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The T is cracked. You can see the crack running left to right at the arrow

I have a customer who I just put a new multiport valve on his sand filter. The problem is that now there is a leak at the location shown by the red arrow in the picture. The T goes nowhere. I'm not sure why they used it instead of a normal slip union. The problem is that there isn't much room...

I have a customer who has both a VS pump and a Polaris booster pump connected to an Intermatic P135ME timer. She has removed the Polaris cleaner from her system in favor of a robot. Now that she's removed the cleaner, she says when she tries to run her system, the booster pump "sounds like it's...

My customer has a Pentair 320 inline chlorinator. It drains of water when the pump cuts off, and doesn't refill when the pump is turned on unless you open the lid. Am I correct in thinking there could be 2 issues? 1: the O-ring in the lid could need replacing 2: the check valve needs...

The owner would like use of all the features she paid for. Why would I argue with that?

9 PSI After a backwash and rinse

So, my customer has about a 35000 gallon 20x40 inground with 10-12 total returns. Last year she replaced her liner and they also replaced the pump motor. The filter is a Hayward s244t sand filter, the pump is a Hayward Super Pump, and the replacement motor is 1hp. The pool has 2 skimmers and no...

I have replaced the pump lid O-ring. Didn't help

This is a customer's pool. There is very little flow from their returns, but there is a ton of air from them. They have a Hayward Super Pump 1. Water is very turbulent in the pump basket. When I use a water hose to apply water at the front of the pump where the suction pipe attaches, the...

FC 0 CC 0 pH 7.3 Alk over 200 This is a customer's pool. 20x40 liner with 2 skimmers. Hayward sand filter. Hayward 2 HP Super Pump. Hayward SWG. Originally I saw the cloud coming from the return farthest from the pump/filter as well as the farthest skimmer, but none coming from the closer...

What would modifying the head involve? I can't picture it

More specifically, I bought an above ground pool pump. It's a Blue Wave 1 HP pump. I bought adapters so that I could plug a short vacuum hose to the discharge side, and a vacuum hose to the intake side. The intake side will have a vacuum head attached to it, while the discharge side is just to...

So, yeah. Just starting a pool service business and that's 90% of the questions I get. This leads me to believe nobody services above ground pools. Is that true? If so, why? What is the difference and why do cleaners shy away from them?