Ye old pool man

[oldprophet]

Some of us have been in the pool industry for a long time. Here is my question for you to answer, *I have been in the pool industry for so long I remember when...... Let's have fun with this

 

[HermanTX]

Not in the pool industry but remember very clearly when my parents put up a 5ft x 5ft pool about 1ft deep and that was my summertime joy. It had a steel triangle on each corner holding the pools sides up and I could jump off of it into the pool. Plus my mom would add soap at the endto it and it became my bath as well for the day.!!!!

 

[1poolman1]

Some of us have been in the pool industry for a long time. Here is my question for you to answer, *I have been in the pool industry for so long I remember when...... Let's have fun with this

I remember having to buy a pump as a DIY project. Match the motor to the impeller to the wet-end to the shaft adapter. Install the seal, set the impeller with an amp meter to not burn the motor. Bronze, of course, until Pac-Fab came out with the plastic Hydro Pump parts.

 

[oldprophet]

I remember having to buy a pump as a DIY project. Match the motor to the impeller to the wet-end to the shaft adapter. Install the seal, set the impeller with an amp meter to not burn the motor. Bronze, of course, until Pac-Fab came out with the plastic Hydro Pump parts.

The pools I plumbed in the late 60"s were only in copper and red brass. PVC was not used yet.

 

[Decoy205]

Growing up in the 80s the sand filter we had was this big metal barrel type thing almost like an oil drum. Everything was metal!