Recent content by toolman

Ok thanks for all your help

Yes I am losing water, this is one of the reasons I'm trying to find out if anyone has ever heard of someone making an insert to go into the vacuum line, or do I just need to bust out all the concrete to fix this.

I can turn off the skimmer by turning the ball valve and just using the 2 other suction spots in the bottom of the pool.

Yes it is the suction side not the return. Thanks

It is in the return line from the skimmer. There is no air getting in the pump and I'm still able to vacuum the pool OK but if I run the pump with that line open the earth under the concrete deck begins to cave in. What I've been doing is just running the pump with out the skimmer return and...

I have an in-ground fiberglass pool with a leak in the return line of the skimmer. Is there any way of repairing this without tearing up the concrete deck? Do they make some kind of insert that would go in the return line to repair it? Thanks