- Located in McKinney, Texas
- Pool built in 2005 (18 years ago) and is 13,000 gallon chlorine in-ground
- All equipment is original with exception of pump which was replaced several years ago
- Walked out front door of house and heard water running, and upon inspection saw that it was flowing from a pipe in the landscaping bed that has a double elbow and dumps into a larger PVC pipe that I believe leads into the water sewage. Went into house and checked all sinks, toilets, showers, etc and nothing was running. Only water item running was the pool pump. Later in the day when the pump shut down I walked out front and the water had stopped flowing in the pipes. Same happened this morning, no water flow and then when the pump kicked in, the water started flowing.
- I went to the equipment pad and noticed that the little clear glass bubble on the backwash pipe was showing movement, which was odd as the valve is set to filtration. Also my fountains were running at normal strength into the pool so I assumed the valve was set to filter as I didn't think the fountains run when the water is backwashing into the exit
- I did backwash this weekend, and returned the valve to filtration position when I was done.
- Wondering if the valve is broken and water is running both through the filter and backwash???
- Any suggestions? I don't know the life expectancy of these valves.
- If it needs to be replaced, wondering if anyone knows of a reputable repair person in the McKinney/Frisco/Allen/Plano suburbs of Dallas.
- Also, with it being 100+ degrees, I can't risk not running the pump, but worried I'm going to have a heck of a water bill this month.