Above Ground Pool PVC Sprinkler DIY - Cool Your Pool!
Вставка
- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- Please like and subscribe!
I live in Texas where the water gets HOT on hot days. I have a Bestway above ground pool with an Intex pump and filter. Intex sells a pool sprinkler that is all but impossible to find this time of year. With a little ingenuity and determination, it's easy to create your own DIY pool sprinkler that's cheaper and better than any on the market.
My goal was to build a sprinkler system while accomplishing 3 goals:
1 - Cheaper than buying one on the market
2 -Able to use a T-junction from the filter to the pool so that I could easily choose to divert the outbound water to the standard outlet and/or the sprinkler
3 -COOL THE POOL
I was also able to find a way to use one standard PVC fitting to convert the Intex standard tubes to PVC.
I certainly didn't create these ideas, but I was able to use many ideas from other UA-camrs to create inspiration for this system.
I hope this helps you out. Please like and subscribe! - Навчання та стиль
watched this vid this morning . and it inspired me to make one similar but with left over 1 1/2" pipe topped off with 15 mm plastic pipe for the sprinkler head with holes drilled. so thanks for the inspiration .
Glad it could help!
1-1/2” sched 40 box adapter fits absolutely perfectly for the adapter.
Very smart and really well explained. Lots of great ideas and tips. In the UK we can only wish for your temps once every 10 years.
Well the great thing is that it works oppositely as well. In other words, if you want to WARM your pool, you run the sprinkler during the hottest part of the day.
Very nice video and I like how you explained everything you did
Hope it helps!
I wish we still had 2 years ago prices. I guess it’s just a matter of how bad you wanna cool down the pool. There’s days when our 18ft pool feels like a jacuzzi and not even enjoyable. Great video.!
Also, I recommend the Hayward SP1091LX Dyna-Skimmer. It works 10 times better than the one you have. I was afraid to cut into the liner at first but I don’t regret it.
I did that too! Check out my other video!
I have the opposite issue - need to do whatever I can to heat the pool - using a home made solar heater, 600' of 1/2" irrigation tubing, and an 800gph utility pump. works great especially combined with a solar blanket.
I wish that was my problem! The TX heat has my pool at 90+°...and it's only mid-June!
Nice job here!
Thanks!
I did mine almost exactly like yours but I used one hard pvc pipe instead of a flexible pvc. My pool is coleman like yours 18´. Thank you for share your ideas Sir.
Glad it helps! Thanks!
@@getitdone308 I followed your instructions and it was easy (your tutorial was amazing and easy to understand). I'm going to see the pressure of the pump to see how it works.
Thanks a lot!
Awesome!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Can you please subscribe on my channel
NICE CANT WAIT TO GET MY 3000 gph pump set up so i can add this i actually had the garden sprinkler that goes left and rite hooked up to the water hose its wuz an ok set up bt now that i have a new pump should be able to handle the pressure for this nice setup.
Keep an eye out for TOO MUCH pressure. Too much through the sprinkler will just blow out the sprinkler. A 3000 gph pump will need to be able to "bleed" water into the pool in addition to whatever goes through the sprinkler.
Excellent - i need another fountain as my weird hackjob floating around in the pool works good, but is cumbersome and I have to get in it to set in the middle all the time.
Question: Is the hex PVC bushing you use off of the intex nut go from 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" or the other way around?
The Intex male thread off the filter (in my case, the saltwater generator), is 1 1/2"...as was the Intex tube/pipe I used to get the female nut. So I didn't have to change from 1 1/4" on my system.
I’m watching your video and realizing I have my hoses hooked up backwards lol
Well...that won't work! Hope this helps! Check out my other videos. Maybe you'll find other helpful tips!
Great video. Do you think using 1/4 in pvc would be a better option? When you turned off the plunger valve what did the pressure gauge jump to on the pump?
Hi Ashay,
I found that when I turned the plunger completely closed, the pressure spiked too much for my comfort. Likely if I added a few more sprinkler ends to the fixture, that would have been fine, but it wouldn't have given enough pressure/throw/arch to the sprayer, thus making it ineffective as a "cooler".
What I found is best is to turn the plunger closed, but not all the way (with those plungers, you can easily turn them open/closed, but there's one final "push" that takes a little more pressure that actually opens or closes it). So if I close it, but only until I feel the resistance of that final twist of the plunger, I get a little flow out the regular outlet and the 3 sprinklers throw the water about 25% of the way into the pool. My pressure remains exactly the same on the pump. So I consider that a win/win/win (pump pressure is the same/sprinklers have sufficient throw/pool still cools)!
