Cankoo's pool
04-26-2012, 03:10 PM
I started a post, and now do'nt know where it went.
Anyway. I took over the pool from a pool guy few months back. things have been ok. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that my skimmer basket was floating, and as a result I had lots of stuff in the filter before the pump. I spent some time making sure I did not have a skimmer clog as a result. No clog.
So I started to poke around further, and I noticed that my waste line (which is plumbed to the street) is not wet. When I put the filter on waste, shouldn't the water be emptying onto the street? I think it did before.
So I backwashed for a long time, 10 mins, that is supposed to go to the street, right?
Then I rinsed same amt of time. Then I put back to normal filter, and wham all this junk comes into the pool. It is now cloudy.
There is some kind of valve on the waste line, that doesn't seem to want to open or close very well. Should I be opening that to allow the waste to leave? I have managed to budge this a little, and it is leaking when I have it on backwash. But only a little. And there is still no water coming out onto the street.
Also, am I supposed to be vacuuming on the waste setting. That doesn't work either. The vacuum has no suction on the waste setting. So I vacuumed on the regular filter setting. So that was probably not a good idea.
I think I have determined that my waste line is plugged?
I would call a pool guy, but I know they will charge me arm and a leg and I don't trust them.
Please help,
Jen
Anyway. I took over the pool from a pool guy few months back. things have been ok. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that my skimmer basket was floating, and as a result I had lots of stuff in the filter before the pump. I spent some time making sure I did not have a skimmer clog as a result. No clog.
So I started to poke around further, and I noticed that my waste line (which is plumbed to the street) is not wet. When I put the filter on waste, shouldn't the water be emptying onto the street? I think it did before.
So I backwashed for a long time, 10 mins, that is supposed to go to the street, right?
Then I rinsed same amt of time. Then I put back to normal filter, and wham all this junk comes into the pool. It is now cloudy.
There is some kind of valve on the waste line, that doesn't seem to want to open or close very well. Should I be opening that to allow the waste to leave? I have managed to budge this a little, and it is leaking when I have it on backwash. But only a little. And there is still no water coming out onto the street.
Also, am I supposed to be vacuuming on the waste setting. That doesn't work either. The vacuum has no suction on the waste setting. So I vacuumed on the regular filter setting. So that was probably not a good idea.
I think I have determined that my waste line is plugged?
I would call a pool guy, but I know they will charge me arm and a leg and I don't trust them.
Please help,
Jen