I have a medium sized fountain in my backyard that I have to clean out
every few weeks. I have a pump to drain the water, but it cannot pick
up small debris at the bottom of the fountain such as leaves and tiny
rock fragments. Is there a pump that I can get so that I can suck out
the debris using a hose before I drain the fountain?

Thanks

A "Shop-vac" type of thing would work. Many of them come with a large
suction hose and a fitting where you can screw on a garden hose if you
want to redirect the outgoing water so you don't have to keep empting
out the tank.




On Sep 29, 4:25*pm, " wrote:
I have a medium sized fountain in my backyard that I have to clean out
every few weeks. I have a pump to drain the water, but it cannot pick
up *small debris at the bottom of the fountain such as leaves and tiny
rock fragments. Is there a pump that I can get so that I can suck out
the debris using a hose before I drain the fountain?

Thanks

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I have a medium sized fountain in my backyard that I have to clean out
every few weeks. I have a pump to drain the water, but it cannot pick
up small debris at the bottom of the fountain such as leaves and tiny
rock fragments. Is there a pump that I can get so that I can suck out
the debris using a hose before I drain the fountain?

Thanks

Spa shops make a small vacuum that is driven with a garden hose, and they
have a large hypodermic syringe looking thing that is for just that.

Steve

On Sep 29, 9:54*pm, "SteveB" wrote:
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I have a medium sized fountain in my backyard that I have to clean out
every few weeks. I have a pump to drain the water, but it cannot pick
up *small debris at the bottom of the fountain such as leaves and tiny
rock fragments. Is there a pump that I can get so that I can suck out
the debris using a hose before I drain the fountain?

Thanks

Spa shops make a small vacuum that is driven with a garden hose, and they
have a large hypodermic syringe looking thing that is for just that.

Steve


Seems it would be easier to drain it first, then use a shop vac to get
the remaining water and debris.