Ryan McFarland

It has been a while. At work i have been trying to get the old pool working again. Here’s the pump that was causing the problems…

It turned out to be just fine. After that was wrapped up we ended up having a leak on some of the early 70s vintage aluminum plumbing. We couldn’t unbolt the section that was bad because the bolts were so corroded. See?

So we cut out the bad section and replaced it - not that we have those parts just sitting around though. Turned the system on and one of the fittings we made with the 6″ pvc pipe blew open. Ten gallons were coming out of that pipe in one second. If it was pumping into a large gas tank it would have been full in under three seconds. We got that fixed and for some reason we have had problems getting the pool to warm up correctly. Then this afternoon another fitting blew apart. It took me an hour and a half or so but it is reassembled and we hope it stays together for a while now.
We had to run the filter a little harder than usual because we ended up pumping some really brown water into the pool.

All this and my usual staff has not been available - i have had temp maintenance staff that is not familiar with the systems or facility as my primary help along with the assistance of quite a few different city departments. I’m now trying to clear up my email and the piles that have formed on my desk. It’s bad.