Too much rain, need to drain

[Macrosill]

The water level is overflowing the skimmer and it is not cleaning the surface since the water is over the skimmer opening. I too an in the north east, Long Island, NY to be exact. More rain coming tonight. Anyway thanks for all the replies, we kind of got off topic slightly but I will just vac to waste to lower the water level. This way I can kill 2 birds with one stone.

Thanks,
Brian

[prh129]

Sorry, I have a cartridge filter so I couldn't help with your original question I used my vacuum hose and put the brush end in front of the return jet to get a siphon going to drain water out.

Peter

[Donna's Poolboy]

Don't you lose a little bit of sand each time you backwash? (If you have a sand filter, obviously). If your filter doesn't need backwashing, I'd drain it off using the waste setting.