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Fastest way to fill a back garden pool

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    #32
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    Aryan Thousands Cockatoo wrote: »
    Looks like you might want to move it from resting on the edge of those bricks.

    It’s patio I’ll drag it over a bit before I fill it today.


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    #33
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    Pherekydes wrote: »
    No unnecessary water usage, so no.

    Entire thread is a thinly veiled "look at me: I'm wasting water before the ban comes in" hard man shtick.

    Jesus every shop in Dublin has sold out of pools near enough. I’m nothing special. The kids love them.


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    #34
    kneemos
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    Jesus every shop in Dublin has sold out of pools near enough. I’m nothing special. The kids love them.


    Saves on baths sure.


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    mloc123
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    Spent the evening rigging a 3/4 inch pipe from the attic tank down to the pool. I had to drain the tank which is a bit of a **** thing to do with the water shortage but worth it. It’s a huge pool about the size of a normal patio I half filled it tonight to see how it goes. Took about an hour and a half. I’d say it’ll be quicker once the tank fills right up and increases the pressure.

    So people of after hours, while I wait for the pool to drain and have a can, what’s the quickest way to fill a pool?

    Why didn't you just T off the mains pipe into the tank and put a valve on it?


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    mloc123 wrote: »
    Why didn't you just T off the mains pipe into the tank and put a valve on it?

    Haha you see this is where the technical advice from a plumber will save you in the long run.

    Say they cut the pressure during the day to stop the pools filling. I have an attic tank full of water to fill the pool.


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    #37
    TheChizler
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    Why not fill it at night? (Or ideally don't and go to the beach or something)


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    TheChizler wrote: »
    Why not fill it at night? (Or ideally don't and go to the beach or something)

    I read a thread on here about the local beach sounds like the atmosphere is a bit more uncomfortable than the atmosphere in the back garden. I also don’t have to put the kids in the car and drive home from the back garden which helps when you like a fizzy drink or two.


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    #39
    Fr_Dougal
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    Draining away nicely think I’ll go inside. Don’t want to get my feet wet.

    That’s pretty grim.


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    mloc123
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    Haha you see this is where the technical advice from a plumber will save you in the long run.

    Say they cut the pressure during the day to stop the pools filling. I have an attic tank full of water to fill the pool.

    Haha. I mentioned before, I do enjoy your posts.


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    #41
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    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    That’s pretty grim.

    Yeah soggy socks is no laughing matter


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    #42
    WoollyRedHat
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    Outdoor swimming pools, the new decking.


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    Sadb
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    If you filled it last night, why are you draining it again??


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    K.Flyer
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    Haha you see this is where the technical advice from a plumber will save you in the long run.

    Say they cut the pressure during the day to stop the pools filling. I have an attic tank full of water to fill the pool.


    So, you would prefer to draw from the attic tank to fill a pool, leaving you with less water for washing and flushing toilets during mains pressure reductions?
    If you had of thought it out, you would see it was less work fitting a garden tap from the kitchen mains and filled your pool from that. Even with reduced water mains pressure the head of pressure may not reach a tank but would still feed a low level draw off point leaving what is in storage intact.


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    #45
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Outdoor swimming pools, the new decking.

    They really are. Probably the new property. I’m hoping to flip my outdoor pool in two years and buy one 4 times the size because the prices are going up. I was talking to neighbour this morning and he congratulated me on getting on the outdoor pool ladder. He said it was nice for a starter pool and when him and the wife started out they got a little paddling pool in Leixlip. Now they have a hard plastic one located within spitting distance of Beaumont hospital. Drink holders on the side and everything.


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    K.Flyer wrote: »
    So, you would prefer to draw from the attic tank to fill a pool, leaving you with less water for washing and flushing toilets during mains pressure reductions?
    If you had of thought it out, you would see it was less work fitting a garden tap from the kitchen mains and filled your pool from that. Even with reduced water mains pressure the head of pressure may not reach a tank but would still feed a low level draw off point leaving what is in storage intact.

    You should really only take your kitchen tap and tank off the mains. What you describe is fairly common but not great plumbing practice. If everybody ran their outside tap at once the mains pressure would drop to nothing. That’s why a lot of people think their pressure is dropping, It’s actually half of Dublin filling their pools off the mains.


