Recent content by JohnnyG66

The bottom lip of the panels should have holes for rebar "spikes" to hold the panels in place as you're pouring concrete. Should be at least one per panel. My kit (polymer) came with these. They were maybe 2' long at most. Otherwise, I think horizontally laid rebar within the collar would be...

I built our pool from a similar kit. I'm an advanced DIYer...very familiar with electrical, plumbing, and general construction. Also very detail oriented and a bit of perfectionist, plus I'm an experienced project manager. You need ALL these skills to build a pool! It is not at all an...

Taking a closer look, it seems the return was leaking down between the liner and wall, creating a line of rust. That's were it broke apart.

The problem with liner lock is that it stretches the space, bending the aluminum/plastic and ultimately, may weaken it. Once it's needed, it'll always be needed, so best not to use it until it's really needed.

Oh and why does it look like your liner was backwards (print appears to be facing outward?)

11 years sounds like a pretty good stretch to me, but an unexpected collapse is never a good thing! When we bought our current house, it had an above ground that needed some TLC. I tried to identify the original make, but to no avail. I managed to find enough generic parts and patched the...

Congrats! This is the one thing we hired a contractor for. The dirt went straight into dump trucks and the site was left spotless afterwards. Plus they did an incredibly accurate job, although we have very sandy soil here so not as challenging. It was definitely worth every penny we paid.

I've excavated about 5 wheelbarrows full of gravel :oops: and found no pinches. I disconnected the water at the jet and turned on the valve. There is volume, but not much pressure. If I hold it straight up, I get maybe 2" of water column (this is with the 3 primary returns open). I have a...

Yes, for water. It’s 3/4” which, I think, would be pretty hard to crush, plus hard to imagine it got crushed equally on both sides? Regardless, I’m working to expose the manifold.

It's a new pool and we covered it late in the season last year, half full of water and already a good amount of "gunk" at the bottom. After getting it topped up and the equipment finally running last week, I tried the EVO first, but it clogged up in about 2 minutes. The algae and gunk was nice...

I thought I'd be clever with my pool build and I added a couple of Waterway Power Storm jets to each side of my pool steps (8' "sit n step"). I plumbed it using 1.5" PVC to back of the steps, then used a waterway 4 way manifold (2 outlets capped) and 3/4" flex PVC to feed each jet. When I...

After manually vacuuming, I set the EVO loose and after 2-1/2 hours, love the results! It picks up a few stones, the missing end caps for the stair liner bead that I dropped in accidentally, and several leaves that I didn't even know were down there.

Ouch! That looks painful! Looks like you backfilled with dirt? Settling/compaction and/or erosion probably caused your deck to sink. Really should have used gravel. Anyway, if the coping really is part of the wall itself, it doesn't appear to be structurally relevant, at least.

Dropped it into the pool for the first time yesterday and it did a great job...at clogging up with algae :) I was hoping to avoid a traditional vacuuming for this new pool's first cleaning after winter, but not so much! I was expecting too much, I know. On the plus side, it did help agitate...