River Filling and Other Tasks

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3 жыл бұрын

Hey Team,
Over the last few days we have been busy getting river and wave ready. It's been crazy busy here at the park, and we are in a crunch to get pools up and going so we can run slides.
It took approximately 16 hours to fill the river, and less than a day to turn it over to make it blue.
I also had a few more repairs on PVC, so I have answered some requests to show my repairs.
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@bradleystannard3492 3 жыл бұрын

Every time he says “good morning team” makes me feel like I’m on his pay roll. Awesome

@junatah5903 3 жыл бұрын

Think we have very different ideas on that sentence.

@ovadiadan 3 жыл бұрын

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@charliepickell2729 3 жыл бұрын

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@TazsTech 3 жыл бұрын

This is probably one of the best on going KZfaq series i've ever seen.

@MoewenFiech 3 жыл бұрын

I have to whole heartedly agree with you!

@DarkVoid60 3 жыл бұрын

ture

@nashsimon8120 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@whiteboysixty5 3 жыл бұрын

This and the abandoned mansion from off the ranch

@divlles 3 жыл бұрын

100% agree love these videos

@FireController1847 3 жыл бұрын

You remind me of a channel called HVACR VIDEOS. It's all about being in the field of work and was originally used as training for employees. I hope to see more "in the field" channels like yours because not only is it entertaining but it also is a great way to spike interest, help people understand what you guys do in the field, and encourage people to do more things like you. I love this channel, super interesting, keep up the great work! :)

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendation, I just subscribed to his channel. I do like his style.

@darkmann12 3 жыл бұрын

I WAS THINKING THAT, HOLY MOLY!

@MrBestboy321 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I know you from somewhere... 🤔

@DrakeDaraitis 2 жыл бұрын

Same. I love and learned a lot from the HVAC guy.

@marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938 2 жыл бұрын

I'm subscribed to HVACR...has the same vibe as this channel...experts on both channels showing their craft...

@mcgherkinstudios 3 жыл бұрын

Such an interesting channel, I feel like waterparks should start doing engineering tours for the parents whilst the kids play :D

@LakeNipissing 3 жыл бұрын

It never hurts to ask! That's how I got to see the 'back room' where the 1,500 HP hydraulic system to operate the wave panels resides at our wave pool.

@Mikeb1001 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean while the kids play? Giant kid here, I just want to be on the slides!

@FormlessDuck 3 жыл бұрын

Is there something wrong with adults playing on waterside?

@NicksMadScience 3 жыл бұрын

I’d have been the kid who wanted to see the tour :)

@gamer0unreleased 3 жыл бұрын

Here from Technology Connections. Cool channel

@alexordway43 3 жыл бұрын

I would love a future video showing the amount of chemicals required to balance all those pools after filling if it’s not too late

@hubbabubba5177 3 жыл бұрын

Usually tap water is mostly balanced on its own and doesn't need much (depends on the area though). For on the fly adjustments, I would guess they have a controller that can test and add chems as needed. Usually commercial has a liquid chlorine, and a muriatic acid pump. But that's my experience for pools you might find in a hotel or a community pool, which are peanuts to this thing lol

@pleasureincontempt3645 Жыл бұрын

@Hubba Bubba the liquid “Chlorine” your are referring to is Sodium Hypochlorite. Chlorine is a Gas and is only ever present as a liquid under the extreme pressures of a gas cylinder. The only time you’ll ever see Chlorine as a gas is in a major accident or war crime. Even mixing Ammonia and Bleach; You’d only ever recover/suffer Chloramine vapor which is deadly in it’s own right, But not the genuine article.

@mauldulated302 3 жыл бұрын

This "behind the scenes" stuff is so cool!

@geebee7529 3 жыл бұрын

My wife is sitting next to me on the couch doing her own thing and not paying attention to what I'm watching. She hears what she thought was "Today we're fixing a crack pipe" and head pops up.

@michaelshepherd733 3 жыл бұрын

Lol....I caught that too

@AntonioRodriguez-vg9yx 3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@synthpro 3 жыл бұрын

Always amazes me all the little things that we take for granted when we visit water parks. Fun to see the lazy river fill and filter stage. As always, thanks for sharing!

@Chezeehat 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, for your catch basket maybe a bit of heavy duty canvas or something to keep the sun off? Can see those handles failing eventually. Just an idea.

