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Here are some updated pics. Have made some progress. I now have the trenches cut into the deck and dug out. The local pool guy was by and recommended replacing the skimmers while I was at it. The pool was built in 1996. I do not know if they leak or not. A quick visual inspection and they look...

I am re-plumbing my entire pool and pad. My original thought was to just use standard PVC ball valves but after perusing the site for a few days, it seems most use something a little more mmmmm....eloquent! :-D So, who's are the best? Jandy, Pentair, waterway? Who is the best source for these...

Craig, Thanks for the info. I now get what a cleaner line is! I agree, sounds like a good idea. I currently have 3 semi automated pool cleaners, they are 10, 12 and 19 years old! Hopefully, they will get better at it with age! I will look into the zodiac cleaner, due to the "Semi-ness" of my...

Ahh yes the main drain. Well, for now, I am going to have to connect to the old (which I trenched thru BTW) with my new line. Ideal, absolutely not., but will have to do until I can afford to re-liner the pool. Probably next year. I will replace that line then. I plan doing some other...

Thank you for the extra info! I can take a little time and widen the trenches a bit. I was lucky to get that trencher in the places I did! Regarding the pump, it is a super pump. Can the motor just be changed out with a 2 speed version? Being an Electrical controls eng. I was thinking of...

Guys, Thanks for all the info. Harleysilo, thanks for the pdf conversion! I had 360' of sch. 80 delivered yesterday, man it just looks too small! I think it will all go back and at least go with 2" all around in sch. 40 hard. I agree that 2 1/2" may get too much for me to handle?! I will take...

There are two Skimmers, one is 115' from the pad, the other is 40' from the pad. There is a a bottom drain/suction, it is about 50' from the pad piping wise. There are 2 returns. One is about 58' from the pad and the other is about 75' from the pad.

The basic layout is in PDF form in the original post. I'm not sure how to put it in a format that doesn't have to be opened or downloaded?! I drew it in Autocad.

The pool is a Lazy "L". Its 18' x 42'. Approx. 9' deep in the deep end and 42" in the shallow end. I attached a pdf in my original post that shows the basics of the pool that I did in AutoCad. It has all the distances of my runs utilizing my "new" trenches on it as well. I didn't try to open it...

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