A Pool Disaster
March 20, 2005 on 7:41 pm | In Main |I went out this morning to get some new plants for the yard, for the spring planting. I had to go to two stores to get everything I needed.
While I was unloading the plants from the car, I noticed that the side of the house was awfully wet. The stones in the drainage area were practically floating. We had light rain last night, but not enough to cause the water level I was seeing. When I caught sight of the pool, my thought was “Oh, no”. The pool level was two feet low. I thought at first it might be a leak. When I went to check out the filter area, I figured out what had happened. The valve for the drain line was open, so when the filter ran at night, it drained the pool. The worst part was that my brand new drain hose had ruptured from the weight of all of the water.
I don’t know for sure if it was Sean or Ethan, but the filter is right by the play set, so I would say it was likely. It’s over and done with, so there is no sense in assigning blame.
I refilled the pool without any trouble. I did get all of the plants planted as well. I put in a bush morning glory in the front yard, two green daises (euryops) in the back yard, a new blue agave to replace the old century plant by the pool, a desert lilac in the pool area, and some penstemon plants to round out the pool area. I checked and fixed all of the drip fittings as well. My track record is to kill about half of the new plants I plant, so I’m trying to do a bit better this year.
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