The last few weeks of getting gungy in the bath have been so much fun but, it feels like I'm very restricted on space
I see lots of people using paddling pools for their messy play spaces but, I'm trying to work out how on earth I would empty it. With no outside tap or hosepipe, I can just shower it off in the garden and I think the neighbours might have a thing or two to say about me just pouring gallons of green gunge on the grass
With some 20-30L of gunge in a pool, it's going to be almost impossible to move it up the stair to the shower to wash it down too
I'm probably being thick and I can imagine there is a chunk of "just do it with buckets" but, any ideas would be really appreciated
A wet/dry vac works well as long as you don't have to carry it up a flight of stairs. But you have a drain on the same level, you can just suck up all of the gunge and then reverse it into a drain.
Another good option, depending on how you do trash, is to use disposable tarps, let some of the water evaporate, and then wrap up the tarp and stuff it in a contractor bag.
Using a plastic tarp to cover the inflatable pool has been a good improvement ln the cleanup routine. To empty the pool take buckets that you maybe only fill to 1/2 so the weight doesnt get too terrible during transport.. move that gunge in your bath ti flush it. Once your pool is pretty empty pick up the plastic tarp and put it in a garbage bag that you then double with another garbage bag.. I use a clean bucket to carry that bag to the trash outside.. reduces the risk of that bag to open. Your pool should be total clean and dry at this point.. just store it back for your next round
** also big improvement we did on the inflatable pool, is add a waterbed heater under the pool.. wow.. nice and warm all day
OscillatorSlop said: A wet/dry vac works well as long as you don't have to carry it up a flight of stairs. But you have a drain on the same level, you can just suck up all of the gunge and then reverse it into a drain.
With the caveat that the wet filter doesn't clog up on you. This isn't water and higher viscosity fluids might be too much weight for a 4hp shop vac. It might work for a while but after about a few uses, it's gonna tell you that something is wrong.
Long time lurker, very occasional poster Gareth here. Felt I should post and share the best advice I know of..
For what it's worth Sammie, the always excellent and super reliable Candy Custard has a whole blog dedicated to different items and/or activity. What Candy doesn't know about this stuff isn't isn't worth knowing.
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