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If the purpose is to help homeowners take care of their own stuff, it's totally irresponsible to put a video up like this, which implies there's no danger at all when using muriatic acid. No gloves, no eye protection. Average person wouldn't assume there was a difference in adding water to acid instead of acid to water. I rarely comment on videos but this should be taken down.
The scaling is normal calcium buildup, it leaches out from the pool plaster and sticks to the metal plates during electrolysis. More so in new pools.... like every 3 months or so.
Why is there a tee fitting below the salt cell? Path of least resistance would be straight thru the tee fitting to the outlet side of the salt cell, instead of sending full flow thru the salt cell. Can see the tee fitting I am referring to at 2:20. I Also don’t see a tee fitting with a sacrificial anode and bonding wire? Why wouldn’t you recommend a sacrificial anode on a salt pool?? I also don’t see a bypass to isolate the heater. Bypass is useful to isolate the heater from pump flow while getting the water chemistry correct. Pipe and valving work indeed looks neat and clean on this setup. Might work, but I don’t agree with the title of this video.
I was thinking did reversal flow could take Carbon dioxide out of houses when they're on fire in smoke consumes the house. This Could keep the fire isolated.
4:26 totally wrong statement. There are all sorts of certification classes to avoid this situation. The issue is that some states refuse to adopt those education oportunities
Where can I get one of these mini demonstrative pools? I am trying to find something like this for an animal habitat that is about 5 feet long and this deep. I appreciate any help !!
This setup is utterly terrible, and it's concerning you're passing this off as a "proper" setup. Your inlet and outlet pipe length for your pump is too short. You used way more 90s than you needed to. Hell, you only needed 1 to go from your pump to your filter had you moved your pump back and filter forward. You did not use high-temp unions, and it looks like you siliconed those male adapters in, which isn't even allowed and do not last due to the silicone delaminating over time. Those pentair diverter valves are inferior to jandy valves due to them having worse tolerances and being made out of pvc and not cpvc which is what you want to be using if the pool is heated; especially gas heaters. The excessive use of unions and 90s are just going to be leaking nightmares for the customer in the future since they're just going to be more points of failure and just screams that you're not confident in your glue joints which is why you need to prepare for making it easier for you in the future to replace that crap. And if we really want to get into the weeds of making the system as efficient as possible and money isn't a factor, then let's not forget about the 1 1/2 plumbing and not a single sweep in that entire setup. And I really would like to know the specs on that pump and filter and maybe that can start cluing us in on why that pump is starving for water while you're filming and bragging about how good the plumbing is.....
Is it possible to create a video on “how to” close off poop valves from below grades. I’m having a difficult time understanding this. Beginner 101 Class in session pls
If youre really smart, you can heat the pool and cool your home with the same heat pump! In the winter you can even use the heat pump to heat your home!
Hi I have a pool that I service it is a commercial one, I have blown the skimmer and vacuum lines but I suspect I didn't blow the main drain right because there is an equalizer line with the skimmer. The pools only has one return jet that isn't removable and a equalizer suction (it looks like an oversize smoke alarm), my question is, do these two need to be airlocked like the main drain? Do I need to cap the ips chemical hoses that go into the plumbing? Pool equipment is below the pool.
If you wanted to build a skyscraper, would you use fiberglass, vinyl, or concrete? Just because you can build a pool with all three materials doesn't make them equal.
Do you need a valve for every return and skimmer? I am just about to start construction on my 20x40 rectangle and want to minimize the number of above ground valves and pipe? If it is ok to tie returns and skimmers lines together where is the best spot? I am using 2 skimmers, likely a main drain but would like to hear your thoughts on deleting that and either 3 or 4 returns. All hard 2” pvc with a 2.25 HP VSP, 31” sand filter, likely a heat pump, salt chloronator. I’m only concerned with space and problems using too many valves. Thanks
8 months late so you probably went ahead and did your thing, but just in case you have another project or someone stumbles on your comment, VALVE EVERYTHING individually. I am a pool and pond contractor myself and when it comes to Vacuuming, you're gonna want control of your skimmers flow. Also more important than that, is you want equal suction from the pool skimmers and equal return of the jets. Water takes the path of least resistance, so if you have say 4 jets inline, jet 1 will push the strongest and jet 4 will be weak, if it even gets flow at all. This creates obvious circulation issues which can affect water quality and create "dead zones" in the pool where stuff goes to settle.
OK, so I used this exact method last winter in Iowa on the exact same pool and a very similar set up. I did put a plug in the pump housing as well incase my air lock on the main drain didn't hold and it worked out great. The only other thing I did different was stuff the skimmer mouth full of pool noodles instead of using the empty antifreeze jug. Good thing I did because a few of them looked like they had the life squeezed right out of them. Either way, it makes me feel so much better knowing the cover is supported by the pool being full with our heavy snow loads that take months to melt away. I would also suggest taking the hit and purchasing a Cyclone to blow out your lines, or something similar. It will make your life a lot easier.
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Let's try increasing the size of that plastic container that the scale model fiber glass pool sits in and expand it to about 5 to ten times the area of the pool (this would be more accurate to an actual in ground pool). Then completely fill the container (until the water level in it surrounding the model fiber glass pool matches the top rim of the model fiber glass pool) with water and then drain the water from the model fiber glass pool. While draining the water from the fiber glass pool you will undoubtedly notice the model fiber glass pool begin to lift. This will occur because the water in the model fiber glass pool as it is displaced will no longer be equal to the surrounding water area of the plastic container to which it is contained in. Your video demonstration does not account for complete water displacement from the model fiber glass pool and inaccurately depicts equal water area ratio between the model fiber glass pool and the surrounding water within the plastic container to which the model fiber glass pool resides in. This whole video is a misrepresentation and misrepresents the scenerio you are describing in your video.
Expand it 5-10 times the area of the pool? Where on earth did you ever see an installer dig that much to put a FG pool in? My pool was dug out no more than 2-3 ft around the side walls of the pool. From a scale standpoint, this video depicts almost exactly what my experience was based on my builders install.
THis os so unscientific. The level of the water in the "pool" is higher than the water in the tupperware could ever be (it would flow out). Therefore it will never "pop up". Drain some water out of the "pool' and itwill pop up for sure.
Exactly the point Kevin- If there is water in the pool- it will not just pop out of the ground. Unlike a liner walking a fiberglass pool is stable at even equal water levels. Cheers!
You don't need to lower the water when you winterize. Another myth that the pool industry hangs onto. A fiberglass pool should be left full at all times. Most manufactures warranties require it.
Who cares about this crap. Investigate something that will make a difference like Brett Favre for his racist scheme of taking money from the needy and using it to build an volley ball court for some private school his daughter attended. He lies (in texts) and cheats and because he is rich and famous and white he gets a pass. Others in the scheme have been convicted.
The power and lift force generated from buoyancy would blow threw any cleat or as some of the manufactures have named 'rino rods' and different hold down systems with cute names. Buoyancy will lift a concrete pool 4' out of the ground. There is no hold down that will prevent that if a pool is drained.
