Recent content by Staudie

Here is a picture... I removed the potting material. I think it was butyl tape. You can still see it on the light cable. Will AB-1000 work on a metal niche?

James thanks for the response. I cant get a picture right now it back underwater due to recent rain but it looks like the potting failed. The only wire/cable in the niche is the one for the light. Once the we get a clear day I wll get a picute.

6 years ago we had the light niche (SS) in our fiberglass pool replaced. This year I noticed we had a leak and rust colored dot on the bottom of the pool. It looks like our light niche (SS) (pentair 78232400) bond lug has corroded. What might cause this?

Just wanted to say thanks to Jackrouge for his idea... I made two of these (one for each return) to help drive down my TA

Thank you to everyone for the reply's as they have help a great deal. Keithw thanks for your suggestions on how to construct the collar. Since we have flagstone accents through out the backyard the plans is to create flagstone collar. Next step is to decide on a cover!!!

We are still working on it but here are a couple of pics... We want to expand the decking (33") to the fence (+48") so that we have a place to put some deck chairs This pic show the pool coping better... its about 1 1/2" above the decking Here is the completed backyard plan

We are working on a backyard remodel and have hit a small snag. We want extend the concrete deck around our fiberglass pool and make it flush with the top of the coping (1 1/2" below now). One contractors no bid (without seeing the site) the work due to fears of cracking the pool. A local...

SimplePool Pro is my favorite too but it has been pulled from the Google play store.

Yes Dave there is a main drain which is connected to the skimmer. I can adjust a valve in the skimmer to include or exclude the main drain. Is there a way to test your idea?

We have a late 70's fiberglass pool and I'm trying to identify this metal tube in the deck. You can see it at the top of first picture below. Its located about 7' from the skimmer and descends at an angle towards the deep end of the pool. I have removed the cap and there isn't any water in it...