Recent content by bobhatfield

I fixed my issue with the above hack - the diagram was very helpful. Warning to future DIYers: the above schematic represents everything at the IC-40 and NOT the transformer box. (There are black/red/green/white wires in the cord leading from the wall box to the IC - take it from me, those are...

Had to drain/fill due to very high CYA and mustard algae. Should I SLAM before bringing my CYA up to recommended? It's essentially 0 now. Assuming that will save me some chlorine during the SLAM process?

Subject says it all. we will drain this winter, Phoenix is 106 right now, don’t want to crack plaster, etc). Questions: turn off SWG? It’s not making a dent, in fact, came here because I thought it was broken I keep dumping in chlorine and brushing just to keep the algae it at bay at this...

No winterizing in Phoenix, but good to note.

Mike, Most are for in-floor cleaning system. -Bob

That was there when I started - from the guys that made the mess to begin with! :wink:

Here's the finished job. I used an expansion coupling from HD/Lowe's (thanks gordiec, great tips in that video) -- but in hindsight I should have done four 90's -- as it was a little difficult to push the last couple together and get a 1/4" turn. Not too bad, just would have been easier with 4...

I decided against trying to patch it thanks to your advice and wanted to follow-up in case someone does this to themselves in the future. Once we dug out enough earth and really exposed the area, I decide to call a few pool guys I knew to see if they knew someone that could fix it. I...

I like this idea. Do you think PVC glued over the top would be stronger that epoxy? I can't get a clamp around due to the mass of tightly surrounding pipes, but may be able to apply pressure another way. Or, I may be able to thread an adjustable band type clamp and just leave it there.

I drove a 2’ rebar (stake) into the ground and right through a section of buried PVC - one of the lines that feeds an in-ground pop-up. After draining the pool below the line's water level, I dug up the area to repair the pipe -- HOWEVER, it's surrounded tightly by about 15 other pipes...