While attempting to replace the pool side connection for my pressure side vacuum I broke the fitting that screws into the wall. Any trick to getting these things out? This is the threaded fitting that screwed into the pipe in the wall.
There was a rectangular hole in the back of the fitting and I attempted to put a wrench that fit in that rectangular hole into the hole and unscrew the fitting but the hole just disintegrated.
Next I tried to use the two little bumps in the fitting that keep the vacuum hose attached and they broke off.
I used a hammer and a large flat punch to try and get the part to turn but there was very little surface to tap against and that broke off.
Now I am stuck with a threaded pipe with a substantial part of the fitting left in the hole and no way to connect a vacuum. The bottom of the pool is quickly getting filled with dirt. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. By biggest concern is damaging the pipe in the wall. I assume that meands the pool has to be drained down past that fitting, concrete cut out, the fitting fixed and then the pool repaired.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas.
There was a rectangular hole in the back of the fitting and I attempted to put a wrench that fit in that rectangular hole into the hole and unscrew the fitting but the hole just disintegrated.
Next I tried to use the two little bumps in the fitting that keep the vacuum hose attached and they broke off.
I used a hammer and a large flat punch to try and get the part to turn but there was very little surface to tap against and that broke off.
Now I am stuck with a threaded pipe with a substantial part of the fitting left in the hole and no way to connect a vacuum. The bottom of the pool is quickly getting filled with dirt. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. By biggest concern is damaging the pipe in the wall. I assume that meands the pool has to be drained down past that fitting, concrete cut out, the fitting fixed and then the pool repaired.
Thanks again and Merry Christmas.