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I purchased a gasket replacement kit for my Haywood SP715 valve but am having trouble getting solid info on the actual rebuild. Is the large spider gasket supposed to be glued in and if so with what? I'm not sure what year it was manufactured but I would guess late 80's. Thanks in advance.

I was looking at it again and bumped the shut-off valve between the skimmer and pump and heard a small air sucking noise so I poured water over the valve and the bubbles in the pump went away. Stopped running water over the valve and the bubbles came back. Went to pool store, got a new valve and...

I had the garden hose in the pool as I vacuumed and the water level was pretty high in the skimmer. I also filled up the pool when I was done until the water in the skimmer was almost to the top and spilling over. There are still a lot of little bubbles spinning around in the pump basket, the...

UPDATE: I finally got the vacuum to waste working, not sure what went wrong on my first try but it works now. Only problem is that now that I finished vacuuming and the filter is set back to filter, the return is blowing out tons of tiny little bubbles along with the water, also the pump basket...

I hadn't hooked up anything at all to the skimmer. Was running fine in filter mode, unplugged pump, switched to waste mode and plugged in pump. I walked away to see if the water was coming out of the backwash hose (which is 100ft long and goes out to the street) and yelled to my wife to unplug...

Well I just tried the waste function on my filter and it pumped water out the backwash hose for about a minute and then the pump shut off and tripped the circuit breaker. the pump made a horrible sound when I tried to restart it but after I let it cool down it started back up again quietly...

I have a Hayward sand filter with a multi port valve on top which has settings for Filter, Backwash, Waste, Rinse, Recirculate and Closed. I have never used the waste function I just read about vacuuming to waste on the forum and figured that's what they meant. Am I mistaken?

Pool Newbie here and am wondering if I vacuum to waste in my above ground pool with the vacuum hose attached to the skimmer do I need to stop vacuuming when the water goes below the skimmer or am I safe as long as the hose remains attached? I have a round skimmer basket and the hose attaches via...

That's good to know. Thank you very much.

I am wondering if the water will turn clear even if I don't vacuum the bottom. I have been using a leaf rake to dredge the bottom and the net would be completely full of sludge at first but I don't really get much at all now. I tried vacuuming this morning but it plugged up the filter after...

Just wanted to say thanks for all the great information here. I had never owned a pool before but recently purchased a home with a 24' AG which I was very apprehensive about. The pool was a dark dark green, the pump was seized and the shed was filled with Baquacil products which after some...