Recent content by RaginCajun

Broken pipe repaired, pump seal replaced and priming well, and new pressure gauge. All is well. Thanks to everyone for your input. :cheers: [attachment=0:137r08gh]poolsmall.jpg[/attachment:137r08gh]

Here's another little tidbit to make my story more interesting. The pressure gauge on my filter is reading 0 psi even though everything seems to be working well. I can feel water rushing out of the Aqua Genies, water's getting pulled through the skimmer basket, the pump (with a new seal) is...

Thanks Ted. I'm not sure what heaving is or what causes it, but would it be related to freezing temps causing the soil to shift? It doesn't get that cold way down South, but maybe it was just cold enough? The deck itself didn't look different. I wish I could understand how a break in the...

Thanks for the fast reply, Bruce. The break was clean through the elbow, not on a run of straight pipe. The elbow broke into two pieces, the break was right in the bend. It was at the skimmer assembly, but since it's an Aqua Genie, the return and the suction under the basket are in the same...

I just finished repairing a broken elbow on a 2" PVC line that returns water to the pool through an Aqua Genie skimmer. The pool is three years old and the line is about two feet underground. The break was beneath the concrete pool deck which made it difficult to repair. The pool equipment is...