We have an intex fountain that we use to cool our water in sunny Arizona. To use the fountain, we have to turn off the plunger valve from the return, unscrew the hose, screw the hose to the fountain and turn the pump back on. Then reverse the whole process to turn the fountain off, vacuum, etc. Looking for some type of three way valve that would divert the water from one hose to the other so that we don’t have to keep moving the hose. Any ideas?
Intex 3 way valve
- Thread starter grannydi
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You could just install a Tee in the return line and add the fountain hose with a valve after the Tee. Unfortunately, you'll have to cut your return line and clamp the ends over the Tee and repeat for the fountain hose. Shouldn't be too hard. Lots of info on PVC adapters to Intex hoses.
Lots of Youtube vids showing this... https://youtu.be/ufUAtBE7PxU example
Lots of Youtube vids showing this... https://youtu.be/ufUAtBE7PxU example
Sounds like time to hard plumb it with good valves on each return.
There are tons of posts on this forum about how to adapt 2" pvc to Intex return valves.
There are tons of posts on this forum about how to adapt 2" pvc to Intex return valves.
i just put the "T" in my return line and added a fountain. pretty simple with some pvc connections from Home Depot.
