Most fibreglass and many other pool types have a Hydrostatic Valve located at the deepest part of the pool.
Often It’s got a cover, like an upside down dinner plate. Its job is to relieve water pressure, when the pool is empty. (To stop an empty pool, particularly a fibreglass one popping out of the ground). Remove the cover when the water level allows. The valve should then be released as soon as you are able to access it. (Use a screwdriver to wedge it open) It may be that dirty groundwater enters the pool, and this will usually stop after a few hours or overnight.
If the flow does not stop, then you need to deal with it, as you will not be able to paint the bottom of the pool. One way is to obtain a 50 mm Iplex internal ID plastic tube about a metre long and a 50 mm Iplex Press Adap Valve which is then pushed onto the 1-metre tube. Unscrew the value unit. Then screw in this tube and Adap into the hydrostatic valve seating. This will allow for the water pressure to be equalised without over flowing into the pool while you paint it.
Care needs to be taken in that the pool remains stable whilst in this state. Brace sides if need be. (Across pool). Can refer to Info Sheet, Pool Bracing for ideas.
When refilling the pool, it may be useful to keep the hydrostatic valve open for a while to allow water from the now filling pool to (re)fill the cavity under the pool.
Another way to allow you to paint is to put several bricks on the valve to hold it closed after virtually all the water has passed from the ground under the pool, into the pool. However, this is not an ideal answer.
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