Recent content by m a hanson

I plan on running the robot for a few cycles to pick up all the debris, my concern is the dust that will be floating on the surface. After cleaning the bottom, should I just turn on the pump and backwash a few times? Any other suggestions for me? I've covered the skimmer lid with a plastic bag...

That type doesn't have an O-ring. Normally theres a threaded female part and a screw on collar with the male side. There's an O-ring located on the female non moveable junction part. It appears you can just clean off the threaded end and reapply the teflon tape. Make sure you clean the female...

Thank you. Yes they did. It's a reputable pool company that did the liner, resurfacing and closing.

My inground pool is old (1975), I've have been slowly upgrading stuff to the pool as my finances allow. So this fall I had the liner replaced and the bottom was resurfaced. (sand bottom) During the pressure test they found the main drain line was leaking, I don't have the budget to dig up the...

Yes, it did. I wasn't paying attention to the placard, but the water in the pump skimmer basket.:rolleyes:

I've played around with the Praher valve handle, and decided to place it at 2 o'clock. I can feel vibration from both lines coming from the ground into the 3 way valve. The water in the pump skimmer basket seems to flow much better. Thank you all for the input. Like I commented earlier, I'm...

Can do tomorrow, the mosquitos are out in force tonight. Thanks for the info. I can tell you, when the handle pointer is at the 3 o'clock position, the pump skimmer has quite a vigorous/tumultous flow. So much that I cannot see the bottom of the basket, yet when I turn it to 9 o'clock it is more...

I will need to investigate further, as far as I can recall, they don't rotate, perhaps thats why I am confused. Just the handle itself, I know the white knob on top unscrews, so I will inspect that and see if it's misaligned with the handle. I can observe notches in my picture in the bottom of...

My pool was built in 1975, I would not be surprised if it was the original. Or maybe from 1996, it seems the PO did some updates around that time period.

I have OPEN at 12 and 6 with CLOSED being on the left side at 9. There is also a PLUS sign above the 12 o'clock position, what does that indicate? And INLET going to the pool pump.

Okay, I will do a test tomorrow. Also I wrote main on the pvc pipe as I kept guessing which side to open every season.

Well I know for sure the right is the main , because I didn't have enough water upon my first water top off to even touch the bottom of the skimmer faceplate, so I had it on main drain for a week until I could get the water service back out. Once the pool skimmer got covered with water, I turned...

I've got some arborvitaes on the skimmer side that like to shed during thunderstorm weather, but would prefer to use the skimmer as opposed to the main drain.