Thank you!
Do you have a picture of an overflow pipe where it connects near the skimmer?
Do you have a picture of an overflow pipe where it connects near the skimmer?
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- Jan 7, 2012
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Sorry I don’t know the part number, at the wholesale shop it’s one of those parts that you just explain what it is and he knows exactly what to get.
Yes the design is perfect as a low profile over flow and can handle a lot of water.
Every job gets one, even if the auto fill has a over flow outlet.
Yes the design is perfect as a low profile over flow and can handle a lot of water.
Every job gets one, even if the auto fill has a over flow outlet.
Is there a benefit to using an overflow tube such as the one you posted vs attaching a pvc pipe to the overflow outlet at the back of the skimmer?
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- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The bottom of your overt flow pipe will set the maximum water level in your pool.
Having a small water level range between the bottom of the skimmer mouth and the overflow pipe will cause lots of loss of valuable good chemistry pool water when you get storms.
The overflow pipe should be set a high as possible and keep the pool from over flowing.
The overflow outlet in the back of the skimmer often has a poor relationship to the top of the pool.
I don’t ever use the over flow that’s in the skimmer because the skimmers installed don’t have them. I like the size pipe at 3” for the dedicated pipe and it’s installed at the highest possible height.
Makes total sense. Thank you.
Final question regarding this - does the pipe you posted (or any “overflow”) have to be installed at or near the skimmer? Or is it possible to put in a different area of the pool based upon where drainage would be best?
Final question regarding this - does the pipe you posted (or any “overflow”) have to be installed at or near the skimmer? Or is it possible to put in a different area of the pool based upon where drainage would be best?
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That’s it.
I have them installed on the house side of the pool so not to be visible from the house.
Area of installation can be any place on the B/B that’s at +0 elevation.
Keep in mind the surrounding elevation and that this water needs to keep in a down hill direction to its final destination.
I have them installed on the house side of the pool so not to be visible from the house.
Area of installation can be any place on the B/B that’s at +0 elevation.
Keep in mind the surrounding elevation and that this water needs to keep in a down hill direction to its final destination.
- Jan 7, 2012
- 2,128
- Pool Size
- 21000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
@AQUA~HOLICS Do you have a preferred drain cover to prevent surface debris from entering the overflow pipe?
No I don’t, it’s surprising how little water goes into the pipe from waves, with rain it’s a steady rise and flows easily into the pipe. Concerns have never been brought up in regards to loosing too much water during pool use from customers.
Thank you
Good point on the sloping, and it’s something I am thinking about for my particular situation. I don’t have any deck drains I can tie into, but I do have a dry well that’s buried underground about 30 feet from the edge of the pool and attached to an outdoor sink. Wonder if I could just tie the plumbing into that… or if it’s best to add a popup drain above grade somewhere else.
Can’t imagine I would get a ton of overflow given where I live, but I love the idea of an insurance policy to always keeping my coping/top beam/tile mortar from being exposed to submerging.
Dang…
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i have this exact drain overflow and could not find a cover.
I had to build my own using some mesh as with heavy rain leaves would go into it.