I have a 24' about ground pool. It has a haywood 1hp pump. the problem I have is that when I use the pump and filter to vacuum the bottom of the pool, after a few minutes the suction hose collapses at the inlet to the pump. I have a new skimmer basket assembly because the previous owners didn't winterize the pool properly and it froze causing it to crack and suck air when I vac the pool. I also bought a new vac hose last year before I found the cracks in the skimmer housing. I use one of those clear triangle shaped vac heads with the brushes on it. I know I don't have any restrictions in the hose or the skimmer housing. I have backwashed the filter before I start vacuuming the pool. Could the vac head be causing the restriction? should I try a different vac head? the suction and return hoses are new as of last year. they were removed in the winter. Could it be just a bad hose?

Sounds more like something is clogging the head, and that would be the liner. would try a different head

You may try to close your suction valve a little to see if that keeps your hose from collapsing.

try not to suck so much !!!hehehehehehheehehe

Why does the suction hose for my pool filter collapse?

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Pool drama in Dorset as horse is rescued

12:30pm Tuesday 9th August 2011

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Firefighters were called when this surprise bather took a dip in a swimming pool.

Apollo, a 25-year-old horse, was rescued by firemen who drained the pool and put up a ramp out of boards and hay so that he could be led to safety.

The horse escaped from his field during the night and is believed to have walked onto a swimming pool cover, believing it to be firm ground, and subsequently fell into a metre of water.

a Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokes-man said a crew was called to the house in Motcombe, near Shaftesbury, at 8.30am yesterday and stayed for an hour and a half.

he said: “We were alerted to a horse being in a swimming pool at a private address.

“Crews from Shaftesbury proceeded along with the assistance of a specialist animal rescue unit from Poole.

“They drained the swimming pool using a light portable pump.

“The 25-year-old horse named Apollo was led to safety using a makeshift ramp in the swimming pool.”

Station manager Andy Fox, who attended, added: “Crews did a really good job and we were really pleased to be able to assist Apollo and his owners.”

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