Recent content by ladylonghorn

LOL - agree, this is my first attempt at plumbing modification but as this is simply a PVC pipe with a fitting and I need it shorter, seemed simply enough. Appreciate any and all guidance.

The other skimmer has a drain so if the water is too high, it automatically drains from the pool. Wouldn't that solve the issue of water getting to high and then pushing up the supply? Said another way, that hole where water would come directly from the outside facet is higher then the drain.

So are you saying it was built wrong in the first place already because all that is there is what is pictured?

No. There is an air gap.

Still won't work because of the angle. Once I add a splitter, there isn't enough room for a hose to bend at the angle given the height of the pipe coming out of the ground.

Pictured is the set up of the pipe that was installed close to the outside water faucet so that I could use a splitter and be able to fill the pool directly when the water is low. Unfortunately it was poorly designed - the angle, height and placement have made it impossible to hook up a a...

Yes, my biggest concern is power outage. When I lost power in 2021, it came back on pretty quick and I was lucky - - but that was early on in the freeze. As the rolling blackouts continued that lasted hours, I was worried about going to sleep and loosing power so hence proactively opened the...

What is everyone doing in preparation for the upcoming freeze? Anything difference from Feb 2021? When the 2021 freeze happened, I ended up turning off the pump and draining the equipment as a precaution after loosing power (but it came back on and the pool fired up). I had to replace the pump...

Hey TFP - On the side wall of my inground pool, there is a place with a fitting where I screw in the hose to connect the pool cleaner. A couple days ago, I noticed the cleaner hose had disconnected and was just floating in the pool. I have tried to reconnect several times, but as soon as the...

Personally, I dilute the MA in a bucket with some pool water. Never had an issue with spillage, but I'm also not filling the bucket to the top. Bleach and true liquid chlorine does seem to have different %. The smaller the % the more you need to add. I'm at 16K and I find I put about 1 gallon...

Hi Plano neighbor. GET RID OF THE PUCKS. Who is the pool company? I recently fired Cool Pool People - they were dumping pucks in my pool like crazy - more than even needed for my size pool and simultaneously telling me to get a automatic chlorinator AND do water exchange. The final straw was...

I see you are from Plano! I'm just from up the road in Frisco. I took over all chemical maintenance several months ago after complete mismanagement and over use of the tablets by local pool cleaning companies. I've been exclusively liquid for 3 months now. I alternate between liquid chlorine...