Hello all,
New to the forums here. My pool has a flower bed on the upper tier. When we moved in 2017, the previous owner had bushes and trees growing in it and I ripped it all and put in red rock. While doing this job, I found two of these PVC cylinders buried in the dirt that were angled toward the pool. I then also found a manual valve installed after the pool filter that switches the water to these PVC cylinders or tubes vs the normal in-pool return lines. I cannot seem to figure out what they are, but the outer diameter of the pipe receptacle is 2 3/4 in OD and around 2 3/8 in ID. It looks like there is plumbing glue around the pipe area. I have attempted to contact the previous owner but have not had any luck reaching him. I would like to modify these to trickle over the edge like a square style fountain, but fear I may need to dig them out and start over.
PS- I made the mistake of leaving these on overnight once. Due to the amount of pressure on these return lines, I had to slightly open the valve to divert water to them. The next day when the pump turned on for it's initial start, these fountain returns never picked up enough pressure and leaked water directly into the ground for 45 minutes. I only realized it because I was taking my dog outside and noticed the water level had dropped about 6 inches and the pump was not running so that was a lesson learned.
New to the forums here. My pool has a flower bed on the upper tier. When we moved in 2017, the previous owner had bushes and trees growing in it and I ripped it all and put in red rock. While doing this job, I found two of these PVC cylinders buried in the dirt that were angled toward the pool. I then also found a manual valve installed after the pool filter that switches the water to these PVC cylinders or tubes vs the normal in-pool return lines. I cannot seem to figure out what they are, but the outer diameter of the pipe receptacle is 2 3/4 in OD and around 2 3/8 in ID. It looks like there is plumbing glue around the pipe area. I have attempted to contact the previous owner but have not had any luck reaching him. I would like to modify these to trickle over the edge like a square style fountain, but fear I may need to dig them out and start over.
PS- I made the mistake of leaving these on overnight once. Due to the amount of pressure on these return lines, I had to slightly open the valve to divert water to them. The next day when the pump turned on for it's initial start, these fountain returns never picked up enough pressure and leaked water directly into the ground for 45 minutes. I only realized it because I was taking my dog outside and noticed the water level had dropped about 6 inches and the pump was not running so that was a lesson learned.
