PVC Plumbing on above ground pool Update/ Giveaway coming soon!!! 

You should always hold the glue joint for a couple seconds after pushing it into the fitting as the expansion of the glue tends to force the pipe back out of the fitting. This can be seen when he fits the pipe into the valve at the return.

Really appreciate you leaving in the mistakes. We all make them. I guarantee you saved some people from making the same mistakes by sharing yours.

You are a good man . Love your humility . Appreciate you doing this video for sure my brother .

Definitely warms up our pool. Love products that do what they are described to do!

We call those mistakes “ADHD tax”. Please don’t call yourself “stupid” because you’re obviously not! You had a “brain fart” because you were focused on helping us at the time. Thanks for the video.

I kept waiting and watching your hand, waitting to see the glue fall down into the pool 😊 be careful ☺️

Thank you for the info I just went and bought all the parts I need to plumb my pool up today , I went to open the pool yesterday and all my hoses were dried out and came across your video thank you for the video I’ll be getting mine installed tomorrow

Great video and I want to do my pool like you did this fall… you did a great job and explained it very well…. Thank you so much!

Thanks. Great video.

We have all been there and had those kind of days!

Found this today as i am installing a pool heater and looking for Ideas for hard Plumbing. At first i was going to move on but then I kept watching. I Subscribed as we are alike. I make the same mistakes. I was yelling at the video for you to put the coupler on. hahah But its someing i would do. Looking forward to watch your other videos!!!

We human bud! 😂 guud job

Excellent! One recommendation, when it comes time to replace the in-line valves, consider using a gate valve. From my experience, the PVC valves are ‘harder’ to open and close and put stress on the surrounding PVC connections. Over time, the stress can cause failure and leaks to the surrounding connections. Gate valves open and close much easier, causing little to no stress to the surrounding connections.

Good job man

Thank You I enjoyed the video, I am going to put pvc pipe on my filter

Man, this is a video of you playing the role of me, and you nailed it! From the mistakes to the numbers written on the PVC, that's me. Awesome job Brother 😀 I gotta check out that Hayward chlorinator.

Yay do more

Overall, not bad. I'll give you some comments here on what I consider "the good", "the bad", and "the ugly". First, the good: hats off to using the double-45 instead of a 90 going from the skimmer to the pump. I don't know if you picked this up on RU-vid or if they told you this at the store where you picked up the PVC, but for those that don't know...every 90 degree joint is the equivalent of adding 10 feet of pipe. It is a huge flow restriction. Using a double-45 is preferred, but if you must use a 90 you should use what's called a "long sweep" one. Another one for the "good" list is that you properly turned the pipe when cementing them, to get better coverage on the seal. Lastly, good job on proper use of unions, in case anything needs to be serviced in the future, for easy removal. Next, the bad: there's actually a number of issues here. Though you did turn the pipes when cementing, you aren't holding them long enough. You need to hold them for at least 20 seconds, though about 45 seconds is ideal. The chemical reaction when bonding PVC causes them to push away from each other. You can actually clearly see this happening at about 13:15 when connecting the pipe into the valve, as it pushes out while you're looking at it. That's almost certainly going to leak, if not outright fail, within a year or so. Another big problem is that you're cutting pipe with a recip saw...on other pipe, and not braced. This is not only risky to damage the pipe below where you are cutting, but puts an enormous amount of stress on the other joints in the line (in this case, the connection going to the pool, after the valve). If you have to cut in place, have somebody hold the pipe tightly against them (a safe distance from the saw), to reduce vibration and keep the pipe from banging around near the end of the cut. Lastly, not only did you not do a very good job of de-burring the cut from the recip saw, but you actually forgot to put primer and cement on the pipe side of the union, seen at around 14:45. Lastly, the ugly: do you have your backwash line just pointed straight down, only a couple inches from the sand filter? Or is that just not finished yet? You will be back-washing not just dirty water directly next to your setup; but if you have to drain the pool to winterize it where you live (I don't know where that is), then you will be dumping potentially 1000+ gallons of water directly next to your pump/filter setup. That volume of water is going to weaken the soil under your concrete pads, and cause the ground to shift. That shift will put stress on the PVC joints, and will be another potential point of failure in the future. You need to plumb that correctly, to divert the back-wash away from the area properly. Just my thoughts...

greetings and thank you for video, what is that filter on the return from the sand filter ?

Clear silicone sealant works just as good as Teflon tape on the fitting threads.

We are in the market for our first above ground pool. I enjoyed your video for the PVC plumbing of your pump and filter. GREAT JOB! Did you choose the pump and filter system yourself (as an upgrade to what would’ve come with the pool)? We are looking at a 24x52. What size is your pump? Also, is it a salt system?

Has there been any issues installing the chlorinator up in the air from the weight of chlorine tablets? Anything you have changed piping wise?

Lmao I noticed the mistake and then all I heard was “ohh man I screwed up bad. Lmao

how you did the out from the pool? mines always leaks water from the wall of the pool

Is there a major benefit to installing this PVC system compared to just utilizing the soft pool hose and hose clamps that originally came with the filter system? I've only had my above ground pool for one season, but I don't find that my pool hoses leak at all, so I'm wondering why I should consider the added expense and labor of switching to PVC. Asking sincerely because I don't know. Thank you.

Don't use a saw to cut your pipes use a pvc cutter. Also what do you do during the winter. Leave everything hooked up or cut it off so you can put it up

Do you have any issues with your inline chlorinator reducing the output flow back to the return jet? Is that the 4lb or 9lb model?

Can you let me know what did you do to get the skimmer back to 1.5 inch pipe. This is my problem. I need to know what to use from the skimmer and jet to get back to the pipe. Please send the name of the pieces you used for the start of this.

Measure twice, cut once, dry fit first.

Could you put on the description everything needed for this project and price

What tipe and size threads are on that sand filter

Is your PVC 1.5 or 2 inches?

how about a parts list?

You never showed us your trick to not have the water from the pool coming out when you cut the pipe. What did you do?

That’s gonna leak

Ur wrapping the tape backwards

Please don't make videos like this if you have no clue what you're doing.