Recent content by pinballmik

Thanks all. I appreciate the help on this. Planning to go ahead and cut it before the two nineties as mentioned and do whatever I can to separate the union from the housing. Working with PVC is new to me, so thanks Lake Placid for the call out on the extender. I was thinking I'd have to get...

For hammer and chisel, is the idea to smash the union nut all together? Or use them to spin the nut free? I've tried hammering a flat head down on the ridges, but no luck. If I'm breaking the nut, would I be able to avoid re-plumbing it using a split nut? Sorry, I did forget to mention the...

I should have taken one before I slapped a ton of plumbers putty on it as a temporary 'fix'. I can pull it off if it helps.

I opened my pool this past weekend and could not get the pump to catch prime. It gets about 90% there, but the last air bubbles never clear. I put a hose over a few places to find the air leak and have isolated it to the union on the suction side that meets the pump housing. I'm hoping it is...

Ahh, I was picturing a slide that would retract the pins into the side of the skimmer. I'll check out the door. Thanks Mark!

I was trying to find the slide mechanism mas985 mentioned for removing the gate and couldn't find it. I then checked my other skimmer where the weir was already missing. I didn't see the slide mechanism, but I think I found the solution to my problem. There was a rubber bumper on the top part...

Warping makes sense and would explain how it's getting wedged under that top piece. The tabs feel like they are intact. As far as removing it to replace it, should I be able to push it off the tabs by hand or would it need something stronger like a rubber hammer? I guess warping changes...

Hi All, Newb to the site and having some trouble with one of my two skimmers. This is my first season with this pool and the skimmer weir that is closest to the pump keeps getting stuck on the tab at the top of the skimmer throat. The second skimmer is missing the weir and is on my todo list...