Will the drain plug support if completely filled with water? I want to use it as a dog pool for a German Shepherd.
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I believe the plug will hold however it is narrow and would be difficult for a dog to get in and out. I would recommend a shorter, wider steel tub or even a child's wading pool that the dog can lie down in.
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In theory, yes. I use mine as essentially a filter for my pond, and for the most part, I don't have issues with leaking. Due to some rough treatment on my part, however, it will occasionally let a sliver of water through if it's not positioned correctly. As long as you don't strip the drain plug fixture while using a socket wrench and pliars, you should be ok.
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It won't run when it is full. I have to take it to the door and let it drain. You can attach a small hose.
1814466
When I first put mine together my concern was the water tank and the hassle of siphoning water into it. Turns out it's not hard to do. The plug for the tank is cleverly located... even if I removed it, it's unlikely the water would leak out when lifting or lowering the machine just based on the water level and the location of the hole. It's not going to leak unless something drastic happens.
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You can use the drain plug however you will have to manually empty the water after use.
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If your pool drain is above your pool bottom and not flush it should be fine if your pool drain is flush with the pool bottom it moves, my drain is flush with pool bottom wasn't happy it didn't work for me. when I received the item it was in a box and the rubber which sits on pool bottom had a bend in 2 plaxces that did not flatten when I put it in pool and Barracuda hit the bends and moved the Unibridge moves off main drain. Good luck
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Water beads up on it, but I imagine if it's left on for a while it could sink in. My dog has used it when she's come in wet from the rain and it resists the water that way. I don't know how it would do for a dog with bladder issues, sorry, I'm not more help. My dog loves it and we've been very happy with the bed.
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It would probably get clogged and take forever to drain. I would use a $35 1/2 HP electrical pump if you can.
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It does not come with a drain or plug. It is just a big tub. It is very sturdy though, in fact, often they are used as a water trough for horses.
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Don't know how wide your bathtub is but probably not. The legs stand rather far apart for stability. However, , we have a motor home with a large shower only. I stand the front of the dog tub in the shower and the back in the bathroom. The attaching drain hose is long and drains well without any leaks (the drain is located at the back end of the tub). This has turned out to be a really great product and I use it regularly to bathe my three white Maltese.
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As Jim says below, the drain hose only works on gravity; there is no pump, so if the drain hose is kinked, going up hill, or is otherwise inhibiiting the ability of the water to just drain on its own the water will go back to the tank and fill it up.
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Should not be a problem unless it gets wet. Make sure your irrigation is turned off. Load your unit with some dry dog food.
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Hi, Well you can blow it up yourself, it is a lot to blow into. We used my husbands air compression or you can get a small air pump at a local walmarts. Just make sure the nozzle will fit into the plugs on the cool.I orignally thought the drain plug was the air for hole, thank goodness Hubby set me straight. You have 3 on the outside of the pool, one for each layer. The big one on the bottom is the drain plug, which our lab puppy tried pulling out before the pool was totally filled up ;-)Hope this helps, Eve loves the pool.
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Good question. We've been using this for more than 6 months now with our baby and she loves it. We never once use the drain plug, just like you mentioned, just flip it upside down and it's empty. We afixed some "non slip Tub Tattoos " to make it less slippery for the baby
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Yes the entire tube must fill before plugs start exiting to top. No the effort isn't that great IF the soil in relatively moist/not compacted If you're using on hard clay etc. it will take good effort.I think the tube is tapered larger from bottom to top to make the plugs flow easily too.
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My opinion is that the plug is not sealed and won't resist very much moisture. The rotating piece of the plug is not so tight against the outside part.I would be surprised if it is UL listed for that type of use but don't know for certain.
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I don't see why not as long as it is somewhat protected and not laying in or subjected to heavy rains. Mine is out all winter and subjected to snow and rain but it is about four feet off the ground with lights plugged in from beneath so water does not drain into the plug.