PVC piping

[CoffeeBean]

Can anyone post a photo of their pump & filter setup done with PVC tubing?

Thanks

[Poconos]

Coffee,
What specifically are you looking for? Perhaps any pics posted can be targeted to your area of interest. Here's mine located in a poolhouse along with a generator and other goodies. The pipes from the pump and filter are joined with sections of straight auto radiator hose and hose clamps. Cheaper than unions and allows for some movement thus reducing stresses on the threaded joints. Also cuts down on noise conduction.
Al
PS: I know Carl...the electrical panel isn't to code. But up here...who cares?

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[CoffeeBean]

Poconos,

Thanks for the photo. I'm just trying to get an idea of how folks have converted the typical hose and clamp setup to a PVC pipe setup. I guess I'm interested in seeing every aspect of how the PVC fits into their systems and whether they have had any unforseen problems so I can plan for my own for next spring.

You said you still use hose and clamps to lessen the stress on the threaded joints. Any problems with clamps? Did you try all PVC at one point and have a problem?

I've had 3 separate incidents where the clamps let loose and the set up sprung leaks; two minor, one a whopper. I also have a slow leak at the connection between the pump and the hose leaving it to the filter. I temporarily "fixed" that with plumber's putty but I know it's not a permanent fix.

CB

[Poconos]

CB,
I inherited the pool in 97 when I bought the house and had a pool company come in and redoo everything...plumbing, equipment, liner. Was all shot and I knew nothing about pools then. They hard plumbed everything together which is the cheapest and quickest way but you can't take anything apart without cutting pipe. Later I redid the above ground plumbing myself and added the hoses. The auto radiator hoses are relatively soft and I don't have leaking problems. On one pressure line I do have two clamps though. It turns out 1-7/8 radiator hose is a good fit for 1-1/2 PVC pipe. The hose does tend to stick to the pipe and doesn't want to crack loose easily but a thin screwdriver pushed in to break the seal a little and then a pair of channel-locks on the hose will break it loose if you can't do it by hand. Makes it easy to remove the valve assembly for the Winter.
Al

[CoffeeBean]

Sorry it's taken me awhile to respond. Thanks for the photo and the tips. If I understand you correctly, in addition to the PVC pipe, you are also still using hoses and clamps for part of it. Am I correct? Have you had any problems with them. You mentioned "pressure hose". Which one would that be? They all seem to have some amount of pressure behind them from my experience.

Thanks.

CB

[CarlD]

Here's mine. It's very easy to use PVC. Poconos uses auto radiator hose, but I don't know how that holds up to sunlight and UV. I use TigerFlex, which is a flexible form of PVC. In the picture below, the horizontals from the filter are PVC, and the vertical to the pump and the hose-like piece are TigerFlex. Use Schedule 40 fittings on both.

I can roll up the T/F at season's end.