Recent content by HBStoneGroove

I just re-piped a large portion of my pool equipment and with the old stuff went the identification labels that have held on for twenty years. I bought a new set off Amazon and they are garbage. No adhesion at all. Can anyone here recommend a source for high quality labels? Don't buy...

Done deal. Mis-measured a couple of times and wasted some PVC but all came out well and problem of drain back is solved. Thank you for all who chimed in and helped me.

Thank you. I guess I should then cut as little pipe as possible and keep that check valve up high.

So I have assembled all the parts necessary to complete this task but I have a question before I cut off the pipe (spa return) where the red rectangle is. I have an elevated spa. When I cut this pipe in order to install the check valve, will water pour out of it until the level in the spa and...

All valves are new with the exception of the blue handled valve for the spa bypass. Tried again today and by just cracking the spa return open just a tad and then slowly returning the valve to spa-closed, pulsation stops. Craziest thing. I've ordered all of the parts James recommended and I'm...

Crazy update. So I decided to see what effect operating the various valves might have on the situation and something extremely strange happened. When I move the pool/spa return valve from the position shown in the image I posted (open to pool and closed off to spa) to the opposite...

Just laziness and a lack of knowledge/understanding. I let my pool guy talk me into abandoning it all when the cell and control unit took a dump and it was going to be mega bucks to replace them. He said "that technology hasn't turned out to be as good as it was sold to be and lots of folks...

I am leaning toward what James has suggested if for no other reason than to get that blue-handled valve out of there. It has become increasingly hard to operate and I fear the next turn might be its last, causing me an emergency situation. And a Jandy check valve is also certainly an upgrade...

There is labeling on the check valve that tells you how to orient it depending on vertical vs horizontal installation. It's correctly installed with the hinge pointing toward the sky. "What changed" is I heard thumping noises when I was piddling around near the equipment and I am mentally...

That may be where I end up. Trying to make it work as it has for twenty years first. I hate not figuring things out. Question, though. Why the recommendation to place two new-technology (spring loaded) check valves in the spa line? Just for some overkill? I'm not opposed to it but after...

1) No. Water in the pump basket remains. 2) I do not think so but I will check tomorrow morning. 3) Nope. Check valve connections are tight. I cannot see anywhere that would allow air to suck back into the system.