Recent content by jfmorris

Good question. I'll figure out the depth of the pipes in relation to the pool deck, and compare that to the water level below pool deck. My suspicion is that they are at the depth of the return lines. For today I refocused my effort on laying out all the equipment, and worked out that I need a...

I can't plug the main drain as it is under 8.5 feet of water... I guess it is technically possible to swim down there and put some plastic over the drain opening, and weight it down, so that when the pipe is cut, the plastic sucks down against it. I don't think my net/brush skills are...

Ok, so if I just cut the lines above the current elbows, and then transition in the direction I need with a second elbow, am I causing flow issues with 2 elbows versus 1 elbow to get the pipes to where I need them? Or is it all a wash if I space the elbows far enough apart. I am thinking right...

I'm back to discuss this project again. I've dug a number of trenches to pull up old pipe and conduit, and disconnected the pump, SWG and filter and moved them off the old pad, and am preparing to extend the pipes to the new location prior to pouring a new pad for everything. The old pipes are...

I switched from a sand filter to a DE filter maybe 20-25 years ago, and one thing you never mentioned is if you had backwashed the filter, and were still seeing 40psi and all that caked on crud. The inside of your filter looks like my Hayward micro-grid DE filter after 1-2 years of no...

I am currently in the middle of relocating my pool pump, filter, and adding a heater, and my pool is of similar age as yours, with 1.5" supply lines from a single skimmer and main drain, and a single 1.5" return that appears to hit a return in the corner of the deep end first, then continue...

That is the exact pool pump (Sta-Rite) that I had for 25 years, before replacing about 5 years ago. I had replaced the motor on the pump several times over my first 25 years of pool ownership, but that pump itself kept going... and going. The guys at Leslie's Pool Supply rebuilt it with new...

Ok, I found the 2" unions for my SWG, and needed to order a new 3 way diverter valve and check valve anyway to plumb the heater properly. I need a bypass for when I run the pump in winter, but don't want to run water through the drained heater core. So I'm just gonna go with 2" where I can, to...

I'm in the middle of relocating my pool pump, filter and SWG that have been out in the yard about 10 feet off the corner of the house, approximately 10-12 feet in order to be up against the end of the house, so that I can add a pool heater to the mix, and have the natural gas more readily...

Haha. I get you. Put a block under each end before cranking things in. I like that the reel on Amazon has aluminum of for the roll portion of the reel, versus plastic like many I look at. For the price, I may need to try that one, and see if I can make it work, even if I need to buy a roll of...

I wish my steps looked half as good as yours do right now! The epoxy paint will take care of those pits that develop rust over time, and I basically popped off the bubbled areas, filling them with the epoxy as I went. It lasts for a number of years, but over time, discolors and starts needing...

Yes! Something that just nestles down over them and hides the degrading fiberglass steps with their pits and bubbles.

@Newdude and @SJPoe the Doheny "low profile" reel says it works if there is at least 10" clearance under the diving board. I just measured and have 11. From the description: And from the photos of it: Each end is the same, and the detachable handle can hook onto either end. It looks to...

Ok - that sounds good. And to be honest, most times the pool is used, I will be around, since I work from a home office, even if I am not swimming long with the grandkids, I could jump in and drag the cover back to the shallow end. I am starting to think that low profile reel I saw and pasted a...