Recent content by mentaimotse

I've had a 2HP Optiflo for about a month, self-installed and bought new. It's been running without issue for that time, until this morning, when I went out to check chlorine and turned the pump on. I heard a puff and pop from the rear of the housing followed by a tripped breaker. I'm thinking...

Thanks Herman, I opened the valve (the right way) and released a lot of built up air in the filter; this seems to have fixed the issue with air in the system!

Thanks for the reply Poolbreh, I will go out and fix the pump basket as soon as I'm home from work! The skimmer just has a basket and doesn't use any reducer fittings.

Thanks so much for this reply, although now I feel like an idiot for not using the relief valve properly. I've tightened the top nut all the way down and that may have been part of the issue, as I didn't see air pushing back into the pump after turning it off. I'm still getting a fair amount of...

So I just got the hard plumbing in on my semi-agp (about 50% buried), and I'm having an issue where my pot partially drains after cutting the pump off. It sounds like air is bubbling back through the filter and pushing water out of the pump pot. Perhaps related - despite starting and running...

I have a Pentair Clean & Clear with 5,000 gal AGP currently connected via the stock hoses and am planning to hard-plumb this weekend. I thought I'd submit my plan here in the event anyone can see issues/opportunities for improvement. All valves (with the exception of the drain valve) are...

So I have a 15' x 54" round saltwater LX AGP manufactured by Trendium which I'm planning to install semi-inground in the next couple of weeks. I would like to omit the top cap to reduce the total pool height so I can run decking over the edge of the pool (to act as "coping") . I've seen a number...

For a little more detail - I'm planning a single skimmer and 3 looped returns, plus two 2" pipe penetrations for nicheless lights. All penetrations happening in cored portions of CMU wall with pipes wrapped in waterstop (silka or similar). For the base to slab cold joint, planning a waterstop.

Sorry for the delayed response - it's looking like around $3000 for slab/footing, block, and finishing.

I'm planning 1 skimmer positioned for prevailing wind direction and multiple returns (I will work on a diagram). For penetrations, so far, I'm planning on cut-out sections of CMU with expanding cement fill. As far as waterproofing of penetrations on the exterior and interior sides on top of...

One additional note: I am planning at least one bond beam with horizontal rebar at the top given that the pool will be partially above ground.