Surely I can't be the first bloke to run into this, so looking for an easy workaround to a seemingly significant PITA that I've run across.

The main drain cover(s) on our 2006 vintage pool have reached their end of life. My assumption that this would be a simple $8 plastic replacement part is proving to be quite the runaround due to the fact that they are the flat design which is now ILLEGAL. I completely understand the logic behind the change, but why there isn't a simple replacement with the same screw hole placement/dimensions blows my mind. The Hayward family must own multiple islands around the world.

So... before I go to custom fabricating a bracket to fit, who has a simple fix for this?? Bootleg is not outside of my scope. TIA

"Vintage" i see what you did there

What size and hole spacing?

Never used these, but seems like it should work:

http://www.poolfittings.com/retrofit-drain-covers

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TexAg1987 said:

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Never used these, but seems like it should work:

http://www.poolfittings.com/retrofit-drain-covers

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I was in the exact same boat about 2 years ago and used some like this and it worked.

The real fun is trying to figure out how to get it in while being too cheap/lazy to do a drain/refill.

Thanks, fellas. That looks like it'll do the trick. Somehow my searches hadn't turned these up.

It was fun enough getting the old ones off with only 2 screws, so there will be some sort of hose utilized on the installation. Fortunately, I have the old 2-story beer bong apparatus tucked away in the cabinets somewhere...

Appreciate the assist!