How To Repair A Fiberglass Pool Filter

I've noticed that I've been having to add water to the pool a lot lately. Well, it's been over 100 degrees for several weeks, and then that makes sense, right? Well, after paying attention to the pool equipment yesterday, I noticed water leaking from beneath the puddle filter. Since I was planning on cleaning it anyhow, I took it apart equally I normally do a couple of times a yr for a thorough cleaning.

Inspecting the bottom of the tub, I noticed a stress fracture as the source of the leak.

Checking around for a replacement lesser housing, I institute that part number DEX2400AIT is no longer bachelor. I judge after 10 1/2 years they desire to sell you a new filter. Well mine is all the same in good condition. It fifty-fifty has all the original elements with no tears or holes!

Leslies pool supply has a special correct now. I tin get an equivalent filter for only $799 less xv%! I tin shop around online and observe ane in the $500-$600 range. Ouch! Did I tell yous I'm cheap? And so, I decided to attempt a repair. It is fiberglass, after all, and fiberglass gets repaired all the time.

I went to Lowes and found some repair epoxy that stated it was suitable for fiberglass. It price about $15.00. I probably could've lived with purchasing the $5 corporeality in the syringe, only what the heck, it was a lot cheaper than $600 or $700.

Later removing the lower pipe from the tub, you could also see the fissure from the inside. I took some l or eighty grit sandpaper and roughed up the area and blew out the grit and debris. So I mixed up some of the two-role epoxy.

I practical the epoxy patch in a highly unprofessional style, using a plastic putty pocketknife that I purchased for 84 cents. I allowed the epoxy to cure overnight, as I had some additional work to do on the physical slab the filter sits on.

Due to the backlog water from the leak, the slab had sunk down on one side, so I used a six' long pry bar (Harbor Freight, one of my favorite stores) and had my wife pry up while I tamped sand underneath. Appears to have worked well, as it is now much more level with the other end.

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I assembled the filter and fired information technology upward and, and so far, it is water tight again. I'll let yous know if information technology continues to hold.

Savings for this projection:

$799 less 15% for new filter $679 + 0.0825 sales revenue enhancement = $735 to replace the filter
$xv for patching epoxy
$14 for 120 lbs. of sand (only used $7 worth)
$735 – $15 – $fourteen = $706

Update 2022-01-08

I noticed it was leaking once again, except this time it was leaking around the seal expanse at the midsection of the filter body. Externally, I could come across a crack that was forming around the midsection. After taking it apart, I could run across the area that was leaking.

I sanded the entire surface area with 80 grit sandpaper and purchased some marine epoxy from Dwelling house Depot. This stuff says it will actually cure underwater. I mixed some up on a slice of paper-thin and used a popsicle stick to apply it.

Continuing with my highly unprofessional repair, I spread information technology beyond the entire area that had a stress line showing. The actual leaking surface area was simply about 4 inches in length.

You can see my previous repair has yellowed, only it is yet belongings!

I'm going to cheque out a stainless steel filter torso that I plant on Craigslist. If it connects to my backwash filter and accepts the aforementioned filter elements (which I believe it does), I'll probably supersede the fiberglass torso with a stainless steel body.

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