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How Accidents Can Be Prevented Through A Well Managed Pool Main Drain Cover

By Ida Dorsey


Clean swimming pools are always nice to swim in and normally provide comfort to swimmers. It takes the filtration system of pools to fully ensure that a swimming facility is always clean. A pool main drain cover is normally the equipment that is placed inside a swimming facility to ensure cleanliness through regular suctioning of water for the comfort of swimmers. Well managed filtration system provides nice and clear water for swimming and everybody likes this.

The drains are components of the overall filtering system, which is helps in keeping debris from building up inside the pools. Drains are expected to be efficient and reliable for nice swimming of your family. They should be well taken care of for their continued efficiency. They are normally located at the base of swimming pool and they can either be one, two or more depending on the size of the pools.

For enhanced effectiveness, the main drains should be located at lowest points in swimming pools so that they allow flow of the water to take effect smoothly and carry debris toward the drains. Their function is boosted by presence of skimmers in clearing dirty out. Drains should always be managed well as time goes by. Over time, chlorinated water and effect sun may reduce efficiency of drains covers and make them get brittle and begin to crack.

When the drain covers are in bad condition, safety becomes an issue. To protect your family and the swimming facility, you need to use the proper drains covering and they should be in good operating condition. The work of suctioning water from pools is made by these drainers so as to promote filtration and ensure water is clean for swimming.

Using the proper drain will always assist you in safety. Drains do their work efficiently if they are properly maintained and serviced well. If not properly managed, parts of human body might get stuck when they come into contact with drains. Hands, legs, hair or fingers can be damaged. If this happens, it is difficult to get out the affected body area because of the suction, especially in pools which have only one drain.

In order to do their job properly, both types of drains suction water from the bathe into the filtration system. Unfortunately, this suction can be dangerous to swimmers and without proper precautions, arms, legs, and hair can get caught in the drains.

Covers are tested in laboratory to determine their upper flow rate, which may result in speeds through the open area of the cover that are greater than one point five feet per second. Pool owners have measures put in place to ensure safety to swimmers. All this means that every drain must be covered by a cover or grate that meets the minimum standards set out in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.

On top of that, owners of pools should consider implementing anti-vortex covers for drains where appropriate to highly safeguard swimmers from accidents. Few children caught in the drains can be saved, though they might be paralyzed. Some will bear the scars in the form of welts shaped like the drain on their skin permanently.




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