Hello all,
I have an old inground pool that the previous owners had built around 35 years ago or so. It's an Anthony pool (which I understand was a fairly popular build in the New York area). I actually have a fair number of questions and issues, and I'm going to try to post each issue in a separate post, but there may be some overlap, and I apologize in advance if there's not enough or too much information.
The pool has one skimmer and one main drain, although it appears as the main drain is not actually connected. I cannot feel any suction there, and an old plan that I found looks like the pipe running from the drain to the skimmer has a line drawn through it.
There is an old Kreepy Krauly that they left us. I replaced the pad on the bottom and the arms last year. The tubing is a sectioned hose. There is a clear skimmer plate that has two positions, one for vacuum and one for normal operation. When I attach the tubing for the Kreepy Krauly and the plate is in the vacuum position, there is a vertical plastic piece that covers the inlet hole from the (non functional) main drain. Generally the Kreepy Krauly works well, but often the tubing at the plate collapses, and a lot of air gets into the pump. There is what appears to be a regulator that attaches to the tubing, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to attach or use it, but I was thinking that decreasing the suction force might help with this problem. I was hoping it might also allow me to use the skimmer and Kreepy at the same time.
So, with all this in mind, my main questions are:
1. What's the deal with the unconnected main drain?
2. How can I prevent the collapsing suction tubing?
3. If I need to replace the tubing, do I go with segmented or one long piece?
4. Is there such a thing as a reinforced tubing?
5. How do I use the regulator, abd do I need it?
Thanks again, abd sorry for the long post.
I have an old inground pool that the previous owners had built around 35 years ago or so. It's an Anthony pool (which I understand was a fairly popular build in the New York area). I actually have a fair number of questions and issues, and I'm going to try to post each issue in a separate post, but there may be some overlap, and I apologize in advance if there's not enough or too much information.
The pool has one skimmer and one main drain, although it appears as the main drain is not actually connected. I cannot feel any suction there, and an old plan that I found looks like the pipe running from the drain to the skimmer has a line drawn through it.
There is an old Kreepy Krauly that they left us. I replaced the pad on the bottom and the arms last year. The tubing is a sectioned hose. There is a clear skimmer plate that has two positions, one for vacuum and one for normal operation. When I attach the tubing for the Kreepy Krauly and the plate is in the vacuum position, there is a vertical plastic piece that covers the inlet hole from the (non functional) main drain. Generally the Kreepy Krauly works well, but often the tubing at the plate collapses, and a lot of air gets into the pump. There is what appears to be a regulator that attaches to the tubing, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to attach or use it, but I was thinking that decreasing the suction force might help with this problem. I was hoping it might also allow me to use the skimmer and Kreepy at the same time.
So, with all this in mind, my main questions are:
1. What's the deal with the unconnected main drain?
2. How can I prevent the collapsing suction tubing?
3. If I need to replace the tubing, do I go with segmented or one long piece?
4. Is there such a thing as a reinforced tubing?
5. How do I use the regulator, abd do I need it?
Thanks again, abd sorry for the long post.