@ljmike1204 3 жыл бұрын

Nice please do a draining vid when the season ends

@gunzsman9121 3 жыл бұрын

"Alright team lets do this" lol - Aye Aye, Captain!

@D8W2P4 3 жыл бұрын

>Aye Aye, Captain! OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!

@tascrafts 3 жыл бұрын

What do you guys do with all the pool water when you drain for the season? City storm water drains?

@frazermountford 3 жыл бұрын

Exciting Stuff seeing it come back to life

@fireandcopper 3 жыл бұрын

This stuff is like looking behind a clock face and seeing all the moving parts, it's so cool seeing behind the scenes

@MrGibby48 3 жыл бұрын

It shows the kind of craftsman you are replacing with schedule 80. Good work

@mrlescure 3 жыл бұрын

Technically he's reducing flow by using schedule 80.

@Mikeb1001 3 жыл бұрын

Love when a new video drops from this channel! I'm mainly into theme parks and their rides as I am involved in a theme park channel but we branched out into doing water park videos by request of our viewers so now I find myself watching this stuff as well!

@Aureus_Arma 3 жыл бұрын

Typhoon Texas!! Been here on a school trip super fun!! They have a ride where you stand in a tube and the floor drops from beneath almost sending you into a free fall finishing with an awesome slide. Great to see the inner workings of this amazing place.

@The3800Bird 3 жыл бұрын

Love these videos! Thank you.

@ryan023rw 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend you get extra orings for that filter and keep they stocks. We run these filters at work so have a lot of experience with them. Be careful not to over tighten the little filler cap on the top they snap off easy and break off inside the lids. We had to run bigger holed metal filters in ours but for general water application you should be good.

@nicolehall2177 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 cracks me up knowing there’s so many other people in the wild that enjoy watching pool water get shocked. Awesome

@lukeos1160 3 жыл бұрын

Few questions: 1. How do you start/stop and drain the attractions? 2. Are you the owner of the park? 3. Do you like the job that you do?

@BoomerKeith1 3 жыл бұрын

The closest I've come to working on a waterpark or working on a swimming pool is actually swimming in the pool, yet this video was recommended to me and I'm so glad it was. This stuff is so fascinating to me. Subscribed!

@collindolan5493 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and am so excited to watch your videos! Thank you for taking the time to make these!

@jamesdent802 3 жыл бұрын

Use a silver spray paint on the pvc pipe. It helps to bounce the uv rays off so the pipe lasts longer. Also if code would allow you too electrical pvc conduit is uv resistant and works great.

@181suydam 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great video!! I always wondered how it was done. Thanks for the insight and explanation! I love pool hydraulics!

@Wijnamar 3 жыл бұрын

Cant wait for the next one

@LakeNipissing 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are fascinating. Water parks, wave pools and the machines to operate them are awesome! I wish they would refill our wave pool again soon, so the surf club can surf again in the evenings.

@RockDragoness82 2 жыл бұрын

Do glad I followed this channel!

@zunkman1 3 жыл бұрын

Did you ever have so many people in a pool that, when they got out, the water was too low for the filters?

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, no, the surge pits also take all that over flow

@gigatheprotogen 3 жыл бұрын

@@thepoolguy Why do I have a feeling this is at Schlitterbahn lol

@c7adventures376 2 жыл бұрын

@@gigatheprotogen i see that big Texas flag 🇨🇱 ... my only question is?? Do they have a Whataburger on site?? 🍔🤠🤘

@juanlemod 3 жыл бұрын

I just came across your channel. I’m subscribed. Thank you for the awesome content. I always had a fascination with what goes on behind the scenes of waterparks. This is very intriguing to me. I hope one day in the future I have the opportunity to visit many waterparks around the world. I loved them as a kid, so I hope I get to revisit them as an adult.

@professorxangus 2 жыл бұрын

I have a burning hatred for all lazy rivers that stemmed from my fear of pool drains, but even though I don’t like em, I will admit all the engineering that goes into these is impressive.

@memphis618 3 жыл бұрын

cool

@chickslice 3 жыл бұрын

This was great to watch!

@parker02311 3 жыл бұрын

I love learning about how your park runs I would love to see more videos in the future.

@mitchellcrazyeye 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see it, keep up the great work!

