waste". I think (as a new (old) pool owner and homeowner) I can only drain via backwash. This is challenging with a DE Filter because each time I will have to recharge or wait until mother nature is done with us and start over again. Is this normal for an older pool to not have an option to drain via main drain? No waste option? I only have a push/pull lever and that's it.

[exaltrecordings]

How can I remove stubborn stains from pool walls without draining the pool?

[geez]

We just had a big storm. I know what I have to do tomorrow.

[instabloksuncare]

Can you make a video about bumps (like a small rock) on the floor of the pool underneath the vinyl liner?

[paulcostinett]

I have a salt pool. What do I do if the rain is day after day after day for several days. Rain half of monday, then rain half of tuesday, then no rain on wednesday, then rain on thursday. Do i wait until all the rain is projected to pass before adjusting chemicals, or do I adjust as I go? For example, if my salt is being diluted by the rain, do I drain the water down and add salt to run the chlorinator and offset algae/bacteria growth? Or just wait until all the weather has passed and then get the water balanced?

[tasiabrowne]

All the videos are great. A weird topic but I am interested in cleaning the pool properly after finding a dead animal in it. We found a dead bird and three different pool supply stores gave us three different options! 😩 Any advice would be great! Thank you!

[jerorosado]

Can I use a flexible pvc to hook it up to the overflow pipe to drain out instead the blue hose?

[bigzeno]

I also have a question. Is there such a thing. As having too much chlorine? What do I do if I have too much in my pool

[SliphRahl]

What are alternatives to calcium? I cannot find it, or any products with it anywhere in my area ....

[josephmaraan]

our pool tiles was blue now turns into white stained tiles how to prevent it

[carloslamas]

Is this the same with above ground pools?

[mmyyyy]

Is it really this hard to take care of the pool? I’m afraid my parents might start to get annoyed by the pool’s needs