- Dec 17, 2017
- 667
- Pool Size
- 36000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Astral Viron eQuilibrium EQ45
Why is it hard to just have the job done properly....?
Had my handover completed for my pool just the other day and one of the issues I had was the positioning of a check valve below my paving/deck height.
To cut a long story short - the guy who plumbed some of my pipes entering my purpose built pool equipment room was in a hurry at the time and botched the check valve installation.
At first he simply forgot to add a check valve during the build and then when he remembered (I had to remind him) he botched the installation by placing it lower than the deck height - probably because this made it easier for him as he did not have to replace the main intake pipe leading to my pump which already had a 90 elbow fitted and could not be moved up/down due to it traversing through the wall of my shed.
Here is the original installation - Note how it is positioned at the same level as the concrete footings of my shed...!
So during handover, I brought up this issue and my PB agreed that it was positioned too low.
He offered to have it fixed but due to me not trusting the pool plumbing contractor to do the job properly I asked if he would supply me with the bits and I would replace it myself.
So armed with a replacement check valve, some PVC fittings and pipe I spent a couple of hours yesterday rerouting my pump's intake line.
Another thing I wanted to sort out was to move my pump back approx. 200mm or so so that it's front union would clear my solar pump's pipework. As it was currently placed it made it very difficult to manipulate the front union on my pump due to lack of clearance.
Note how close the pump's inlet union is right up against another pipe. Typical installer in a rush to get things done and not really thinking about it....!
So first thing was to cut out the existing check valve.
When I removed the valve there was a bit of a surprise inside...!
Check out the quality workmanship - You too can perform quality work exactly like this if and only when you work for many years in the pool industry...:thumbdown: Idiots..!
So using my non pool industry skill sets I managed to install a new check valve without using excessive glue and all sorted.
As I also shifted the pump rearwards I had to run a complete new intake line all the way from the pump and to the new check valve plumbing.
I also had to run a new line from the output of my MultiCyclone pre-filter back to my filter.
New check valve position and main filtration pump now shifted rearwards so that front union is clear of other pipework to allow ease of access for maintenance.
One bonus was that I was always getting some air in my pump basket at high speeds - Not a lot to be an issue with priming etc, but enough to realise that I must have had a minor air leak somewhere.
After I altered the intake plumbing I noted that now my pump clears all air out of the basket on high speed (as it should) and only some minor bubbles form at low speed due to air bubbles forming out of solution...
Pump running @ 1300rpm:
Had my handover completed for my pool just the other day and one of the issues I had was the positioning of a check valve below my paving/deck height.
To cut a long story short - the guy who plumbed some of my pipes entering my purpose built pool equipment room was in a hurry at the time and botched the check valve installation.
At first he simply forgot to add a check valve during the build and then when he remembered (I had to remind him) he botched the installation by placing it lower than the deck height - probably because this made it easier for him as he did not have to replace the main intake pipe leading to my pump which already had a 90 elbow fitted and could not be moved up/down due to it traversing through the wall of my shed.
Here is the original installation - Note how it is positioned at the same level as the concrete footings of my shed...!
So during handover, I brought up this issue and my PB agreed that it was positioned too low.
He offered to have it fixed but due to me not trusting the pool plumbing contractor to do the job properly I asked if he would supply me with the bits and I would replace it myself.
So armed with a replacement check valve, some PVC fittings and pipe I spent a couple of hours yesterday rerouting my pump's intake line.
Another thing I wanted to sort out was to move my pump back approx. 200mm or so so that it's front union would clear my solar pump's pipework. As it was currently placed it made it very difficult to manipulate the front union on my pump due to lack of clearance.
Note how close the pump's inlet union is right up against another pipe. Typical installer in a rush to get things done and not really thinking about it....!
So first thing was to cut out the existing check valve.
When I removed the valve there was a bit of a surprise inside...!
Check out the quality workmanship - You too can perform quality work exactly like this if and only when you work for many years in the pool industry...:thumbdown: Idiots..!
So using my non pool industry skill sets I managed to install a new check valve without using excessive glue and all sorted.
As I also shifted the pump rearwards I had to run a complete new intake line all the way from the pump and to the new check valve plumbing.
I also had to run a new line from the output of my MultiCyclone pre-filter back to my filter.
New check valve position and main filtration pump now shifted rearwards so that front union is clear of other pipework to allow ease of access for maintenance.
One bonus was that I was always getting some air in my pump basket at high speeds - Not a lot to be an issue with priming etc, but enough to realise that I must have had a minor air leak somewhere.
After I altered the intake plumbing I noted that now my pump clears all air out of the basket on high speed (as it should) and only some minor bubbles form at low speed due to air bubbles forming out of solution...
Pump running @ 1300rpm:
