New swamp (hopefully pool again) owner

[kimkats]

It will be interesting to see how your pool does now and after you get the pipe cleaned up. Does that stuff smell?

I wonder if a plumper snake would be useful for this? Oh and a bottle brush on the end of long rod to help clean it up.

Kim

 

[Reddogdan]

At first glance, I thought it was a pizza lol!!

 

[kimkats]

ewww I am not eating at YOUR house LOL but now that you said that when I look at it thinking that I can see it.

Kim

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Hmm clearly the bulk of this was put there on purpose because it has a bolt attaching what looks like two large fender washers to the top. While I am not at this point detecting any, I kinda wonder if they are (were) large magnets that were supposed to trap iron particles in the water. My Saturn had one in the transmission filter for the break in period, so it makes me wonder.

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[WASP]

Now that's interesting.

 

[MarianParoo]

Hmmm. Since you took it out, is your water level dropping at all? Wondering if they were trying to plug the drain.

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Not as far as I can tell, and I have been pulling water through the main off and on through the whole process so if it was leaking I am guessing I would have seen the loss by now.

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[MarianParoo]

Are the drain screws holes threaded? Maybe it was a way to weigh down the drain cover because it couldn't be screwed in?

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Not threaded. I meant stripped.

 

[kimkats]

I think Marian is onto something--------it was to help hold the grate on I bet. Of course it started rusting over time and became that "thing".

Time to do some diving to see what is what down there. Are the holes threaded or stripped?

Kim

 

[borjis]

haha "Thing."

Good grief! it looked like a Horta from classic star trek.

Now I've seen it all....so that's some rusty chunk of concrete to hold down the main drain cover eh?

 

[MarianParoo]

Hahaha! Star Trek!

It sounds like it! We'll see what Sabercatpuck finds.

If so.... Who knows what else the former owner might have jury-rigged...

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Well I can say I am not a fan of some of the "not in a box" wire nut splices I have found, but that was on some ceiling fans so not with the pool. We have some aluminum wiring and a Zinsco electrical panel box we are getting quotes for mitigation too.

As for the screws I do see a lip down there that the cover was on, but I cant see anything that looks like a screw hole at this point, so the weight option is still a possibility.

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PS, it is supposed to be up to 86 on Thursday so I am thinking I will get one of these little bags that we bought before a trip to Mexico a few years back that let you take video with your cell phone underwater. Got some great footage snorkeling at XelHa and swimming with whale sharks with that.

 

[MarianParoo]

Underwater video. That sounds cool!

Big weight on the drain is better than Ewwww pizza!

 

[kimkats]

Swimming with whale sharks??? FUN and oh so neat!

86 air temp will still make for some burrrrrrrrrrr water LOL Have a hot towel ready for when you get out!

Kim

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Last I saw it was 72°. That was enough that with a quick brrrr moment plunging below I was fine afterwards. Still have the solar blanket on so hopefully it will be up a couple more degrees by then.

We are debating between a heat pump or something like this Smartpool SunHeater® 2 -2 'x 20' (80 sq. ft.) Complete Solar Heating System (S425P) - Featured 2030 : Smartpool


The nice thing about the solar heater would be cheaper initial and running costs, the nice thing about the heat pump would be cooling when we need it, although if you run the solar while it is cooler out than the water it should cool the water some (just no where near what a heat pump would do)

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[Sabercatpuck]

Looks like a dip is in the near future. I will try to get a better view of the main while I am in there with that cell phone zip lock bag I was talking about.

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[borjis]

look at the sparkly water even though it's out of focus

oops that's the cover i think...nevertheless.

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Couldn't get the underwater video, the bag had a split. I did figure out how to work the zoom on my phone camera though so got some pics that were a bit tighter shots.

There are screw holes, couldn't quite tell if one was plugged up or not. I think I measured them at 6.5 inches apart, but couldn't tell. Apparently I am fairly buoyant these days.

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[MarianParoo]

Boy that pool looks SO different from when you started!

Buoyancy seems to increase with age and beer. What's with that??? My hubby uses weights in his pockets to reduce his buoyancy.

 

[Sabercatpuck]

Haven't had a whole lot of beer for quite some time and I still have a long way to go to retirement. We just figured we would get a head start on it

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