Pool Pop Out and Hydro-Static Relief Valves.

[@SebastianBalos]

Warning: This video may cause seizures or motion sickness..... Viewers discretion is advised. lol.🌊🌊

[@altuna55]

I've got dizzy watching your video. My head is spinning. Thanks for the great information! It will save the unsuspecting DIY thousands of $$$. Enjoy your beer!!! :)

[@SebastianBalos]

lol. I too did not expect it to get this dizzy when I was editing! Cheers!

[@timothyogletree4258]

Why is no one asking about the random broken glass sound?!?! Haha great information!

[@pantx0]

took me a while to see where it came from!

[@FactsMattersUSA]

The broken glass suppose to block his curse words which doesn't happen but I think it's hilarious.

[@billykennedy3297]

Toss a screw through a piece of pvc at one end off centre so it will fit around the square on the plug top and turn the pipe it’s a handy little trick for removing the plugs

[@jeremykrieger4292]

Awesome videos keep them coming.

[@andrewdavis2276]

A piece of green uni strut works great for removing those plugs

[@pantx0]

I drained my pool and had it empty of water for 2 months before a random video popped up on my KZbin with a pool popping out! I was horrified and went to the comments where a few said, "you didn't take out the hydrostatic valve!"!!! Then I started searching and I was furthered horrified! I'm in Miami and I drained it in February which is our driest season so I guess the water table was below my pool! It's now June 23 and the pool is halfway up filled with rain water because I haven't fixed my pool pump/filter plumbing! Just now I got in the pool (water is rather clear since I add chlorine every week) and saw that the hydrostatic valve is old! I want to remove it and install a new one as I plan to drain again to clean and fill up again!

[@alexmoreno5894]

What tool did you use to take that plug out. There’s no videos on that thanks

[@SebastianBalos]

Good question. I ended up using a really big set of pliers and managed to get it out. I will say that it was a huge pain in the ass. Depending on your plug there are tools available but they might be pricey. I just added a link to a tool in the description of the video. check it out. Cheers.

[@alexmoreno5894]

Thanks

[@JonathanDeleon-f7d]

It's called a "T shape" something but it has two sizes on each end

[@kathyryan5140]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING VIDEO! I'm trying to save money and have been seeking advice over the internet and from pool companies, and people have been SCARING THE HELL out of me, talking about a pop-up, and so did your pictures! Holyshit! So I've taken about 3/4 of the water out, but the horror stories about pop ups made me put some water back in and I thought that I could do this piecemeal, bought chest-high waders which I am going to return (thanks to your video!), bought a Shop-Vac and was emptying and putting water in and emptying and putting water in. I'm picking up a sump pump tomorrow after work, again! and I'm ready to go explore the pressure relief valve. I'm actually having a cocktail while I watched your video so... Cheers!

[@pantx0]

I drained my pool and had it drained for 2 months before a random video popped up on my KZbin with a pool popping out! I was horrified and went to the comments where a few said, "you didn't take out the hydrostatic valve!"!!! Then I started searching and I was furthered horrified! I'm in Miami and I drained it in February which is our driest season so I guess the water table was below my pool!

[@loganfields69]

Hire a professional if you were using a shop vac to drain your pool. That’s not a good sign of knowing what you’re doing. A siphon would work best. But there is HUGE list of other things you can be in violation of by draining your pool. Municipalities in each state, county, and city vary wildly. You can also harm the environment. Destroy a neighbors yard/home. And create more issues to your property and pool. There is a reason why it’s costly to have a pro drain your pool. Stick with the pro choice.

[@TheNYgolfer]

Not an expert here but once you took that plug out, that little water left in the drain should have drained into the ground, unless the groundwater table just happened to coincidentally be at the same level as the water in the drain @ 3:21 . Since it didn't drain, I'm wondering if the installer just capped that bottom of that port before installing the drain assembly, in which case installing the hydrostatic relief valve is useless since no ground water can flow into the pool. Maybe a pressure test would have answered that question. If pressure holds then the port is capped .

[@SebastianBalos]

The pressure relief valve at best is a “just in case” mechanism to reduce the fear or Likelihood that the the water table is high. Im sure that in moat cases its not needed. And in my case i doubt its needed as well. If i ever need to drain the pool again at least i can have a sense of relief if i have to run the pump overnight. Cheers!

[@stevenohnsat7535]

@@SebastianBalos I think what the guy was saying is that whatever is on the other end of your newly installed hydrostat valve likely doesn't have an exit point. So it doesn't reduce fear or likelihood at all. Unless like he said, that the water table coincidentally was right where the water line in your video showed up. Otherwise there shouldn't have been water in your drain box as it would have had somewhere to go... out the drain box.

[@nickyalousakis3851]

some pools have a two foot diameter or so sump - basically a hole in the ground that sort of resembles a well.... that goes about four or five feet into the ground. it typically about fifteen feet or so from the deep end of the pool. this well tells you where your water table is. you could do that too..... but with a relief valve instead of a plug you won't need it..... my pool has a pipe in the deep end going to crushed rock at the bottom.... but there is no threads to screw anything into.... and so needs a cap. i have no choice unfortunately.

[@SoundAloneband]

Also dude that plug could have been because you have a leak down there. lol. A lot of times leak guys will do that exact plug to seal a leak in the hydro line itself. Careful. And that line he's talking about that pumps the water out via sump pump or whatever is called a well point. You only do this when you know the ground water is to high.

[@SebastianBalos]

Agree. Cheers!

[@skyblue33able]

Great video! Thanks!!

[@georgeburns8447]

You're welcome.

[@MrMusic55123]

how can I remove the old valve? It seems stuck and not turning

[@georgeburns8447]

Use a pick axe.

[@robertt8273]

OMG stand still. Watching you on a 65 " TV I got dizzy.

[@chcknmr]

Who keeps breaking glass?! O_o

[@brendenemery4531]

WHAT IS THE BROKEN GLASS sound!?

[@SebastianBalos]

Itd just me “bleeping” out my swearing! Cheers!

[@brendenemery4531]

@@SebastianBalos 😂 definitely hear it now! Thanks for the help!

[@loganfields69]

Dude. You’re walking in circles is making me sick. P.S. I don’t know what the end result of your circle is, but just in case. It’s called a hydrostatic plug. It’s best to remove the deepest main drain plug first. Then any remaining. Ground water will flow into the pool. Just pump it out. Replace the hydrostatic plug with a hydrostatic valve when replacing. You’ll be thankful you did.

[@InsightByte]

gr8 vid, but stop spinning bro !!!

[@SebastianBalos]

yea, i did not expect it to turn out that bad! cheers!

[@mrkengage]

Great video! There are people in the pool business who, for whatever reason, have no idea what a hydrostatic relief valve is. Here's a pool that popped out of the ground purely due to ignorance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYK8oWOkgriAo5Y

[@SebastianBalos]

Damn! I have seen these types of issues. I will say that they seem to be few and far between. I do feel bad for the contractor in this case. He worked on a pool that had a bad water table and he likely did not mean for any of this to happen.. It sucks for everyone involved... hope this vid sheds light on the potential issues.. Thanks for sharing! Cheers!

[@krishdasgupta7313]

Please stop spinning.