Recent content by redneck5185

New valve and silicone in. Waiting for it to cure. Cross your fingers. Thanks for all the input everybody.

josh pvc is fine, maybe ill try silicone. is there a brand I should look for? here is my attempt at uploading pics

Dave s I thought that I had cracked the original valve ( 4 yrs old maybe ) by over tightening it, so I purposely only hand tightened replacement(s)

Thanks for the input guys. Rectorseal 5 (yellow stuff) does in fact say NOT for use with abs. Im not sure if I overlooked that or if I thought I had cpvc. I cant find what if any effect it has on abs, but I cant imagine it would weaken it, at least not so quickly. I recently replumbed pool pad...

@ jason, full shade. Im talking new valves, 1 or 2 days and im springing a leak. @ Josh, rector seal thx guys

Hi, long time lurker here ( I've learned a lot ) thanks in advance for the input. I have a problem with a multiport valve cracking ( Hayward variflow SP0715XR50 ). I'm on my third one. They keep cracking @ the threaded input ( first one also began leaking @ output and at the case near the...

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I need some advise. My plaster is a week and half old, water is crystal clear, and is well balanced(ph keeps rising, but that's typical with new plaster, right?) My problem is I keep getting stains from organics falling into pool (leaves, bird droppings). Is this normal?

Hello, I am looking for advice as to how much CYA level folks in VERY hot climates are using. Any Vegas or Phoenix TFP members?

Nps (national pool supply?) & walmart both sell 10% liquid chlorine (bleach) for about $6.50 per 2 gal. which is probably the best deal you're going to find. (Leslie's probably has the same deal). walmart sells borax but you might have to hunt around, I just cleaned out the one by my house at...