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Today I noticed that my jets were low in pressure and pumping out some air. I looked in the pump lid and the water seemed lower than usual with air in it. I turned off the pump and opened the lid (I have a Hayward SuperPump). The basket area was clean so I tried to fill up the basket area...

I have a Hayward DE 4820 filter and Super Pump. I just opened the pool and got it going yesterday. That said, I had to sew and glue/water weld a small tear in the filter element fabric at the top where it is usually sewn. I also temporarily have water weld on the two drain plugs in the pump...

I have a Hayward Superpump SP1600X and Hayward Housing SPX1600AA. While opening my pool today, I broke both drain plugs (Hayward SPX1700FG) while screwing them into the pool housing/strainer unit. In both cases, the heads detached from the threaded part. I have everything going as I used some...

I have some cracking underneath my tiles near the skimmer area when I opened my gunite 22,000 gallon inground pool. What should I use to patch this area up? Do I have to use something before I apply the thin mortar and grout to re-tile the area? Thank you.

I have an inground kidney shaped gunite pool that needs some patching were some tiles were and then some tiles put back on near the skimmer area. Would this be best to do before I close this season (I usually close mid September) or when I first open? I need to keep the area dry for at least...

I have a Superpump and multi valve to a Hayward DE filter. I just changed the seal shaft and cleaned out the basket in the pump housing after vacuuming. When I restarted the pump, the PSI went down by 1 or 2 and I can see air bubbles and swirling of water through the pump housing cover and the...

My pool was up and running and I decided to replace the shaft seal and impeller since I just got a new motor in that was way long overdue. I have a Superpump and a multi valve. I put the multi-valve on close and took the motor assembly from the pump. I then replaced all the parts as well as...

Quick question about the shaft seal. I have a Hayward SuperPump and am replacing the shaft seal after replacing the motor. Which side of the shaft seal touches the white porcelain piece that goes into the seal plate? Should it be the metal side in the first picture or the rubber side in the...

I just opened my pool and it looks in need of some patching near the skimmer where some tiles have fallen off. I have a kidney shaped gunite pool with about 22,000 gallons capacity here is a picture. I'm wondering what is the best product to patch it and what tools I'll need. Thank you.

Info: Gunite Pool, 1980s, 22,000 gallons, Hayward DE grid filter, Hayward Pump, live in Connecticut 1.) My skimmer has two holes, one for the skimmer/pump and the other I assume is for the drain. The drain hole will always have some water in it even when I lower the water below the returns for...

I over-tightened the fitting/union that connects my skimmer pipe to the pump housing basket and it cracked in half. I really need to put the two pieces back together as it would be much easier than getting a new end to my pipe. I tried using Waterweld which is a putty that supposedly hardens...

I have a small leak where my elbow from my pump connects to the multi-valve. It would just take some tightening, but for me to tighten it I have to disconnect everything from the multivalve and empty my filter's water. Is it worth it? Here is a pic. "][/URL]

Been a rough week for my pool. I have a hayward sp710xr50 Vari-Flo. Long story short, I took my plumbing apart to replace some parts. I put everything back together except for putting the hose back into the "waste" port. I started the pump on "filter" setting and noticed some water coming...

I've got a dreaded leak problem. I have a kidney shaped gunite pool that holds about 20,000 gallons. At the end of last season I noticed the water level dropping more often than in the past. As a result when I opened this year, I made sure there were no leaks in the above ground plumbing. I...

Quick question. I have a Hayward DE4820 Pro-Grid and it was leaking out of the MAR assembly. I just got the two O rings I need and hopefully that will do the trick. My pool was up and running for a week until I needed this fix and another. I emptied the water out of the Pro-Grid through...

Finally got my inground pool up and running and have noticed two leaks. From the clear elbow I have leaks at both ends. Where the top of my Super Pump sp2607x10 basket connects with the sp710xr50 Vari-Flow valve it's leaking and where the clear elbow is connected to the top of the basket is...

Just had a Hayward Super Pump model C48K2N143B1 (the bottom left reads SP-1607-Z1-M) finally go on me. We have a kidney shaped in-ground pool with about 19,000-21,000 gallons capacity. Our season here is short so I only run the pool for about two months. I'll be looking to pair it with a...

I have a gunite inground pool, about 21,000 gallons of water, and a Hayward DE filter. One of the jets is somehow connected to a small pipe near where an old big pool slide used to be. The small pipe is exposed by about a couple of inches above the cement. The pipe causes the jet to blow out...

I have a gunite inground pool with about 21,000 gallons of water with a Hayward DE filter. I just opened it last Sunday and did my usual shock, algecide, and vacuum routine. There is about 4 inches of dirt stains right below where the tiles stop all around the pool. I tried using a brush on...

I have a gunite in-ground pool and my tiles are starting to come off. On top of that, when I opened up the pool this season where the tiles were is now starting to erode away. I'm not sure what is causing this other than possible old age. I was wondering if this is a fix I can do myself (I'm...

I seem to be having a leak coming from the clamp system of my Hayward DE filter. A poster here suggested I re-seat the o-ring. Since my filter is up and running, what is the best way to do this? Do I have to rinse/backwash the DE out and then pull the plug on the filter to let the water out...

My pool has been up and running since June, but I noticed that the water level has been dropping. I checked it out today and there seems to be a leak coming from my Hayward DE ProGrid Filter. It is hard to tell if the water is leaking from the clamp system or the two bulkheads (maybe both?)...

We had an ice storm here in CT in October and I tree limb fell onto my pool cover (which we later removed). I'm assuming that the limb put some holes in the cover because I put the cover pump on there last night at around 7 pm and at 7 am this morning there was still a good amount of water on...

I just closed my in-ground gunite pool in October. We had a severe snow storm here in CT the other week where trees and limbs fell everywhere. Unfortunately a huge limb came down across my pool. I had it removed, but I think that some of the smaller branches may have ripped holes in the...

I have received great advice here already to help clean up my swamp with a good amount of leaves at the center of the deep end and a ton of debris floating at the top. I've been raking the leaves, using a hose vacuum, and running the filter non stop for a few days now. I have a DE filter and...

First of all, thank you ahead of time. Everyone here at TFP has been excellent help in the past in dealing with the many issues I've faced as a newer inground pool owner. So, rough winter in CT and pool cover ripped leaving a ton of leaves in my pool when I removed it today (almost...

We received a storm a few nights ago and the temp dropped so we have a ton of leaves in our pool. Unknowingly, my wife vacuumed up a bunch of leaves trying to clean the pool. The gauge now reads 0 psi and when I went to backwash, the water pressure was very low. I cleaned the basket in the...

First post of the year and I would like to say that the great advice I received from here last year for our pool closing proved to do the trick so a big, much deserved "thank you" to everyone here. Now to the current problem. I have a gunite inground pool with about 17,000 gallons of water...

This is a strange situation, but I'll go ahead and hope someone can help. I just bought a house with an inground pool last winter so this is my first time closing. I have my return lines and skimmer line blown and plugged. When I blow out my return lines through the top pipe connected to the...