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- Thread starter Aquagenarian
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I thought I recognized that clean plumbing and Kubota, you have the best plumber in all the land, we go back over 20 years, he is the only plumber I allow customers to hire.
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As I was going through the photos I was getting ready to comment that the plumbing looked super clean and professional. Getting validated by @AQUA~HOLICS feels nice.
He’s already set me straight once lol. Good dude. Very hard working.
- Jul 18, 2019
- 561
- Pool Size
- 33780
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Full Disclosure: I have no idea if my set up is ideal, that's just how I thought it would make sense to place two of them given my wind rose chart. If I had to do it over again (and after my experience, I will almost assuredly never build a pool again, buying a house with one if I ever have to), I'd probably do 3 skimmers, getting one close to the steps on the short part of the L because I do have some thoughts of a deadzone happening. Hoping the return there is enough to circulate to get to the two skimmers.Plumber showed up and schooled me. One skimmer now on shallow end like yours
- May 23, 2015
- 24,485
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
My only critique so far, and it's probably not worth changing at this point, is that you hooked the drains up to your skimmers rather than doing independent runs back to the equipment pad. While what you have works in practice, it is very hydraulically inefficient and gives you little to no control over drain suction. It certainly simplifies the plumbing runs but at the cost of being able to independently change the amount of suction you draw from the skimmers versus the drains. Once they are set like that, the drain suction is entire a function of the draw on the skimmer in question and the flow will balance in a way that favors one skimmer over the other. It could be changed at this point but at the cost of ripping up some of your plumbing, adding more runs back to the pad, and likely ticking off your very highly skilled plumber ...
- Jul 18, 2019
- 561
- Pool Size
- 33780
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I don't have a main drain, so my thoughts my be irrelevant here, but in looking at the pictures, do you have your main drain on the same plumbing line as that skimmer next to it? I don't know how big of a deal it will be since you also have another skimmer which I assume is on a dedicated line, but I am of the opinion to keep them all on their own dedicated lines.
This skimmer is about 25 ft from the pumps. Other skimmer is further away. Hopefully it works out
AH whats your opinion of my filter placement? Do you think I will be able to get to it?
Yes, you don’t need that much room to split the filter and the lid goes straight up to remove.
I have the plumber install an extended pipe from the clean-out cap on the bottom of the filter to an open area that’s easily accessible for when you break down the filter.
I have the plumber install an extended pipe from the clean-out cap on the bottom of the filter to an open area that’s easily accessible for when you break down the filter.
My bro was telling me to drain the water before pulling the filter. Said they are pretty heavy to pull out. Hence my concern with pump next to it. An after thought.
Yes drain the filter first, that’s why having the plug more accessible will be to your advantage.
For our finishes we are thinking the following: pour in place coping dark grey, natural concrete deck color, waterline tile- ontario pool tile Pacifico blue, and Ontario pool tile blue pearl ledger stone on the spa and deep end raised bond beam. We are between stonscape micro pebble French grey or Tahoe blue like in the link below.
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Blue Pearl (Group 5)
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Just in case you have not seen this thread:
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I love all of your other picks! That is really going to look great when it is done!
Pool Finish and Color Viewing Room...PICTURES & details only please
This is our attempt at having one place that we can view the finished product of various Plaster/Pebble/Quartz/Vinyl/FG/etc. pool finishes. Simply attach a good pic looking down at the steps and another one looking at the deep end to share how it looks at different depths. Make sure to share the...
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I love all of your other picks! That is really going to look great when it is done!