DANGER
- DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY will result from pool or spa drain covers or grates
that are improperly installed, missing, clogged, or broken.
• Inspect pool and spa before each use to ensure that drain covers and grates are prop-
erly in place and secured.
• Ensure that drain covers are not damaged, cracked, broken, loose, clogged, not prop-
erly secured, or missing because these conditions increase the chance of death or
serious injury from entrapment.
• If a drain cover is discovered damaged, cracked, broken, loose, clogged, not properly
secured, or missing, you shall:
• Close the pool or spa immediately; and,
• Post a closure notice and keep the pool or spa closed until an appropriate ANSI/APSP/
ICC-16 2017 certified drain cover is properly installed.
• Missing, broken, or cracked SOFA component shall be replaced before bathers are al-
lowed to use the pool.
• Loose cover/grates shall be reattached before bathers are allowed to use the pool.
DANGER
- DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY will result from contact with a damaged, loose, or
missing drain cover.
• Do not allow limbs to contact or be inserted into a drain pipe with a damaged, loose, or
missing drain cover. This could result in swelling of the limb and/or trapping a swimmer
underwater.
• Avoid mechanical entrapment of jewelry, swimsuit, hair decorations, finger, toe, or
knuckle in a drain pipe with damaged, loose, or missing drain cover. This may result in
trapping a swimmer underwater.
• Do not allow body to come into contact with a drain pipe that has a damaged, loose, or
missing drain cover. This may result in trapping a swimmer underwater.
WARNING
- DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can result from pool or spa drain covers or grates
that are clogged by debris.
• Any field modification made to a SOFA not authorized by the manufacturer’s instruc-
tions shall void the SOFA certification.
• No modification shall be made to the SOFA structure or flow path unless the new con-
figuration has been certified as a new SOFA.
• All pool and spa drain covers may become obstructed by debris and should be cleaned
periodically due to clogging from debris, such as pieces of plastic, hair, fabric, twigs,
leaves, seeds, etc.
• The frequency of periodic cleaning will vary depending on the amount and type of
debris introduced into the pool or spa.
• Clogging of the drain cover will increase the suction effect and increase the likelihood
of death or serious injury from those hazards listed above.
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USE ONLY PARAMOUNT GENUINE REPLACEMENT PARTS
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