Piping & Plumbing is essentially your pool filter system's veins and arteries. If they get blocked up, you are almost guaranteed to have a problem. Having blocked pipes on your pool will most certainly hinder the pump and filter's performance.

Plumbing or piping comes in various shapes and sizes, and depends on the needs of your pool and its equipment.

• 3/4" - 1" Rigid PVC lines are generally used for pool cleaner lines with dedicated booster pumps.
• 1 1/4" Lines are most commonly found on above ground filter systems using a flex hose or Blowmolded plastic hose.
• 1 1/2" - 2" Rigid PVC or Flexible PVC lines are usually found on in-ground swimming pools.
• 3" - 4" Rigid PVC lines are found on high water flow systems, like Negative edge or Zero edge pools, or waterfalls.

You'd be amazed at how many feet of plumbing is needed to run a typical pool. Some pools have upwards of 1,000 feet of pipe buried under their pool! Of course, this would be a tremendous pool, with multiple skimmers, returns, a spa with ten or more heads, main drain, pool cleaner, waterfall, and maybe even a fountain thrown in for delighting guests at parties. The average 20 x 40 foot swimming pool has between 150 and 190 feet of plumbing, depending on how far the filter system is from the pool.