Installing Returns/Light Fittings & Skimmer | Fiberglass Swimming Pool

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In today's video, I'm going to be showing y'all how to install light fittings, return fittings and the skimmer on a fiberglass swimming pool
With every fiberglass pool shell we buy, it comes with 3 return fittings and 1 skimmer
make sure you get more return fitting for your lights. Depending on how many lights you install will determine how many extra fittings to get
1st thing is first, tools you are going to need
1.Grinder with 80g sanding wheel
2.Drill gun
3.Tape measure
4.Sharpie Marker
5.Speed square
6.1ft level
7.Rages
8.3 tubs of 100% Silicone with caulk gun
9.Flat bar
10.Big channel locks
11.Wood Whole saw Bit 2 3/8
12. 1/4 drill bit
13.Saw saw with metal blade
14 3 extra return fitting for the lights
leave a comment below if you have questions
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@jonport_ Год назад

Comment your question below⬇️

@ryanjohnson6880 Месяц назад

I run a concrete pool company that is transitioning to fibreglass and every video on youtube i watch from every fibreglass pool installer emphasises how important it is to get your hole saw size correct, i feel your past mistakes when i hear that, respect to you my friend for the shit you had to deal with when that hole was the wrong size 😅

@jonport_ Месяц назад

Haha 🙏🏻 stay tuned to the channel. I’m producing a 17 part video series on how to build a fiberglass swimming pool and I’m also coming out with a complete high level program. That will teach you everything you need to know when it comes to building a fiberglass swimming pool project this winter.

@DealerOnHold 16 дней назад

Great video bro. Thanks for the effort!

@jonport_ 16 дней назад

Thank you for watching and subscribing!

@Emilyrumiano 5 месяцев назад

Do you have any videos showing your take on an install of large light niches (Pentair product) ? Love your videos you are awesome!

@jonport_ 5 месяцев назад

No i do not. I don’t use those on our pools and thank you for the kind words Emily🙏🏻

@Never2Loud 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing your experience. I'm in the process of replacing 4 return jets (CMP) on a return line that dropped (settled) after 10 years and one jet got cracked. Silly question - Is that 100% silicone the same 100% GE Silicone I see at Walmart, HD, etc? Is it the all-purpose stuff, or do you prefer a specific type?

@jonport_ 8 месяцев назад

Thats awesome brother! Glad its helped you. Yes. 100% from GE. It just needs to be 100% silicone regardless of the brand.

@Never2Loud 8 месяцев назад

@@jonport_ Thank you for confirming. Apologies, one last question please. Once you install the 4 wall jet fittings, I assume you then insert/glue 2" extensions outward from each fitting (let's say 6" - 12" for example) that go to the 2" branch line and T-fittings. Do those extensions from the wall have enough (any) lateral- sideways movement to help attach the 2" PVC lines to each T fitting? Or do you make a (long) one-piece manifold to slip & glue the entire branch line to the 4 wall jets all at once? I'm a little concerned that once I attach the first jet extension and T-fitting, there won't be any sideways flex to squeeze the next PVC segment to the next T-fitting jet and so-on. Does that make sense? Am I over-thinking this?

@jonport_ 8 месяцев назад

@@Never2Loud i think i get what you’re saying haha. 1st thing, the fittings are 1 1/2 so you’ll use 1 1/2 to extend it and then reduce on the T fitting. Ok so assuming its on a straight wall, extend all fitting out the same length. (Assuming theres only 3 fittings) Then work left to right. Set the first 2 Ts in place with out glue and measure the pipe in between with in a 1/16 Then glue those Ts together by them sleeves. Use a flat surface and face the T down so when you glue them both they are square. At that point it should fit like a puzzle on those first 2. On the last you’ll dry set that same way as you did before, measure and cut. And then you’ll fit them all at the same time. You’ll want to to be smooth and quick. They should fit really nice at that point. I hope this helps

@Never2Loud 8 месяцев назад

@@jonport_ Makes sense. Thank you!

@jonport_ 8 месяцев назад

@patf491 awesome. Good luck!

@acansz 11 месяцев назад

Shouldnt there be a gasket in the skimmer, other than silicon? (Im about to replace a similar skimmer in my hot tub)

@jonport_ 11 месяцев назад

That is the gasket the silicone. It seals of way better, because it molds to the shell.

