Recent content by pgershon

So I have two units being shipped to me and I have the gas company (propane) coming to disconnect and remove the old heaters and hook up the new ones (plumbing and gas) for $700. They will not touch the electric. Is there any reason I should not disconnect the old electric myself and hook up...

I have the sock attached with the clamp. And I ordered a replacement for the broken part

I went to put it back on and it looks to me like it was broken off. I reattached the filter with the rod hanging down, which is how it was. But I suspect it is all supposed to be one piece. Hopefully this will at least be an improvement as the filter is clamped on. I ordered a replacement as...

I cleaned my filter yesterday and reassembled it seemingly successfully. The I noticed the DEX2400CR GENUINE Hayward Pro-Grid Filter Flex Air Relief was left off by mistake. How critical is it to run the filter with this air relief plug? I assume it's just open now. I am going to reassemble...

What is a fair price for a heater install? Looks like a Raypak 406,000 BTU Digital Electronic Ignition Propane Pool Heater is $3600 or so on Amazon. But that does not include install. Local companies out here will kill you, as I have discovered.

Is pool heater (propane) replacement something a user can do or should I call pool service or gas company? Plumbing and electric seem easy, gas connections worry me.

I have two Raypak heaters that worked fine (having had their fair share of issues through the years) into last summer. I am prepping the pool to open for 2025 and I noticed the rust at the bottom of the heaters had broken through in places. I made it worse by touch the holes - the layer is...

Finally got steps fixed. Ended up redoing all the steps with diamondbrite so that the color would match. Just filling pool with water and wondering if I can add salt now or if I need to wait 4 weeks. I cannot get a firm answer from installer. I seem to recall having to wait when the pool was...

One other thing noticed is that my pool steps cracked. This used to happen frequently before I refinished the pool. No cracks the last few very mild winters. But this year it looks bad. I think the repair people keep fixing with diamondbrite but it always lives as a patch. I cannot keep...

Kind of shocking to me how much water I blew out of the jets just using the attached air blower. I suppose I should reblog the capped tubes too since it all connects. I still need to do the return. That one is a bit harder because it requires the portable blower (nothing still connected...

Got it. Thanks.

I should have used a threaded plug on the return. But the jets cannot be capped with threaded plug because there are no threads. I have long tubes that do screw in and those have threads at the ends, but I was told to remove them for the winter. That leaves me with the flat opening in these...