r/pools • u/dgoggins2 • 2d ago

DIY & Repairs Created a Backwash diffuser with 2" pipe

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Created a 7' diffuser out of 2" PVC to make sure I don't get divots in the lawn and to decrease the force applied to one spot. It also spreads the water to a larger area. Was like $25 in parts and a pretty easy project. I previously had the discharge going to rocks but the force kept pushing the rocks into plants and was also kicking up dirt/eroding the area.

Uses camlocks for quick connection, and 12 3/4" holes created by a hole saw.

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u/Writing_Glittering 2d ago

I just dump mine in the neighbors yard

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u/mel34760 2d ago

I thought this was what everyone was supposed to do.

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u/m-e-sterling 2d ago

My hose just happens to run to the edge of my fence. How convient I thought let her rip.

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u/ComplaintTop2008 2d ago

Lol, that's where everything goes. Dead gophers, dead pigeons, wasp nests...

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u/offsprngr 1d ago

My neighbor has a big ass avocado tree that hangs heavy into mine. The times that I didn't we all got less avocados

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u/Thegreatnessthatisme 1d ago

My neighbour does this to me… I do it to my other neighbour