Ever see an inground pool without a return jet fitting?

[microscopes]

Just bought a new house and the strangest part of this pool (in my opinion) is the lack of a return jet fitting. The pvc pipe literally just ends at the plaster and that’s it. No threads or fitting or anything. Just a hole in the plaster with a pipe shooting water back into the pool.

The pool was built 50-some years ago.

 

[AQUA~HOLICS]

Very common back then.

 

[microscopes]

Very common back then.

Thanks for letting me know! I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. I guess i’ll just let it be.

 

[AUSpool]

It most likely had a push in eye ball that eventually broke and was never replaced.

 

[wireform]

Yes that is correct, I service one pool that has press fit returns and they're very snug in there, never a chance of them coming out by way of water pressure.

 

[microscopes]

It most likely had a push in eye ball that eventually broke and was never replaced.

Ahh… so I could just get one of these. Hopefully the plaster wasn’t built up too much around it.

 

[microscopes]

Yes that is correct, I service one pool that has press fit returns and they're very snug in there, never a chance of them coming out by way of water pressure.

Any advantage to adding the jet return? Or just leave the pipe?

 

[woodyp]

I've seen metal pipes flush with the plaster non threaded

 

[dfwnoob]

In the house I grew up in, there was no return in the pool at all

At some point, the ONE return going to the pool started to leak underground and my dad just ran a PVC pipe from the filter, across the concrete to the pool. Some of that redneck ingenuity I guess.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

If the returns are installed and cut at an angle, to allow for circulation, it was probably meant to be that way. That's the way my pool was done. If you have good circulation you're fine. If the return comes out perpendicular to the wall, it probably requires an eyeball return to direct circulation.

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

What is the internal diameter of the return pipe?

 

[microscopes]

What is the internal diameter of the return pipe?

I’ll have to measure but by the eye, i’d say 1.5”

 

[microscopes]

If the returns are installed and cut at an angle, to allow for circulation, it was probably meant to be that way. That's the way my pool was done. If you have good circulation you're fine. If the return comes out perpendicular to the wall, it probably requires an eyeball return to direct circulation.

Sorry for the stupid question, but… how do I know if there is good circulation?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Pools returns are designed to create a circular flow of water around the pool. This helps to direct debris floating on top towards the skimmer while keeping water mixed. If the returns are pointing straight out from the wall, there would be no circular flow.