@acansz 11 месяцев назад

@@jonport_ oh okay :-) I about to reseal a waterway skimmer. I can see previously a gasket have been used, but also silicon. Do i need to buy another gasket, or should i be able to just silicone it?

@jonport_ 11 месяцев назад

@@acansz I would just use silicone. You see how I cake it on really thick and then spread it out on the inside of the skimmer and that way it gets through everything alter your screw holes you can’t get that with a gasket. Just make sure everything is been cleaned and wipe down you can use some acetone as well.

@craigersanimation 11 месяцев назад

Hi Jonathan, How do you remove the fine fibreglass particles from the water after the holes have been cut?

@jonport_ 11 месяцев назад

Normally i don’t haha. The filter picks them up. You can vacuum some of them up that fall on the edge of the shell. That’s ideal.

@jeffp862 4 месяца назад

Why don’t you use marine 4200 instead of silicone for the fittings?

@jonport_ 4 месяца назад

I Just haven’t. Not sure it even necessary. I’ll definitely consider it.

@joshjones7690 Год назад

Are you in Nashville

@jonport_ Год назад

No sir. I’m in new Albany IN

@RossStClair Год назад

Wetscapes? Being in the New Albany area. I had the same issue with one screw not catching today. Little thread tape on the screw and it caught enough to snug it up not super tight but it made me feel better.

@jonport_ Год назад

@@RossStClair tough to say because I’m not there but sound like you made it happen👊🏻

@kenmcalpine2215 Месяц назад

This is how I did mine. One has failed at the 4 year mark. Why? I believe it's because silicone is crap. It's not permanent and it sure as hell isn't for underwater applications ( as it says right on the tube). I used what was supplied with the pool. Nobody could give me a clear answer as to why not use underwater marine 4200or 5200? It would never break free. It would never fail. Everything in the design of pool fittings seems like it is designed for failure.

@jonport_ Месяц назад

Did you build a pool yourself? Have you built Pools before?

@kenmcalpine2215 Месяц назад

@@jonport_ First pool on my own. I did everything except dig the hole. Small leak on one return is the only issue I've had since install 4 years ago. Silicone as a bond was the only thing I questioned from manufacturer and I now regret it. Silicone is a gasket and a lubricant. It's useless for a permanent bond. I've got marine 5200 on the grate of my jetski. It's held on for 10 years and 65 mph. Still looks new. I'd really like to see better fittings and assembly for pools. Plastic cracks. Silicone fails.

@jonport_ Месяц назад

@@kenmcalpine2215 yeah interesting.

@pcmactek 9 месяцев назад

Using silicone as a gasket is in itself, asking for trouble. I laughed when he tossed away the manufacturers gaskets. Unless he went to school for chemical engineering, manufacturing engineers, no gaskets are better material and don’t break down like silicone can. Sure glad he wasn’t installing my pool.

@jonport_ 9 месяцев назад

Its a proven system where i build. Pools last a very long time.

@Jerbo1125 9 месяцев назад

I’ve been a mechanical contractor for 3 years and I’ve been in the trade for 20. I’m doing a pool right now and the GC told me do not use that gasket on there and I was arguing for two weeks with them before I landed the drain fitting that came with the gaskets second off the return fittings don’t come with them and I was saying to him there’s a mistake we got to get gaskets for the stuff and I did some research, they preferred silicone believe it or not believe me I was scratching my head too

@jonport_ 9 месяцев назад

@@Jerbo1125 🤷‍♂️

@jeffp862 4 месяца назад

Having spent my life in construction building comercial buildings and houses even putting in roads. I’ve learned engineers and architects come up with ideas. The people in the field perfect them. I can’t tell you how many engineers ideas didn’t work in the field. I personally would use marine 4200 on the fittings but that’s my preference from Being in the performance boat world for a while also. It’s designed to work below the water line for decades. But I don’t doubt the silicone works pretty darn well too On race cars w turbos especially we never use gaskets on the header flanges we use copper seal RTV, people see it and THINK it’s a hack job but it’s how the top turbo shops in the country do it because testing has proved it works.

@jonport_ 4 месяца назад

@jeffp862 🙏🏻