Recent content by bbodb1

Inside surfaces of multiport valve cleaned about as well as we can. Waiting now for delivery of parts....

On the possibility this thread may serve of use to others later, the photo attached here shows inside the multiport valve (and the underside of the cover plate) AFTER the removal of the spider gasket. Based on what I was reading elsewhere, I was lucky in that the gasket pretty much came out in...

Another view of the inside of the multiport valve along with a view of the bottom of the multiport cover (that is the gray item).

Now with the multiport valve open, I am hoping this leak can be explained by the missing portion of the gasket in the attached photo. Is this a reasonable guess? While I have the multiport valve open, I'll definitely clean this out / up a bit. The O ring seemed to be fine (still very...

Good morning all. I woke up this morning to a lower than expected pool level and later discovered that while the pool pump was a running, a slow trickle of water was running out the exhaust line (the same line where water would run if I were backwashing the pool). The attachment Pump Setup...

Hello all. While shopping at Lowe's today, I found a pool sand brand I had not previously seen. Has anyone are these parts had any experience with Sakrete Pool Filter Sand? Would you recommend it? Use it again? We do want to change our sand in our filter as the weather turns cooler so this...

Thanks for the reply @ajw22 - I should have mentioned our method of pool cleaning is currently the vacuum brush and hose attachment to the return water (via the skimmer). We used to have a Dolphin but when the electronics on the Dolphin stopped working, we just reverted to the old fashioned...

Hello all, I have not been around much for quite a while - which is wonderful because I have not experienced any pool problems (mostly thanks to the efforts of y'all around here)! (However, I have recommended this website to several folks in the area so I hope the user count has increased a...