@alec1889 3 жыл бұрын

This was so amazing to watch. Lol

@Rugsadventures 2 жыл бұрын

Very wise upgrading at repairs 💰👍 also cool idea saving that concrete that's saves a chunk of cash on quickcrete and forms

@snownek-6236 3 жыл бұрын

Split ring hanger and beam clamp. Solve all your hanging issues. Also get wye strainers with npt threads on the clean out. Just install a ball valve and blow it out.

@AdventuresonTour 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome channel.. I've been waiting to see these videos..

@williamfrost5221 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE GOING TO TYPHOON TEXAS HOPE I CAN MEET YOU SOME DAY

@diogor420 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video! I really liked the timelapses!

@tuftsjon 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing like watching a pool fill

@nyler10 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as always. Please go into some detail on the pump house control systems in future episodes 😃

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Check out my Wave pool video, I go through the systems in that one.

@nyler10 3 жыл бұрын

@@thepoolguy yeah its a great video. I spoke to you about locking out your power when you released the video. Keep them coming, I love technical details 👍

@DarkVoid60 3 жыл бұрын

i cant wait to see the wave pool fill

@kylepettigrew6764 3 жыл бұрын

Keep it up !! Love your vids so awesome

@PanicattheDispatch 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore this series 😍!

@grantclap 3 жыл бұрын

Just curious why that pipe requires a catch basin. Does the pump that supplies the slide not have one already? I’m guessing this one has a smaller screen to catch anything that could clog the jet, where the main one has a larger screen as to not impede the flow of the water too much?

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

So commercial pumps of this size do not include a "strainer" basket.

@oldredcoonhound2182 3 жыл бұрын

Put some sand bags under your pipe to prevent stress from pressure from jumping or standing on it.

@KevinBenecke 3 жыл бұрын

It would e neat to have some drone footage during the fill cycles of all these attractions.

@FerretyWeasel 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when you showed us the pits earlier on, and from the video you could tell they were large, but somehow now that they're full of water it's different. You can tell just how MASSIVE those pits are when you see the water in them. One of those pits is probably larger than your average backyard pool! lol Are you ever going to talk chemicals? I have a backyard pool and I've read about saltwater systems, Bromine vs Chlorine, liquid shock versus powder, different types of algaecide, and all that jazz. Wonder what you think of all that and what you use there. How much chlorine you must go through. Probably get it by the pallet!

@dustin9035 3 жыл бұрын

Layin Pipe!

@jcadult101 3 жыл бұрын

Arizona sun, PVC gets coated with white spray paint or it's done in a summer. Snapping ball valve handles off at $10 a pop (2" returns) really sucks.

@SanguisAngelus1 3 жыл бұрын

This makes me miss working as an Aqua Tech at Water Country USA. Good ole days.

@sams7655 3 жыл бұрын

Freshly peed in! Good job

@gravelydon7072 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting motor start. Only the 150 HP ones we had had a soft starter. They were two steps to full speed. The smaller ones all were hit the button and watch them run. And the item you look in is a "sight glass", not a site glass. ;-)

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Oof, good catch on my grammar. Didn't think that one through.... although that sight glass is on site....

@gravelydon7072 3 жыл бұрын

@@thepoolguy Lol! Wouldn't it still be a sight glass if it was off site? ;-)

@JT-qf4it 3 жыл бұрын

That white pvc pipe does not like uv. Should paint any exposed white pipe to protect it from the sun.

@badgimp4577 3 жыл бұрын

What's the water bill run to fill the park?

@almosthuman4457 3 жыл бұрын

something huge you can do for super cheap. get some barbs and tubing for those topside bleeder port valves. run that down to the floor. the tubing also acts as a sight glass to see when you're flowing liquid. look at the corrosion on the equipment. you can also leave those valves slightly cracked to deal with built up dissolved gasses from turbulent flow.

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this has been talked about a few times as an option, but honestly, we kind of enjoy the water splashing down during a fresh filter cleanup and a super hot Texas summer evening..... but yes, gotta work on corrosion. Thanks for the comment

@Bigwolf8412 3 жыл бұрын

Wish Salt Lake city utah would get off there back sides and have someone like u come and rebuild the water park that here they let it go so bad needs to be fully rebuild from the ground up

@Dewalt94 3 жыл бұрын

Holla ya boi for the pool work 😆

@TheSotexy2 2 жыл бұрын

typhoon texas. a great park!

