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Drain Pump and Lay Flat Discharge?


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Hot tub arriving soon and getting all the parts.  I’m wanting to get a submersible pump I can use to drain the tub along with some sort of hose that lays flat or doesn’t take up much space to store.  
 

Questions:  

1) if I purchase a 1/4 HP pump can I use those collapsing/expandable garden hoses to hook up to the pump or will the pump burst those types of hoses?

2) what about those blue lay flat discharge hoses?  The hose will have to go around a corner.  Are these lay flat discharge hoses bendable like that?

3) If none of the above, what pump and hose that won’t take up much space do you recommend for a 250 gallon tub?

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Buy a Quick Drain instead. Light weight and easy to store. Can be used to drain the spa as well as a vacuum to suck up debris in the bottom of the spa in between your 3 mth water change.  https://www.costco.ca/quickvac-quickdrain-spa-maintenance-system.product.10322940.html

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I have a small submersible pump from Home Depot (also see Harbor Freight), bought for my 3500 gallon above-ground pool about 15 years ago, was under $100.  I have also used it in my spa (350 gallons).

That blue flat hose, used for swimming pool functions like when backwashing is available in 1.5 and 2" sizes, and can go around corners.

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11 hours ago, Cusser said:

I have a small submersible pump from Home Depot (also see Harbor Freight), bought for my 3500 gallon above-ground pool about 15 years ago, was under $100.  I have also used it in my spa (350 gallons).

That blue flat hose, used for swimming pool functions like when backwashing is available in 1.5 and 2" sizes, and can go around corners.

 

13 hours ago, CanadianSpaTech said:

Buy a Quick Drain instead. Light weight and easy to store. Can be used to drain the spa as well as a vacuum to suck up debris in the bottom of the spa in between your 3 mth water change.  https://www.costco.ca/quickvac-quickdrain-spa-maintenance-system.product.10322940.html

My question is what hose you recceomend me using for draining with the pump that can store flat/expand. 
 

thoughts?

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12 minutes ago, CanadianSpaTech said:

Is this because you are worried about draining the spa water onto your grass?

Yes.   But two reasons for that.  One, I don’t want to kill the grass.  And second the lawn isn’t sloped so that much water would cause it to swamp up. 
 

maybe I need to go the submersible

pump route 

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42 minutes ago, RDspaguy said:

I have no clue. Never used a sump with a garden hose connection or an expanding hose doohickey. I'm not even sure you could get that flow rate from a garden hose sump.

I do know the typical backwash hose is very prone to tears, punctures, and kinks. I have blown the side out of many over the years.

Thanks.   I think I’m going to use this pump with a garden hose discharge  

https://www.acehardware.com/brands/ace/40003

and this hose which is lightweight for storage with a 600PSI burst rate

zero-G 4001-50 Lightweight, Ultra Flexible, Durable, Kink-Free Garden Hose, 5/8-Inch by 50-Feet,Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014M9PEXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_F11UFbHY48292?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

those expandablE hoses won’t work because they only expand under pressure   But there won’t be much pressure since it will be open

 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, RDspaguy said:

I have no clue. Never used a sump with a garden hose connection or an expanding hose doohickey. I'm not even sure you could get that flow rate from a garden hose sump.

I do know the typical backwash hose is very prone to tears, punctures, and kinks. I have blown the side out of many over the years.

Thanks.   I think I’m going to use this pump with a garden hose discharge  

https://www.acehardware.com/brands/ace/40003

and this hose which is lightweight for storage with a 600PSI burst rate

zero-G 4001-50 Lightweight, Ultra Flexible, Durable, Kink-Free Garden Hose, 5/8-Inch by 50-Feet,Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014M9PEXC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabt1_F11UFbHY48292?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

those expandablE hoses won’t work because they only expand under pressure   But there won’t be much pressure since it will be open

 

@meh64  I agree   I was worried about that   The GZero hose I linked above isn’t expandable for that exact reason   Hopefully it will work with the pump

 

 

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