Recent content by Rbrb

I have a relatively new 4000 gallon, vinyl endless pool. It is "outdoors" but covered all the time and sits under a deck so is never exposed to sunlight. Ph 7.4 CYA 0 TA 100 Calcium Harness 150 I need to leave my pool for 2 weeks. I am actually planning on using pucks for this trip because...

It's a fiberglass pool.

Thanks so much for everyone's help. I'd never seen a blow out gizmo before. With that I could blow from skimmer to pump so don't have to take apart check valve but I have to take apart the other check valve that goes to the main drain anyway, so does it make some sense to just once a year when...

Unfortunately, given my pool and its location, experts all agree that I'm better off not draining below the skimmer and return lines when I winterize. Therefore, blowing backwards wouldn't work for me. I realize too, if I had unions I wouldn't bother to reverse the valves, I would just remove...

Ok, the don't have unions, the were just glued in. This season ill take the covers off. For the future it sounds like I should cut the valves out and add unions so that I can just reverse them to blow out the lines. Thanks!!!

Not sure what you mean by on unions. The 2 check valves are permenantly fixed on the vertical pipes. I saw the pool guy put hem on ( when my pump wouldn't stay primed). He simply cut the vertical pipes and added the one way valves. Do I need to take the covers off the valves each cloing season...

I have a new pool at our vacation home that I was closing/winterizing at the end of the summer. Everything went great until I tried to blow out my lines. My pool equipment is on a stand about 5 feel above the pool so there are check valves on the lines going from my pump to the skimmer and the...