@dougackerman4182 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video

@ilovefunnyamv2nd 3 жыл бұрын

Im just working on adding water features to a natural pond, got an old submerisble waste pump... I really have no buisness being here about comercial plumbing and filtering systems, but I watched most of the video anyway...

@gen2mediainc.577 3 жыл бұрын

water park maintenance is cool apparently

@OpressivePeach 3 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s the water park right next to me

@LakeNipissing 3 жыл бұрын

Low point drain: "Once bitten, twice shy"

@chickslice 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the music in this one :)

@TheM750 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't you paint the PVC piping that's outdoors to help stop UV making it brittle?

@FireAlarmHowTooGuy 3 жыл бұрын

You know it is a good day when ThePoolGuy uploads to KZfaq.

@EthanSeville 3 жыл бұрын

You know it a good day when youtube recommends him on the yt home page well at least on mine

@FireAlarmHowTooGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@EthanSeville Exactly

@jacksonmoyer461 3 жыл бұрын

Any concern of the concrete slab underneath the strainer shifting over time and damaging the pipe connections? I'm sure its very heavy, but in my mind the rocks underneath as well as the ground eroding over time would lead to some shifting and strain on the connections.

@kickinwiccan1345 2 жыл бұрын

Why not take the plugs out of the bottoms of the pipes in the gully washer when you are winterizing you can put the missing panel in storage for the winter along with the plugs so if any water dies get in the pipes it can drain out instead of being able to fill the pipe freeze and break it

@Sarah_270 Жыл бұрын

8:05 Er.. that is certainly not what's coming out of my taps thank you very much!!!

@gamingvoyager9540 3 жыл бұрын

Cover the pipes with small cut tarps

@aaronholcomb8609 3 жыл бұрын

Very curious if there is a delta p danger at the bottom of those surge pits with those suction inlets

@sithrebel1548 3 жыл бұрын

You're definitely dead if you end up in the pit lol

@DocNo27 3 жыл бұрын

And here we go!

@too_slicks5583 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine him being your uncle omgggg

@sublimedkardon 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, if you do time lapse shots of the sight glasses again etc try to put a clock or something in shot to help get a sense of the time passed.

@deltaforce4921 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@credit__devin 2 жыл бұрын

I love like 10 minutes from this place it’s typhoon texas

@PalmPeakMarketing 3 жыл бұрын

I still haven’t seen my suggestion for testing the wave machine when u fill it and seeing the blowers in the room in action.

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

I promise, it's one the way

@PalmPeakMarketing 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, thanks!

@Studio23Media 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is super interesting

@mrunixman1579 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@martinbeirne7621 3 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to have a pre filter of the hydrant water as it’s being filled. This would cut down on wear of the more expensive filters and not add any additional dirt/debris to the attractions. Would it cut down on setup time

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

I didnt know they had anything like that. I would say that turning over a pool with my filters is actually simple, so I think It wouldn't be cost effective.

@gaelguerrero2335 3 жыл бұрын

Finally something good on trending

@qeijkak 3 жыл бұрын

How do you avoid waterhammer situations? Is turning valves on slowly enough to mitigate it, or do you have special valves to soften the instantaneous pressure?

@LibraryAngel 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to be there NOW to watch the magic happen! I would love to see it all in action WITHOUT mass humanity

@openroadtravels181 3 жыл бұрын

Typhoon Texas!!! I lived 30 mins from here.

@daltondrummer 3 жыл бұрын

Woo Typhoon Texas

@searchfield 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just chilling, smoking some weed and watching things fill up with water... anyone else?

@philswift9431 3 жыл бұрын

Hi creator on the rise

@drewh9639 3 жыл бұрын

Song "Top Down" Artist: Berner

@darrenvaughan5915 2 жыл бұрын

I would have just added a 2nd filter with by-pass controls to switch between one filter to the other filter so you wouldn't need to shut down the system

@ericnewton5720 3 жыл бұрын

Do you shut down and restart each morning or just leave some or all of it running at night?

@thepoolguy 3 жыл бұрын

Filters run 24/7, attractions are shut down and inspected daily

@Iri5hman 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I live right next to the water park, thats wild

@BenKempa 3 жыл бұрын

What would that bottom port be used for on that new larger strainer you installed on the concrete?

@perstaffanlundgren 3 жыл бұрын

Why don't build a wood box over the equipment that's placed on suitable locations for constructing the box on? That will protect both from mechanical damage as well as UV light.