Thanks. I will try the exchange way. Getting so over whelmed with it all, thanks again. I will try this out this weekend when I can sit and watch it. I'll just periodically retest the levels as it's exchanging. We recently had tons and tons of rain. You'd think I'd have enough fresh water added.
Spa spillover barely spilling over
- Thread starter tmetoyer
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 62,879
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Be sure to carefully read the exchange process. It takes some pre planning. A sump pump, and time.
Ok I'd like to just drain it then refill, but we can dig just a foot or two and see water. Then while reading about draining I saw the video of the pop up pool in Florida. So now I'm scared of the whole thing. I wish I had someone locally to help with all of this and I wouldn't be bombarding this forum so much
But we just cleaned the cartridges. Could it still be that then?
A no drain water exchange is the way to go and doesn't matter if there's water at 6". Do not check the water periodically because it doesn't work that way. It's the time it needs to exchange X amount of water plus 10% for under performance then the water will need maybe 12 hours of mixing before you can take a sample and rely on it.
Just wanted to jump back in here to say, regarding the overflow feature of the spa into the pool. We replaced an oring at the bottomed of our chlorinator (which we are now going to possibly stop using after learning about cya and pucks) the flow is incredibly stronger now! So the tiniest air leak was causing such a pressure change with the flow!
RoyR
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Can you post a picture after the build with the water flowing and now for comparison…I bet that flagstone shelf edge has worn down over the years and now the water hugs the edge….
Here you go. This just from replacing a tiny oring. Next I'm going to replace the pump basket and leaf basket orings.