I have a quick question regarding the placement or positioning of a check valve specifically designed to keep my spa from losing water. I've attached a picture of the check valve in question, and while I know I've seen this setup before, and while my check valve is Pentair, I was reading in the Jandy Check Valve manual that they don't recommend a vertical install with flow going down (gravity can be your enemy in this case and potentially keep the flap from closing). That said, what I am noticing is during my daily run, I let my spillover activate for ~45mins and my spa is full. By the next day run time, my spa water has decreased to just above my plaster.
My question is do I need to consider different placement of my check valve? Or could it really just be either a bad check valve or something in the way? This is my first pool so learning curve but would an issue with check valve correspond to about a 3 inch drop in water level in about 11-12 hours? It's not so much water that I could really notice a difference in the pool, but my assumption is that is where the water is going to.
I've also added some additional pictures captured from today when I opened the check valve to inspect. As mentioned, it is brand new, and I sent these to my plumber as he stated that the check valve had to be in this position...he asked me to capture these and mentioned there could be some glue or something causing a not so perfectly tight seal, but wanted to have some other eyes and brains take a look while I wait for his response to my images.
Any thoughts or insights, or recommendations appreciated!
*Excuse the water draining while valve removed: The spa is full and I have a dedicated port in main drain that this pipe ties to (for returning water to spa for spillover). I didn't drain the spa just opened this quickly to get a few pictures.
My question is do I need to consider different placement of my check valve? Or could it really just be either a bad check valve or something in the way? This is my first pool so learning curve but would an issue with check valve correspond to about a 3 inch drop in water level in about 11-12 hours? It's not so much water that I could really notice a difference in the pool, but my assumption is that is where the water is going to.
I've also added some additional pictures captured from today when I opened the check valve to inspect. As mentioned, it is brand new, and I sent these to my plumber as he stated that the check valve had to be in this position...he asked me to capture these and mentioned there could be some glue or something causing a not so perfectly tight seal, but wanted to have some other eyes and brains take a look while I wait for his response to my images.
Any thoughts or insights, or recommendations appreciated!
*Excuse the water draining while valve removed: The spa is full and I have a dedicated port in main drain that this pipe ties to (for returning water to spa for spillover). I didn't drain the spa just opened this quickly to get a few pictures.