Great videos. You have certainly taught me a few things. I liked the filter to pvc connector. I have a solar pad that the water travels thru after my filter. It water warms up then heads back into the pool. I found last year that the water moved too quickly thru the pad and doesn't absorb much heat. Someone suggested a 3 way diverter (after the filter) to reduce the water going to the pad and increase the water going back to the pool. Slowing down the water thru the pad should allow it to absorb more heat. I noticed at the end of this video, you use the plunger valve to control the water going to the sprinkler. Do you think a plunger valve would work for me or do you think the the diverter is a better idea. Is a plunger valve basically a simpler version of a 3 way diverter. Thanks
Thanks! I think a plunger valve will do the same thing. It slows the water flow by as much as you turn it. The trick is to not close it too much and have too much pressure for your pump. (Think about what happens when you run your pump and the valve is closed....WAY too much pressure).
@@getitdone308 Good point about the pressure. Hey I also wanted to ask you about your wood stairs/ladder. Hows that working out. You used pressure treated lumber correct. Any tips or tricks if someone wanted to do something similar.
Works great...even 3 years later. I did use pressure treated. In hindsight I would use regular lumber (to save money). But I've had zero water quality issues. It's been awesome!
ua-cam.com/video/QP9lvq23BTg/v-deo.html
FYI a heat gun and a little time and you can bend the rigid pvc for your needs.
Good idea
What was the total cost of the project? It seems like it would be cheaper just to buy a waterfall feature from intex. Also, does it effect flow at all? Seems like a lot of points for things to fail with so many different fittings.
The total cost of the project was about $20 (excluding the flexible PVC). I excluded that from the cost because it didn't really have anything to do with the sprinkler...just a hose upgrade. That said, the PVC was about $30. The only reason I went this route is because I wanted a sprinkler system and not a waterfall system. Intex (used to) sell both, but last year, I couldn't find one for the life of me. When I did, it was over $100.
Really, nothing was negatively affected. The sprinkler worked fine, the pump worked fine, and I got cooler water.
That said, I did upgrade again this year to a Hayward external skimmer which came with a standard eyeball inlet. Because of that, I can get an off-the-shelf sprinkler to insert in the inlet (which I did) and will be using. That was only about $30 total. I'll post a video soon on it.
Try ading lamp to fountain
That would be cool! Needs to he safe though. Water and electricity don't mix.
do you have the parts list for this project?
I don't. The video shows what I used though
Good Afternoon, concerning the flex pvc, is that a 1.25 or 1.5
1.5
@@getitdone308 thanks. Also on the end where you made the coupling to fit the intex nut. I have a 1.5 to 1.25 with a coupling. Did you add some type of gasket to keep it from leaking on that end?
Yes. I used one of the Intex gaskets.
@ Get it Done, thanks to you I'm trying to get it done. Now concerning the self made coupling using the intex gasket did you get a full bite on the treads. I tried to get a full bite but it started to slip off the thread. Maybe I need to hammer front the inside of the coupling to make it tighter?
I have almost a full bite (definitely enough)
The secret of cooling the water is the spraying nozzles ....
How does this affect this operating pressure of your system? I like this idea to help cool my water temp.
It will affect the pressure badly...if you do it wrong. For instance, if I close my outlet to the pool completely, it raises the pressure too high. However, the outlet valve closes to basically two positions. The first is an easy turn clockwise until it resists. Then, there's the final twist to close it completely. If I just turn it until it resists, then that still lets some water through the regular outlet and my oressure remains the same as if I wasn't using the sprinkler.
There's a ton of sprinkler systems for pools on the market (that can't be used for above ground pools). They all allow some sort of adjustment to allow water to escape before the sprinkler to reduce pressure. This is the same concept.
In the end, using 3-4 sprinklers made zero impact on my pump pressure, but has kept my water temp cooler between 5-10 degrees.
Do you have a material list
No. But everything is described in the video
Hi i will give you a marvellous idea:
Get 20 pcs of mini irrigation nozzles and drill 20 holes in a pipe and fit them then connect the pipe to a 1/4 hp water pump.
The evaporation effect is enormous.
I can send you photos of mine
The outside temperature is 56 celcius while the pool is 28 celcius
you have a wooden ladder going into your pool ? lol
Yes I do! 3rd year using it. It's awesome!
Lol I see potato 🥔 cannon
It could be!
What happen u had lot of heads now only 3 hmmmm did u not have enough pressure to use all ?.
Yep! Exactly
Ok cool thanks that's the route im taking then awsome video.
Thanks. Hope it helps!
Great video But Please Speak Louder
You can almost triple those prices now lol
Right?! It was great building this system when the cost was so low.
just ice in there
That would be a lot of ice!
Does it cool your pool?
Yes it does. It especially works at night by helping the pool temp start lower than without it. I'd say a good 5 degrees minimum.
Get it Done - Thank you.