Are you living in an area with danger of fire? Pool? Pump..
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:37 am
Every year we have dangerous wild fires which sometimes come close to houses and your little water supply is no help in case it reaches your garden and property. If you own a swimming pool which can be your water depot in case you have to fight a nasty fire then you should own a strong garden pump with at least 1100 W and a pressure of 4-6 bar. The output pipe should be at least 25 mm to get enough water for your efforts and of course long enough to reach your boundaries. I bought one just last week at Lidl's as it was on offer and much stronger than my existing one.
http://offers.kd2.org/en/ie/lidl/pCEu/
If you ever had a wild fire close by it is really frightening. It happened to me several times when I lived in Neo Chorio and one time I just moved my two cars, took my documents and animals and left my property as the fire was already very close with unbelievable heat, wind and smoke....
A second solution ( and I installed it in my place as well) is to connect a long 32 mm hose with the output pipe of your pool (backwash pipe) and prepare joints (reducer) that it is a quick fix in case you need it. But for this it is of course necessary that the output pipe of the pool lays with easy access somewhere in your garden. In case of a fire you just close the skimmer valves and open the bottom valve and go on position: Waste. Switch on the pool pump and you will have plenty water (40-80 tons) with high pressure. Fire fighter would get jealous of that power (specially the ones coming with a pick-up and 2 tons of water....) I have only a 1 hp pump but when I played the hose at the brushes and trees as a fire came close to my place the pressure I had and the amount of water was really great and I succeeded to stop the fire then. It makes you feel much more safe.
This little investment can save you thousands of Euros not to forget the time it needs until everything is like it was before a fire...
Max
http://offers.kd2.org/en/ie/lidl/pCEu/
If you ever had a wild fire close by it is really frightening. It happened to me several times when I lived in Neo Chorio and one time I just moved my two cars, took my documents and animals and left my property as the fire was already very close with unbelievable heat, wind and smoke....
A second solution ( and I installed it in my place as well) is to connect a long 32 mm hose with the output pipe of your pool (backwash pipe) and prepare joints (reducer) that it is a quick fix in case you need it. But for this it is of course necessary that the output pipe of the pool lays with easy access somewhere in your garden. In case of a fire you just close the skimmer valves and open the bottom valve and go on position: Waste. Switch on the pool pump and you will have plenty water (40-80 tons) with high pressure. Fire fighter would get jealous of that power (specially the ones coming with a pick-up and 2 tons of water....) I have only a 1 hp pump but when I played the hose at the brushes and trees as a fire came close to my place the pressure I had and the amount of water was really great and I succeeded to stop the fire then. It makes you feel much more safe.
This little investment can save you thousands of Euros not to forget the time it needs until everything is like it was before a fire...
Max
in the worse case NO water will come to your place if you have neighbours with the same idea... 