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    What feckin size is your attic tank???? I have a similar pool to yours and it takes 2700L to fill it, I filled mine nearly 3 weeks ago with a hose from the outside tap. I have a cover and filter for it so the water stays clean.


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    Sadb wrote: »
    If you filled it last night, why are you draining it again??

    There’s be bird droppings and leafs in it by now if I didn’t. I thought I had tarp to cover it but it must have went in one of the skips.


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    Sadb
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    There’s be bird droppings and leafs in it by now if I didn’t. I thought I had tarp to cover it but it must have went in one of the skips.

    Fitted bed sheet on top and some Milton into the water and no more arsing with filling and draining!


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    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    What feckin size is your attic tank???? I have a similar pool to yours and it takes 2700L to fill it, I filled mine nearly 3 weeks ago with a hose from the outside tap. I have a cover and filter for it so the water stays clean.

    You wouldn’t believe it if you seen my attic tank setup. It looks like a train with loads of carriages linked to each other. The wife went out and bought it I’d have gone with the filter and cover myself but she used a bicycle pump cello taped to the valve to fill it with air, so in a survival situation she’s quite good but she could have planned it better, I agree.


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    #51
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    Sadb wrote: »
    Fitted bed sheet on top and some Milton into the water and no more arsing with filling and draining!

    I’ll try that tonight thanks


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    Teyla Emmagan
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    Conservatory wrote:
    Draining away nicely think I’ll go inside. Don’t want to get my feet wet.

    That's one of the scariest images I've ever seen on the Internet.


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    #53
    Toots
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    It’s patio I’ll drag it over a bit before I fill it today.

    Have ye no grass? You'd want a soft base for that, having it on the patio and someone jumps in or whacks off the bottom it'll be really sore if it's on the patio.

    Also, if you're filling it off the tank, have you considered what'll happen if they reduce the pressure and you can't flush the jacks?


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    K.Flyer
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    You should really only take your kitchen tap and tank off the mains. What you describe is fairly common but not great plumbing practice. If everybody ran their outside tap at once the mains pressure would drop to nothing. That’s why a lot of people think their pressure is dropping, It’s actually half of Dublin filling their pools off the mains.

    Off course its wrong, but not much worse than filling a great big swimming pool during a water shortage, regardless of where the water is taken from.
    You can always remove the tap after you're finished with the pool if you were that bothered about it.
    Still a ridiculous waste of water given the countries water situation.


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    Toots wrote: »
    Have ye no grass? You'd want a soft base for that, having it on the patio and someone jumps in or whacks off the bottom it'll be really sore if it's on the patio.

    Also, if you're filling it off the tank, have you considered what'll happen if they reduce the pressure and you can't flush the jacks?

    I recently cleared the back garden it was a Forrest a few weeks ago. The house is a work in progress but I can’t cancel summer for the kids because the back garden is a bit messy. I’ll spend most of the day loading another skip in the front garden while the kids and wife sit out in the sun. Tomorrow I’m putting wood flooring in the kitchen. (I want tiles but the boss wants wood) I’ll probably get a weekend off then she wants the bathroom done.


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    #56
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    The hotel I’m building at the moment has a tank nearly the size of a shipping container in it. I wonder would it be feasible to put one of these out the back. The ball on the ball cock is about the size of a basketball. You’d need a filter and cover though. It’d take a week to fill it off an attic tank.


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    #57
    Kat1170
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    Hire one of these for about .75 of a second :D:D

    ch-47-water-drop.web.jpg.scale.medium.jpg


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    mloc123
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    Conservatory wrote: »
    The hotel I’m building at the moment has a tank nearly the size of a shipping container in it. I wonder would it be feasible to put one of these out the back. The ball on the ball cock is about the size of a basketball. You’d need a filter and cover though. It’d take a week to fill it off an attic tank.

    You wouldn't get much pressure from it out in the back garden tho..


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    mloc123 wrote: »
    You wouldn't get much pressure from it out in the back garden tho..

    Haha it’d need a pump to get it to the upstairs toilet.
    I meant for swimming in.


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    McMurphy
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    Plumber opens thread asking for advise on quickest way to fill a pool.....

    What next?

    A brain surgeon asking for advise on performing a labotomy :pac:


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    Irish water are asking my neighbour to tell on me. I should probably knock in and tell them they better ruddy not.


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