Good morning. We purchased our home recently and this is our first time owning or maintaining a pool. Heck, I hadn't been in a pool in years before now. At any rate, we are happy to have the pool open, decent numbers (per our TF-100 pool test kit), and learning a lot. I have read enough now to know there are some overall problems with our setup, but was hoping to get through our first season with only taking care of the "have-tos" and later improve things.
Unfortunately we have some suction side air leaks. For the moment, we have wrapped these with silicon tape and seem to be getting by. But now I have some pressure side leaks that are losing some water. I have attached a picture of our pad setup. I'm sure it is not ideal, and we knew nothing about pools to start with. The house has had some just getting by type work all around, so not surprising there are some problems showing up.
There is a pressure side leak which is concerning me at the moment. It is is occurring after the red handled valve going to returns. I am reading through the PVC repair info now. I have done very little plumbing. Is there any quick fix I could maybe do at that area until I have more time on the weekend to work on the real repairs? I am not sure if the leak is just below the valve, or at the 90, or both. For the moment and to get us by for this season, my thinking is to replace the section with the red handled return valve and not worry with it or the 2 solar line connections. Down the road I know I need to fix more.
Notes about the image:
We are not using the Pressure Side Cleaner; the Polaris unit did not come with the house. We will likely buy an automatic pool cleaner down the road once other expenses settle down (still working on old house to sell it). There is an old heater that is not plumbed and the previous owner said there is a leak in the copper line. We are not using the 2 lines marked for solar either. The Garage Sink Drain does not connect near the SWG - just bad picture angle. There is a downward facing 90 just behind the SWG.
Thank you for your help! I'm happy to have found TFP in my first season!
Unfortunately we have some suction side air leaks. For the moment, we have wrapped these with silicon tape and seem to be getting by. But now I have some pressure side leaks that are losing some water. I have attached a picture of our pad setup. I'm sure it is not ideal, and we knew nothing about pools to start with. The house has had some just getting by type work all around, so not surprising there are some problems showing up.
There is a pressure side leak which is concerning me at the moment. It is is occurring after the red handled valve going to returns. I am reading through the PVC repair info now. I have done very little plumbing. Is there any quick fix I could maybe do at that area until I have more time on the weekend to work on the real repairs? I am not sure if the leak is just below the valve, or at the 90, or both. For the moment and to get us by for this season, my thinking is to replace the section with the red handled return valve and not worry with it or the 2 solar line connections. Down the road I know I need to fix more.
Notes about the image:
We are not using the Pressure Side Cleaner; the Polaris unit did not come with the house. We will likely buy an automatic pool cleaner down the road once other expenses settle down (still working on old house to sell it). There is an old heater that is not plumbed and the previous owner said there is a leak in the copper line. We are not using the 2 lines marked for solar either. The Garage Sink Drain does not connect near the SWG - just bad picture angle. There is a downward facing 90 just behind the SWG.
Thank you for your help! I'm happy to have found TFP in my first season!
