This is not a pop up system, they are simply grills in the floor that work exactly as the wall returns do, they are controlled by the same Jandy valve that controls to wall returns, turn the valve one way, wall works, turn the other way, floor works, put it in the middle, both work.
Pay to close, or DIY?
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Then closing with air and locking the system is your only option. Not all 3 necessarily have to be bubbling at the same time, but one would think this would be the case. My main drain is tied in together under one line. When I blow with the Cyclone, the first starts and within seconds the second goes as well.
The same idea with the returns. Close one off and the next one starts blowing. You can not do this with your system and now I understand better. Only option to close this early when water is warmer, have your son and his friend come over. Hopefully, they are of legal drinking age to reward them.
If you removed most of the air the system and closed the bypass valve, I think you should be fine through the winter.
One wonders why pool builders do things most of the time.
I'm going to dig up my old photo albums that have pictures of the build process and see if I can see the floor return piping.
It's obvious the return side valve has been modified & will allow the tech to easily airlock the 2 return risers together.
Once I blew out and plugged the wall returns, I turned the valve to close them off and that directed the air to the floor returns, was that the correct way to do that?
As I said, I was only able to get the shallow end return to bubble.
To the above-- your good if you blew the shallow end & air locked it, just as you did flor drain. I didn't realize you had wall returns also. Since you popped the shallow end the floor return riser is cleared..
I've read this entire thread and I don't understand how you plugged the floor drains. How did you plug them after blowing them?
Mike.
Mike.
For the floor drain and floor returns, I blew air through them until they bubbled for a minute or so and then turned the related Jandy valves to air lock them, no plugs involved with those.
I have 3 floor returns, I was only able to get the one in the shallow end to bubble, PoolGuyinCT let me know that that was fine for those as the riser was cleared of water.
I just wanted to post a follow up to closing my pool myself for the first time.
it appears that I was successful, cover is off, pump is running and nothing appears to be leaking.
I worried all winter about the "what if's" but with the help of this forum, it all went well, thank you!
it appears that I was successful, cover is off, pump is running and nothing appears to be leaking.
I worried all winter about the "what if's" but with the help of this forum, it all went well, thank you!
Good job! I was a little nervous at first as well, but now it's been 3 years of opening and closing and it has always worked out fine. My pool company wanted $500 for each open and close, so I've saved about $3k so far on just that portion of pool ownership. Yes, it some extra work, but at least I know it is being done perfectly every time!