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I have been working the last few days to get my mother-in-law's house and our rental back in operation, cleaned up the mess at home by rolling up 275' of extension cords, portable heaters, and putting away the generator, and today turned my attention to the pool. It's been shut off since Tuesday, the pumps and filters were frozen solid and there was 4½" of ice on the pool. The ½" PVC manifold feeding the pool fill and a hose bibb is broken into pieces, but the pool plumbing looked OK after a quick visual inspection.
After powering it up, I discovered the top of one of the 2" three port Jandy valves is fractured, so off I went to Leslie's, a block from my house. After working my way to the front of the line, the clerk just smiled at my request, so off I went to a budget store a few blocks away. There were people lined up three deep at the counter.
I told the salesperson what I needed, she said I could prepay, she would put me on the list, and I could expect the valve in two to three weeks.
Four years ago we did a spa delete, and the valve in question was originally used to divert the heater discharge to the spa. Since we don't have the spa anymore, removing the valve and repiping it is the answer for this problem. I'm doing that now, already had the fittings needed.
The crowds at the pool supply stores are sumpthin' else.
After powering it up, I discovered the top of one of the 2" three port Jandy valves is fractured, so off I went to Leslie's, a block from my house. After working my way to the front of the line, the clerk just smiled at my request, so off I went to a budget store a few blocks away. There were people lined up three deep at the counter.
I told the salesperson what I needed, she said I could prepay, she would put me on the list, and I could expect the valve in two to three weeks.
Four years ago we did a spa delete, and the valve in question was originally used to divert the heater discharge to the spa. Since we don't have the spa anymore, removing the valve and repiping it is the answer for this problem. I'm doing that now, already had the fittings needed.
The crowds at the pool supply stores are sumpthin' else.
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