swimming pool hoses blowing off
 

I've had a problem the last couple of years with my filter hoses
blowing off and draining gobs of water from my above ground swimming
pool. I backwash weekly, have the hoses clamped securely (I can pull
back very hard and they don't come off). Last blow off, after I spent
5 hours filling the pool back up, I immediately did a backwash and the
filter water was clear. However, in the pool there was some sand a
debris that wasn't there prior to the blow off.

Its gotten to the point that I only run the skimmer when I can keep an
eye on the pool so I don't loose the pump after a hose comes off
(about 5 hours a day now) This is becoming impracticle with this
year's weather and the algae that creeps in.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to try?

Thanks, Tim

swimming pool hoses blowing off
 

I have an above ground pool and I have never had this happen. Obviously
check your connections to ensure that they are tight.
I know it's silly but check to make sure that your hoses are routed properly
in the correct orientation (outflow and inflow corresponding to inlet and
outlet from pump.)

Good luck.

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"Tim McKee" wrote in message
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I've had a problem the last couple of years with my filter hoses
blowing off and draining gobs of water from my above ground swimming
pool. I backwash weekly, have the hoses clamped securely (I can pull
back very hard and they don't come off). Last blow off, after I spent
5 hours filling the pool back up, I immediately did a backwash and the
filter water was clear. However, in the pool there was some sand a
debris that wasn't there prior to the blow off.

Its gotten to the point that I only run the skimmer when I can keep an
eye on the pool so I don't loose the pump after a hose comes off
(about 5 hours a day now) This is becoming impracticle with this
year's weather and the algae that creeps in.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to try?

Thanks, Tim

swimming pool hoses blowing off
 

On 3 Jul 2003 06:13:03 -0700, (Tim McKee) wrote:

I've had a problem the last couple of years with my filter hoses
blowing off and draining gobs of water from my above ground swimming
pool. I backwash weekly, have the hoses clamped securely (I can pull
back very hard and they don't come off). Last blow off, after I spent
5 hours filling the pool back up, I immediately did a backwash and the
filter water was clear. However, in the pool there was some sand a
debris that wasn't there prior to the blow off.

Its gotten to the point that I only run the skimmer when I can keep an
eye on the pool so I don't loose the pump after a hose comes off
(about 5 hours a day now) This is becoming impracticle with this
year's weather and the algae that creeps in.

Does anyone have any ideas on what to try?

Thanks, Tim

Remove the tapered fittings and replace them with barbed ones.

swimming pool hoses blowing off
 

Remove the tapered fittings and replace them with barbed ones.

tnom,

Sounds like good advice.

I was wondering, did you have the problem I spoke of or did
you plumbing come installed that way?


-Tim

swimming pool hoses blowing off
 

"Tim McKee" wrote in message
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Remove the tapered fittings and replace them with barbed ones.

Aquafresh and perhaps other manufacturers now
make screw-fit connection couplers, which I used
between skimmer and pump this season (replacing
clamped friction-fit connectors.) You have to use lots
of plumber's teflon tape (6 turns on the threads and
total 9 in the right angle beyond the threads, as Sam
at the pool store advised: no leaks) but this will be a
lot easier to disassemble next winter.

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
dphillipson[at]trytel.com