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A Relaxing Labor Day Project (NOT!): Underground Electrical
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John @ AZ DIY Guy
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So the pool's a swamp again, despite battling with all the modern chemical weaponry at my disposal. It's time to throw in the towel. We give up. It's either a dump truck full of fill-dirt or we scratch together enough money to replace all of our pool's mechanical equipment. Since a dump truck won't fit into the back yard (and I'm out voted 3 to 1), we're replacing the pool equipment, next Saturday. It's a spendy proposition. Do you hear the sound of our kitchen remodel disappearing? Those new, energy-efficient windows slipping from our grasp?
Even though I'd proclaimed it a no-project weekend, I started excavating the slab the equipment is sitting on. I thought I'd be nice and hopefully avoid the cost creep of having a pool tech digging at $80 / hour before dropping down a new slab. I dug it out pretty quickly. But it all went wrong from there...
Read the whole exciting tale in the blog!
Even though I'd proclaimed it a no-project weekend, I started excavating the slab the equipment is sitting on. I thought I'd be nice and hopefully avoid the cost creep of having a pool tech digging at $80 / hour before dropping down a new slab. I dug it out pretty quickly. But it all went wrong from there...
Read the whole exciting tale in the blog!
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Published September 6th, 2013 9:51 PM
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Mike Miller on Jan 25, 2015Stop dumping the backwash directly onto the conduit I can see from the pics thats why your conduit is rusted through..The ph will destroy the plastic faster than it did the steel...Also Hayward equipment requires 2" pipe I noticed whatever shady company built your pool used the wrong size pipe coming from your motor... best way to describe it what if your arteries were shrunk 25%?
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John @ AZ DIY Guy on Jan 25, 2015Thanks Mike. We inherited this mess when we bought the house. Luckily most of the pipes have been replaced when we upgraded the filter and pump. Plus, no more back washing!
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