Hello everyone,
We are new pool owners desperately trying to convert a green pool to a nice blue one. It sat last year because it had a bad leak and couldn't hold water. Turns out the steps were cracked bad. It took us some time but we repaired those and they look new again and they don't leak! Once it held water, we turned the filter on and it blew a line. The line to the pool. (Forgive me, I'm knew to pool ownership and I'm learning the lingo still). Once that happened, we quit. It was September and we were done fighting the darn pool. We covered it and knew we didn't want to go one more summer not being able to use our pool.
We uncovered it late last week and it was bad. Dark dark green. My father in law used to own this home and told me to throw bleach in there. I did. It lightened a little but still bad. So, I scraped a leaf rake at the bottom and discovered a hidden layer of the worst smelling muck. Spent several days scooping out as much muck as we could to where when we scrape any portion of the bottom, we're not getting hardly anything in our leaf rakes. Last night, we turned the pump on and let it run while we ate dinner. It ran fine but as a precaution we turned it off while we slept, just in case. This morning I went out and turned it on and within 30 seconds, the line blew. Completely snapped the pipe in half.
My question is, what can cause the line to blow like that? Could it be from the multi port valve? We don't know what pressure it runs at because the gauge is completely rusted. We are going to build new lines and are willing to buy a new multi port valve but I'm afraid it will keep happening. Any ideas? Even though my father in law owned the home before us, he is not able to help whatsoever in diagnosing the problem. We are going in to this blind. Figuring it out as we go.
We are new pool owners desperately trying to convert a green pool to a nice blue one. It sat last year because it had a bad leak and couldn't hold water. Turns out the steps were cracked bad. It took us some time but we repaired those and they look new again and they don't leak! Once it held water, we turned the filter on and it blew a line. The line to the pool. (Forgive me, I'm knew to pool ownership and I'm learning the lingo still). Once that happened, we quit. It was September and we were done fighting the darn pool. We covered it and knew we didn't want to go one more summer not being able to use our pool.
We uncovered it late last week and it was bad. Dark dark green. My father in law used to own this home and told me to throw bleach in there. I did. It lightened a little but still bad. So, I scraped a leaf rake at the bottom and discovered a hidden layer of the worst smelling muck. Spent several days scooping out as much muck as we could to where when we scrape any portion of the bottom, we're not getting hardly anything in our leaf rakes. Last night, we turned the pump on and let it run while we ate dinner. It ran fine but as a precaution we turned it off while we slept, just in case. This morning I went out and turned it on and within 30 seconds, the line blew. Completely snapped the pipe in half.
My question is, what can cause the line to blow like that? Could it be from the multi port valve? We don't know what pressure it runs at because the gauge is completely rusted. We are going to build new lines and are willing to buy a new multi port valve but I'm afraid it will keep happening. Any ideas? Even though my father in law owned the home before us, he is not able to help whatsoever in diagnosing the problem. We are going in to this blind. Figuring it out as we go.
