The pump runs about 8 hours a day....no one was at the house for a few days, the PVC pipe broke at a joint just past the pump on the pressure/return side, the suction was set to just the main drain on the bottom, so the pump actually drained the pool to about 1' deep, and discharged all the water into the lawn.

This is going to be fun to watch... did you get those suction shoes from cartoons to carpet the floor..err... ugh......

Suction not that good in comparison with dyson, etc..

There are posts all over BP about how people have got burned by section 8 tenants, or suction 8 as I've seen them called.

Should we:-Suggest temporary grab bars that can be attached with suction cups and leave it to her to purchase them?

This way you get extra suction and even less dust gets out onto walls. 

I would also try the shop vac if it was a wet dry type and if you change the filter before you start so you maximize suction. 

Hopefully he put new freon in it and installed filter dryers on both the suction and liquid lines or you'll be changing that compressor again.  

If you can put a dollar up against it and there is no suction then it is not circulating properly usually.

The 'roots' that the plant uses to climb are like suction cups and they will damage your brick or siding.