pipes

Hi. I am trying to troubleshoot an issue I am having with my SPA slowly draining into the pool, but I am also just trying to learn more about the purpose of the different pipes connected to my pool. I believe the SPA draining might be caused by the valve handle on the return line pointing in a...

Hi all, I want to redo the pipe setup for my "new to me" pool. Last year was year 1 and I replaced anything that was broken 1:1; i.e. Hayward Heater bombed, Hayward salt 'n' swim controller and cell bombed, and the sacrificial anode hadn't been changed since 2013. Honestly, the heater and salt...

Our pool is only about 18 months old. We have expansive soil where we are and had a soils engineer who does most the pools in the area engaged from day one of the project. All the engineering was done per the soils engineers recommendations. The last 18 months I've observced that the pool...

I have an in-ground pool with a spill-over spa. There is only one pump for both the pool and spa. There is also a blower for the spa, sitting on its own pipe coming out of the ground. At the end of the pool opposite the pumps and equipment, a pipe with an open "tee" comes out of the ground...

First time pool owner. I have an in ground pool with a Jandy variable speed pump. Tonight a cold front has moved in with significant wind chill taking us down to freezing temps. I’m wondering if my settings are correct to prevent freezing of my pipes. I live in central TX area. Thank you.

Hi we're doing an in-ground pool and replacement of the adjacent patio and patio cover. We've learned from the patio contractor that -- surprise -- one of the two patio cover concrete footings (12" deep by 48" wide "spread footers") will now need go to directly over the assemblage of pool/spa...

I bought a house( in Wisconsin’s) a few years ago that had an in-ground pool (20x40’), one skimmer, 2 return lines, no main drain on the deep end, liner( maybe The previous owner abandon the main drain?), pretty simple set up. Over the past 3 years I’ve had return line issues (cracks) that...

Hi all, like most in the south I am going through the freeze. I’m about 40 miles north of Houston, TX. We lost power at 0500 this morning and once we learned it wasn’t a rolling blackout at about 0800 this morning, I drained the pump (Pentair WhisperFlo), booster pump, and filter (Pentair...