I bought a house with a Fiberglass pool from 1968. The surface has been refinished and visually looks great. I am using the BBB method and the water is sparkling clear also. However, I struggle with dismal circulation issues. It does a terrible job of moving leaves to the skimmer and the only way to get the fine dirt particles out is for me to manually vacuum (big hassle). I have a plug in electric robot vacuum that does great but the finer particles seem to swirl too much to be caught well. This old pool has had the main drain cut off and disconnected (according to a pool cleaning company) and therefore does not allow me to sweep particles to it for capture. There is 1 skimmer at the end and only 1 return jet at the opposite end. There are also 2 jacuzzi bubble jets at the return end but we never use them because there is no heater and it‘s just part of the pool. (See picture for visual reference).
So my issue is that with only 1 return jet I cannot get enough circulation to really push the debri to the skimmer, the debri all piles up on the steps because I can‘t point the return towards them without neglecting the rest of the pool, and the water turnover takes forever while leaving many dead spots throughtout the pool.
I have thought about trying the rotating return jet that I’ve seen on the market, but it didn’t get very good reviews. I have also considered seeing if there is a way to convert the bubble jets to be additional return jets instead - at least that would give me three directional options. And lastly I have considered seeing if the main drain can somehow be re-connected. Is that even possible? This kind of thing sounds very expensive when I am not even sure any of it would work. So I need some advice. Have any of you had to deal with an old fiberglass pool with only a single return jet? What options do I have? I am open to all ideas. Thanks in advance!
So my issue is that with only 1 return jet I cannot get enough circulation to really push the debri to the skimmer, the debri all piles up on the steps because I can‘t point the return towards them without neglecting the rest of the pool, and the water turnover takes forever while leaving many dead spots throughtout the pool.
I have thought about trying the rotating return jet that I’ve seen on the market, but it didn’t get very good reviews. I have also considered seeing if there is a way to convert the bubble jets to be additional return jets instead - at least that would give me three directional options. And lastly I have considered seeing if the main drain can somehow be re-connected. Is that even possible? This kind of thing sounds very expensive when I am not even sure any of it would work. So I need some advice. Have any of you had to deal with an old fiberglass pool with only a single return jet? What options do I have? I am open to all ideas. Thanks in advance!
