Recent content by mdb

I am doing a rebuild of my equipment pad with better optimized plumbing, a new pump, new filter and I will need to reconnect my gas heater to the existing pipe. It's connected today with rigid black iron pipe, and I'm wondering if it's now possible to use flex pipe from the shutoff valve to the...

These lights are not serviceable and if they are 4 years old they are not under warranty anymore. (You'll find another thread I commented on, I have calmed down now.) Basically you have a $500+ dollar piece of scrap. The light itself is sealed (lol - not really or yours would still work) and...

I am working on a project this summer to renovate my pool - and one of the things I want to address is that under my fiberglass steps, the second step does not seem to have the support it needs, so the material under it must have settled. My stairs have NOT cracked, but it's probably just a...

I'm going to be replacing my liner and I've ordered gaskets for everything - except the steps. As I understand it there is a rubber gasket thats already attached to the stairs via adhesive. (I built the pool and TBH I cannot remember.) I'm having trouble in my head justifying $60 for a roll...

Just would like to echo my dissatisfaction with these lights as well - I put in 3 Colorlogics in my pool in 2005. I would say I also have < 1000 hours on them, and 2-3 have failed and the 3rd has water I can see in it so thats getting pulled too. The first one lasted about 5 years. You cannot...

(Edited because formatting messed up the diagram.) I have an L shaped pool that is designed with three AquaGenies (skimmer and wide mouth return all in one), so there are three pipes coming back to the pad, and three pipes going back to the returns on the AquaGenies. There is no main drain in...

Thanks so much for your reply. Right now I do have ball valves on each line (for both return and suction), but I did not want to spend any more time with MS Paint than I had to :). Three of them are good pool quality ones and three are the Home Depot specials where the valve handle is cracking...

I have a pretty large L Shaped pool that I built about 7 years ago, and now I am going to re-do the equipment pad, so I'm looking to improve the plumbing setup. The largest issue is that I have 3 suction lines (all coming from Aqua Genies, all 1.5" Pipe) and then those are joined at the pad...