Is this a DYI or should I call pool guy? Adding SWG to temporary union connection?

[crocop]

Hi,

To start, I am somewhat handy (my dad is a lot), but hes also not a plumber. I had a SWG (Jandy Apure EI), and I was fiddling around with it, and long story short, I broke a plastic piece and had to order a new one.

Int he meantime, I asked the pool guy to remove the SWG cell and just let me run the pol on chlorine (since the SWG was leaking).

He removed it and connected the piping with I believe he called it Union connections.

Here is a picture of my setup.

Here is a picture of where the SWG cell should go (this is the new connection he made)

Old broken piece:

This is the piece that broke and I need to replace (new parts are arriving today):

Picture of it taken apart:

As you can see, the part is longer than the union:

So my question is, is this something I can do easily, or should I just call my pool guy??

 

[atttech-2]

As you might have guessed only you can answer if it is a DIY project. Working with PVC is not extremely difficult main thing is measuring and ensuring when you glue a joint you get a complete seal neither is rocket science YouTube can help. That being said it does not appear from the picture you have enough room between the heater and the 90 going to the ground to add the cell back where the pool guy added the unions. Not his fault he did what he had to to get the unions in. I only see 3 options

1.) Find out if the cell can be installed horizontally instead of vertically, if it can you can install it before the pipe goes under ground. If you do this make sure you install as high as possible and whatever you do make sure there is at least 3" of pipe before it goes into the concrete if the worst happens you want enough room to add a union and rework the run from there to the heater.

2.) remove the union at the heater and the last elbow before the pipe goes down to the ground and rework all of it so you can get the cell vertical

3.) call the pool guy

 

[crocop]

As you might have guessed only you can answer if it is a DIY project. Working with PVC is not extremely difficult main thing is measuring and ensuring when you glue a joint you get a complete seal neither is rocket science YouTube can help. That being said it does not appear from the picture you have enough room between the heater and the 90 going to the ground to add the cell back where the pool guy added the unions. Not his fault he did what he had to to get the unions in. I only see 3 options

1.) Find out if the cell can be installed horizontally instead of vertically, if it can you can install it before the pipe goes under ground. If you do this make sure you install as high as possible and whatever you do make sure there is at least 3" of pipe before it goes into the concrete if the worst happens you want enough room to add a union and rework the run from there to the heater.

2.) remove the union at the heater and the last elbow before the pipe goes down to the ground and rework all of it so you can get the cell vertical

3.) call the pool guy

This one sounds the least complicated to me