I'm in Texas and much like most people here I am waiting until July/August to have my pool repaired. I'm doing ok right now with a pond pump circulating the water in my in-ground 30k gallon pool. It's enough to keep the chlorine circulating and the algae to a minimum. So here is my issue. There are two points of damage in the plumbing. The first is in the heater. Both Headers are cracked and leaking. The second is the valve right above my Ozone venturi is cracked. Instead of waiting until August what if I just plumbed the water going to the heater straight into the line where the heater water exits? Using just pvc and a couple of elbows. I also decided I don't need to wait to repair the Ozone plumbing either since the Ozone has never worked since we moved in 3 years ago. I read it doesn't do much anyway. What if I cut the whole thing out and just replaced it with straight pvc pipe and a tee? I have some experience plumbing reef tanks so I think I can do it. What do you all think? If this works I can get my pool back to working order right away and just wait until later in the year to fix the heater.
