Lets Drain a Wave Pool

Hey Team,
Today, were gonna finish up drianing the wave pool. Partial drain was completed with a gravity drain, and now we must drain the rest with a pump.
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[@jamesogle99]

IDK something about pools being shut down for the winter always makes me sad.

[@mrmoshpotato]

Hot tub waterslide!

[@CuriosityChronicled]

Anyone else here at 4am and have been watching for an hour mindlessly?

[@Justin225]

This satisfies my random and weird phobia of empty pools. Thanks! 😊

[@bradtube.]

Lmaoo same

[@Dman-jr8ey]

Wow. Where did summer go? I feel like I just watched you open the wave pool.

[@GTechno13]

Ya, maybe my sense of time is off but seeing these videos makes me ask how the heck this place makes money when it seems their season was a month long bookended by months of work. This summer went fast.

[@dustinwalden7091]

For real. I think the first video I watched was filling the lazy river. Time to drain them I suppose.

[@REWYRED]

All that water being discharged into the sanitary may be helping the city flush any sediment and other "spare parts" out of the bottom of some of the sewer lines and towards the treatment plant... Not a bad thing really.

[@setharnold9764]

3:15 I like the camera obscura effect of the clouds on the surge pit. 6:03 nothing sadder than an empty swimming pool.

[@awesomestuff9715]

you missed the chance to reverse the intro clip to make it look like the fire hose was sucking the water out lol

[@OriginalDegree]

Those pits and the pump room terrify me

[@Nareimooncatt]

With draining such a large amount of water into the sanitary sewer, do you have to contact the city ahead of time so they know to expect a larger influx and can properly handle it?

[@thepoolguy]

The city is able to manage 4 million gallons daily. Their typical usage is about 1.5 from the city. So my quarter of a million is fine.

[@michaeljones5681]

@@thepoolguy surely though if there it is a particular day e.g Monday after most parks shut for winter and they all go to empty at the same time would it cause an issue?

[@thepoolguy]

@@michaeljones5681Good point. However, we have a special surface that allows for our pools to be emptied. Majority of commercial pools have plaster shells. They cannot be dry for an extended period of time.

[@michaeljones5681]

@@thepoolguy makes sense, thanks

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@thepoolguy That's also a storm sewer, which can handle enormous influxes of water, because it is (or at least it should be) designed to handle the "100 year" storm, the kind of storm which is so large it only occurs at that magnitude about once every 100 years. Storm sewers can handle far larger influxes than the traditional sewer system, because storm sewers aren't routed through a treatment plant because the majority of water that goes through it should not contain much if any human waste, that and the kind of chemicals and things in the water (think oil from road runoff, fertilizers and pesticides and such from irrigation runoff, and acids and such from the rain, as well as chlorine from pools like yours) can easily kill off the bacteria in a sewage treatment plant that is needed to process the human waste. Long story short, if your pool is large enough to completely inundate the storm sewer system, then the city designed a pretty shitty storm sewer system

[@warplanes]

And just like that the season is done.... its been great watching you and the team prep for the summer. Thank you for your time uploading content 👌👍

[@duckymangall6595]

bro I have a huge fear of pool drains and this is terrifying

[@Tatteredghost96]

So do i! Always worry biut it sucking u down

[@vesh]

These videos r always weirdly satisfying

[@squidgameguard4822]

lol your not that popular anymore

[@AllTheOne219]

Ya

[@canadianbacon2693]

dead channel

[@overlord5066]

Man, feels like you only just filled the pool up lol

[@rcrallyevox918]

Damn, we're in 4K, with fancy editing and better sound quality. You're really going forward and learning how to do this. I'm so incredibly proud and enjoy the video's so much!

[@epirreman]

Made it a whole season of fun and videos and really enjoyed it

[@tuckerj05]

Thanks for a great summer season of pool videos. Can’t wait to see off season videos of improvements and repairs.

[@HappilyHomicidalHooligan]

Dear God, can you imagine the poor Sewer Worker a couple of miles downstream of your park if you ran the drain motor at full throttle... I think the only thing he'd be screaming would be TURDALWAVE!!! Surf's Up...😄😁😆😅😂🤣

[@spacecat7247]

Nice vid. Love the way pumps help us work and play. There is definitely a certain sense of satisfaction about it all. Thank you for all your behind the scenes views! The nuts and bolts of things matter

[@pball1224]

Another excellent video, just awesome to see the inner workings of how this all goes on. On the other hand, if you guys are closing down in TX, I've clearly been procrastinating far too long up her in MA on closing my pool.... it's gone unused for at least a month now. :-(

[@ZebraLens]

So the KZbin algorithm suggested this video. I'm glad I went with this choice! Great vid 👏🏾

[@mrunixman1579]

I seen the pool at Letchworth Drained and Refilled in 2013 when the pipe burst.

