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    Super Pump II Gave up the Ghost...VSP Time

    My 23 YO Super Pump II w/ 2.0HP finally stopped. I think it is the motor. I know that I could replace the motor with a drop in VS, but then that still;l leaves me with a 23 YO pump and pump body. I currently do not have SWG, but plan to add it soon. I also want to forward plan for...
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    Automatic Overflow not Draining

    Thanks for being persistent Poolbreh. That did it. I took a female hose coupling and threw a few wraps of Gorilla tape around the barb end. Stuck it in the 1" drain, elevated the terminal end out of the water, and had my wife turn the spigot on. She coughed, spit, and choked, (the drain...
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    Automatic Overflow not Draining

    That is my next step. I need to figure out how to get a tight fit between the 1" drain line and the hose.
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    Automatic Overflow not Draining

    Thanks for the replies. I seriously doubt that is air-locked. I was just out there futzing with it again. Intake from the pool to the Pool Miser is clear as tested with a garden hose. I blew the line out again to the lake, thinking that whatever may have been clogging it temporarily blew out...
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    Automatic Overflow not Draining

    In gound 14x28 new remarcite pool. This pool sits between the house and a lake. There is a Pool Miser style automatic fill/ overflow drain (http://edc.poolsupplyworld.com/wpdf/poolmiser_instructions.pdf) connected which drains to the lake. The pool is about 16 ft higher than the lake...
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    Spa Spillover Repair

    Thanks for the clarification.
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    Spa Spillover Repair

    And this was the type of info that I was looking for. Can you clarify what you mean by properly grout the joints? I would suppose to bevel them to keep any water from leaking past.
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    Spa Spillover Repair

    So the marble spillover sill from the spa to the pool is basically being eaten away. Probably because we have kept the chlorine basket in the spa. I would like to replace it. The job seems simple enough. Lower the water level so the spillover is dry. Gently tap and persuade the sill off...
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    Hello from Citrus County, FL

    Hello all. Bought this house about two years ago. Lived in different parts of Florida since 1986. This is our first pool. We have been having someone take care of it, but the time has come to begin weaning them off. ~14,000 gallon IG pool, containing spa, floor pop-ups, heat pump, Hayward...