Hello all,
I have been lurking for a while on TFP and this is my first post, hoping you can help me solve a riddle. One of my returns has recently started loudly sucking air and blowing bubbles. The air is coming from a small pipe located about a foot back from the return and points straight up out of the pool surround (but flush with the concrete). If you plug this pipe with your finger, bubbles stop. Also if you pour a bucket of water over this pipe, the bubbles stop. I have looked and looked online at pool plumbing setup and can't find any reference to this pipe. Can someone tell me what it's for? Will plugging it (which seems to stop the bubbles) do any harm?
Also to note: I am a new homeowner and new to pool care. After researching air bubbles in pool, I have primed the pump by pouring a bucket of water into the strainer by the pump and this did not resolve the problem. Pool water levels are ok and it doesn't seem to be losing water.
**Please bear with me, I'll try to get pool stats posted soon. It is a rectangle, around 11000 gal according to pool math.
Thanks in advance.
I have been lurking for a while on TFP and this is my first post, hoping you can help me solve a riddle. One of my returns has recently started loudly sucking air and blowing bubbles. The air is coming from a small pipe located about a foot back from the return and points straight up out of the pool surround (but flush with the concrete). If you plug this pipe with your finger, bubbles stop. Also if you pour a bucket of water over this pipe, the bubbles stop. I have looked and looked online at pool plumbing setup and can't find any reference to this pipe. Can someone tell me what it's for? Will plugging it (which seems to stop the bubbles) do any harm?
Also to note: I am a new homeowner and new to pool care. After researching air bubbles in pool, I have primed the pump by pouring a bucket of water into the strainer by the pump and this did not resolve the problem. Pool water levels are ok and it doesn't seem to be losing water.
**Please bear with me, I'll try to get pool stats posted soon. It is a rectangle, around 11000 gal according to pool math.
Thanks in advance.