[@TheToastPeople]

Hope you had a good summer dude

[@Problembaer4]

Please show us the chambers behind the bars!! Thats the most horrifying thing on earth!!!!!

[@Queenofgreen515]

They’re just big empty stone boxes with a pipe leading in. I’m terrified of them too!

[@Kenny_chan]

Nah dude I feel you drains scare the shit out of me too

[@jaxon3999]

Imagine falling into the tank

[@nikkinicklus7587]

Houston is my HOME!!!:))👍💖💖💖

[@mariettadashcam6857]

Great video

[@AAustinn9]

Great content

[@JamesWinterRMT]

I absolutely love your videos

[@therydercenter8867]

What is the purpose of the surge pits for the different water features?

[@tajnarabota]

Are you able to video the wave machine blowing while the pool is drained? Curious how powerful the airflow is in the chambers…

[@thepoolguy]

I haven't tried it, kind of scared too

[@tajnarabota]

@@thepoolguy Totally understand. But it would be awesome 😁. And you’d get a guaranteed “like” for the video! 😂

[@dm7097]

And I thought closing my pool was a chore! Lmao

[@ananonymoushen4339]

What do the big, closed in black pipes do vs the white ones that seem to feed into the pit?

[@watomb]

Do you have to notify the city when your draining the pools? The water is to clean and it will screw up the sewage treatment plants internal processing.

[@KevinBenecke]

How do you get that last little bit out of the surge pit? How long did it actually take to drain it?

[@thunderbolttdmplayz6750]

1:14 looks like a fire alarm control panel in the 1500s

[@thunderbolttdmplayz6750]

probably

[@benvoneschen656]

My town uses a submersible or a pump that sits on the deck with a pipe going into the water to feed the pump, and pipe to direct water away, that’s what I have seen them do. I just don’t remember the type of pump

[@awesomestuff9715]

what do you do/how do you deal with the remaining water in the surge pit?

[@brandonhoworth8860]

evaporation most likely

[@justoutoftime511]

Do you place an auto sump pump to drain the rain water out?

[@angelofcrysis6629]

God I love that acoustic music during the Timelapse. You know who it is?

[@timothybrown5936]

Are you guys closing now for the winter

[@bluetheta]

Does your park has an "official" youtube channel? I would like to see the park active with guest (via the marketing department).

[@ObjectGuy]

Cool video dude

[@PhillyFail]

Can you show us how you clean and service the actual pool for the wave pool

[@richyjames1378]

Do you fill the pool from the surge tank or from the pool? It would be cool to get some to start filling the pool and you stabd at the surge tank, the water should start to come out of them pipes ?

[@Dylan-ee6qg]

I bet you could do a killer Joe Rogan impression

[@jordynmostert2864]

Let's go another vid

[@WeAreAllHumanToo]

I’m not sure why. I have an extreme fear of any pool vents in general, especially wave pools. I have heard of people being terrified of them and as soon as they are ontop of them, they start swimming away as fast as the can. I fricking panic. I ack is if I’m drowning. I flail around like and angry cat trying to grasp anything I can. Is this just me?

[@razz4taz]

What happens if a pipe isn't open? Burn up the motor? Bust a pipe? Do you paint the pool in the fall or spring?

[@AttractionSpot]

At 2:01 where did you get the shopping carts? Lol

[@joshhunter7345]

How does the wave pool work

[@dominickpastore]

Something I've been wondering: what is the wide flange-y part around the inlets of the pipes going to the pumps in all the surge pits? Why is it there?

[@Eysvar]

I'm pretty sure it's an anti-vortex thing. He probably went over it in one of his other videos.

[@thepoolguy]

Correct, it's antivotex plate.

[@dominickpastore]

@@thepoolguy Thanks! Is that for safety reasons in case someone falls in, or is there a mechanical reason for it?

[@user2C47]

@@dominickpastore It's so the pumps will not ingest air.

[@ittheschnellshow9599]

I like watching your video can you do more videos of draining the pools like from beginning to end

[@sohigh10]

The song and visuals are so melancholic. What's the song name?

[@arthurnptn]

Friendly - Dogcom Music (free of use) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpDFlWmPZsmkh5Y

[@jasonharper2601]

is there always water on the floor

[@dparksfl]

Are you sure that drains to sanitary? Via an open catch basin in a sidewalk?

[@BuildingWithZach]

Was wondering the same thing

[@pratwurschtgulasch6662]

go team! :)

[@shadowbanned69]

Is this due to the end of season shut down or for the storm and cleaning?

[@thepoolguy]

End of season

[@andrewboyles7032]

Have any use for an individual programmer in the free state

[@bladerunner2434]

Where at? Looks like Allentown

[@thepoolguy]

Typhoon texas

[@PalmPeakMarketing]

Can you start the machine without water in the pool so we can see what happens? I’ve been dying to know what happens

[@gen2mediainc.577]

Hell yeah let’s do that (Btw did you know that Technology Connections is subbed to this guy? I was looking for his second channel and I found that, thought it was interesting)

[@dominickpastore]

He's how I found this channel. He tweeted about it sometime in the spring

[@hayden6236]

Have you ever dropped anything or fell into the sump pit?

