Recent content by Keysteve

Thank you for your post concerning the safety aspect. Please know that I have considered that. Secondary to the presence of an equalizer line is the fact that the valve will normally remain in the closed position. It is my intention to use it exclusively for vacuuming; thus, making it no more...

Aesthetics not being an issue, because it’s well below the waterline, I should be able to cut away any old silicone and smear a nice coat of epoxy all over the interior of it. Sounds like a plan, thank you for the response. I’ll throw up some pics as soon as I get her full of water.

After the gunite was shot, I bridged the fiberglass-to-concrete crack with a liberal amount of epoxy (and tested it before we added the diamond brite). Did the same around the Skimmer clean-out access (and tested). That’s how I know it’s not leaking there. Because of the proximity to the outer...

Finally finished my “super-charged” tanning shelf/ beach entry all the way around the 10,500 gallon fiberglass pool. Only to find that the filling process revealed anothe nightmare. The original skimmer doesn’t take kindly to being totally submerged, and is dumping water as quickly as I can add...