circulation

I know my thread title sounds like a 1987 movie starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. However, as a total pool newbie, I need some advice on pointing my return jets. It's fiberglass, 35x15, and heated. We are in Texas, so if you would change the eyeball return jets depending...

This was my first full summer thorough a tremendously hot Florida season with great success thanks to TFP. I recently added a couple of chairs to the tanning ledge / Baja shelf. It's obvious immediately that the return flow is deflected by the chairs - but it still circulates (as indicated by...

I am installing a 12' x 27' x 5' vinyl liner pool and need advice on water circulation. My PB provided the following schematic, to which I added our water feature wall (will not remain on all the time). There is no main drain. 1) Skimmer: Is one sufficient for my size of pool? As drawn, the...

Hello all, I am in the middle of an extensive pool refurbish. I have a 33,000 gallon pool that has 4 working returns (2 have been identified as leaking and have remained closed for 5 years. For sake of non-argument, it is too late for me to address that separate issue). I also have an...

Hello Friends, I am so happy to have found this forum. Just a couple of months ago my wife and I bought a little soft sided pool for our little girl - a Bestway 12 x 22’ x 48” oval. On the cheap side, I know. Again, I can’t overstate how educational this forum has proved to be. I...

Hi All, Attached is a pic of my pool, yellow is the skimmer and green are the return jets, the end of the pool closet to the bottom of the pic is the shallow end. Ive been trying for the past week to set them up to get good circulation going and have debris enter the skimmer but im at a loss...

Hi, Our new pool constructions was completed a month ago. We got the Stonescapes mini-pebble, Tropics Blue with Glass Beads and Abalone shell. Also, have a pool screen/cage over the pool. I'm after 2-things here: 1. Good water circulation so the skimmer catches the top items 2. With having the...

I'm wondering what I can do to improve circulation and flow throughout our 20x40 pool. It only has one return jet on the deep end. Maybe a fountain or something? I got an infusion return jut to help but still doesn't seem to be moving water that great.

Howdy! first time on this forum, hope everyone is having a good day. I'm trying to replace the circulation pump in a Balboa EL Neptune (pretty sure that's what its called) Original pump in Hot tub was a Waterway cp-1/15-1n22a 3410020-0E motor The pump motor specs are labeled as follows 1/8 H.P...

Anybody successfully achieved proper water circulation with an Intex pump return fitting? I can put my finger in and push to change the angle, but it only moves about 5 or 10 degrees in any direction. Still blowing basically straight forward and towards the middle of the pool. And no, the cap...

Hello everyone! In the past year my wife and I purchased a home with a pool that I believe was built late 80s/early 90s. It has been a bit of a crash course learning how to care for the pool. Now I have multiple questions for the community to see if I can get some advice on what I should...

This will be our 2nd year in our new home, and my 2nd year (EVER) with a pool. Thanks to TFP, my 1st year was somewhat successful - but I've always been troubled by some facets of our ancient pool. 1 - Pump and Filter 2 - Skimmer 3 - Returns (Red arrows indicate attempted water flow...

My family and I just moved to Michigan due to a military move. We have an 18 foot Intex pool. We are considering buying a solar heater for our pool, but I am curious if there is another better, cheaper method to warm the water? Last year it didn’t go above 69°. Also, is there a way to circulate...