[@benperrotte6946]

That pump seems smooth and quiet. How old are those pump?

[@MrTak44]

That is six years old I believe.

[@benperrotte6946]

For a commercial variable speed pump, that sounds very smooth. I presume that was running on a lower speed not to overwhelm the drains?

[@felipe69420]

Do you not have to worry about plaster cracking?

[@thepoolguy]

Very good question. Our pools are not plaster lined, rather lined with a product called Eco Finish. So we have the ability yo drain pools without cracking issues.

[@bigbywhite3535]

Is anyone able to tell me the song used for the Timelapse drain?

[@thepoolguy]

Hey Bigby, This one was an interesting one. I use Cyberlink software to edit videos, and this is a stock song that comes with the software pack. Its call Friendly, 3:42 in length, is categorized as Country. Unfortunately, I does not have artist info.

[@Blasterxp]

End of season?

[@hatchet92882]

what park is this?

[@ashleyjeffery9959]

What park is this I want to visit.

[@Starvaze]

The first thing they gotta do is pull the drain plaug (ecoh)

[@nomusicrc]

Um ok how do you fill it

[@woww1993]

how do you not accidentally run the pump dry?

[@thepoolguy]

It will run dry for a few minutes. But it's also running slow, so it won't get terribly hot.

[@mannyistheman2221]

Does your motor have a Variable Frequency Drive 😀

[@thepoolguy]

Yes they do!

[@Tatteredghost96]

Wheres the drain in the pool?

[@matty1842]

first time watching your channel, I wasn't paying attention in the first couple seconds of dialogue and thought you were joe rogan lolll.

[@thepoolguy]

You're not the first. Thanks for watchjng

[@durand437]

in the video it doesnt look fast but my guess is that it proably drains at a couple hundred gallons a min? maybe the pool guy can correct me on it?

[@thepoolguy]

I would say it's probably 300 gpm.

[@tw-ok2mg]

oh so this wave pool is why the wave chambers and pump rooms look like there flooded

[@luk0hd530]

i am scared of drains so i stay 5 foot from them

[@Poebbelmann]

Direct connection to the sewer system? That would be a no no no in Germany.

[@sparkydave2783]

Yes, I’m surprised that there’s no air gap

[@thepoolguy]

Actually, you guys make a good point. I've never thought about the gap... but this went through an extensive vetting and code inspection. I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that it's pool water to sanitary, and there is a check valve on the pump end. I may do a little research to see how this was approved.

[@englishruraldoggynerd]

@@sparkydave2783 maybe that grate we saw first off outside was the air gap?….

[@MattTrevett]

The first connection to sanitary will likely be a drop off.

[@snfjsdjgjsdagsnfjsdjgjsdag]

is this your wave pool?

[@thepoolguy]

It be mine yes

[@yohandoodoofart4458]

I feel even less safe knowing how it works now

[@TheJVCguy]

we got a similar name haha

[@daveytn]

Weird, you're not the usual 'The Pool Guy'.

[@thepoolguy]

No, I don't play in back yards.

[@russellrattys6581]

i had to drain a water ride at a theme park i worked at, we didnt have a self drain system, we had to throw a submersible pump into the surge tank, with its pipe down a sanitary drain, it took pretty much all night to drain what was left in the tank by morning, when the submersible pump shut itself off, we used a wet-vac to get out, i was down inside that tank sucking up water, then lifting the wet vac out to a friend, who was tipping it down the drain that was a water slide, so, the reason we had to drain our ride was, we called in a contractor to seal the gaps between the slide sections, unfortunately their sealant reacted with the chlorine, and separated it from the water, and the dust was making the water cloudy, and it would have stuck to peoples clothes if they had gone down the slide it was a wide slide where customers ran down it in inflatable rafts, in their normal clothes

[@kevina8755]

Didn’t summer just start lol

[@Joemama-69420]

Hi

[@richyjames1378]

Why are you draining the pools ?

[@thepoolguy]

No chemical usage, rehab of the pool shells, and no power usage.

[@richyjames1378]

@@thepoolguy so are you closed fully now ?

[@thepoolguy]

@@richyjames1378 yes we are.

[@shanazjuman7270]

015 Scary

[@briannabrookshaw9318]

I don't know why that little pool with those big pipes is terrifying to me but man I don't like it

[@Ki113dbysw0rd]

I swear you just opened it. Why is time going by so fast :|

[@ochettekamishashan6814]

This is a massive NOPE for me as I have submechanophobia but it is interesting

[@TheKzimmerman]

i don't know why but this video makes me sad.

[@DieselRamcharger]

why the fuck are the floors always wet? some sloppy shit.