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    1995 CalSpa jet leak...htf?

    I recently acquired a 1995 CalSpa and it is leaking (alot) from 1 of 3 or all 3 jets at the very highest water level(about 1-2" from the top edge, which is too high in my opinion, especially with more than one person in the spa! I need to either plug them, or disable them after I fix the leak...
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    Bad Valve and more..Please Help!!

    I have many more plumbing issues to deal with, as you will see from the pics, but the most immediate issue is the serious suction leak that is making the pump very difficult to prime. I can hear the water returning to the pool when I shut the system down. I started out by cleaning the filter...
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    Ch-Ch-Changes.....

    We moved in a year ago(give or take 2 weeks) to a green pool....and a yard full of landscape bark and little rocks!! Since then we have kept the pool beautifully blue, cleaned up the overgrown plant life that was attempting to take over the pool, planted grass,etc., patched, painted(you know the...
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    Pump Station needs OVERHAUL, not enough money to start over

    I have a substantial suction side leak with my pool, to add to her plumbing woes!! I started with cleaning the cartridges and replacing & lubing the filter gasket and the pump lid gasket with virtually no change. I noticed the loud racket the equipment made when I shut it down for the night as...
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    HELP!!! RE-PLUMBING A DISCONNECTED SOLAR HEAT SYSTEM

    I just boought a home with a beautiful inground pool with a solar heating system. I was informed that the technician the homeowner had hired to take care of it had quote disconnected the solar because it was quote "broken". I incorrectly assumed that another heater had been installed in its...
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    old-school pool brat finally got one of her own

    I grew up in So Cal where my Dad was a practicing pool tech for 37 years,when I was a little kid I used to go to work with him, excited at the prospect of getting to swim. As any "pool brat" knows that was a rare occasion! At first I was the fetch-it girl, then he let me test the water with the...