Spillway surface tension question
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PFT,
The bottom side of the spillway should have a slot that runs all the way across. About a 1/4" back from the front, about a 1/4 " deep and wide.
This slot is what keeps the water from wrapping around and running down your wall.
Thanks,
Jim R.
The bottom side of the spillway should have a slot that runs all the way across. About a 1/4" back from the front, about a 1/4 " deep and wide.
This slot is what keeps the water from wrapping around and running down your wall.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Thank you for your response
how would you suggest to do it while it's like that. do I need to remove it and slot it.
By any chance do you have a picture I can use as reference
Mike
how would you suggest to do it while it's like that. do I need to remove it and slot it.
By any chance do you have a picture I can use as reference
Mike
Mike,
You can use a saw with a concrete blade or an angle grinder. Either way it works best if you can do it away from the pool and then install it.
If you can remove the piece you installed, that is what I would do. Otherwise, you'd have to hang upside down and try to cut a fairly straight slot, without falling into the pool. Something that surely would happen to me.
Thanks,
Jim R.
You can use a saw with a concrete blade or an angle grinder. Either way it works best if you can do it away from the pool and then install it.
If you can remove the piece you installed, that is what I would do. Otherwise, you'd have to hang upside down and try to cut a fairly straight slot, without falling into the pool. Something that surely would happen to me.
Thanks,
Jim R.
there is another picture in another thread, I'm wondering if that would work as well
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- May 23, 2015
- 24,379
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
What pump is driving that spillway? If it’s a variable speed pump, the speed isn’t high enough.
How is water getting to the spa for the spillover, a single spa makeup return or through the spa jets?
Is the water being split between the pool returns and the spa return(s)?
If there isn’t sufficient flow rate of water over the spillover, then it just dribbles over the edge. If the water flows fast enough, it breaks the surface tension and creates a well-formed cascade.
oh ok thank you, yes it's a variable speed pump, and the jets are from the spa. it doesnt have a standalone pump.
Yes, when I have the flow rate higher, it functions how it's supposed to, but when it's lower it does that. it doesn't look very good, I will do as suggested.
Yes, when I have the flow rate higher, it functions how it's supposed to, but when it's lower it does that. it doesn't look very good, I will do as suggested.
