Main drain... Do I really want one with my new Inyo liner installation?

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I agree with Jo above. Why mess underground. If you want I imagine you could add a suction port at the edge of the pool just above the waterline and make a removeble drain that you can leave in when the pool isn't being used and take it out when people are in. Chunk of pool hose and a drain fabricated from PVC pipe with holes drilled that is weighted to lay on the bottom. Made something similar as a suction thing when I fill from my stream. I'll take a pic later and update this post. PVC Lives !!
Al
Guess you could also just leave the vacuum brush in the deep end and do the same thing but still on a dedicated line. Here's the pic of the suction thing. The thing isn't even glued together.

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