replacement part for Hayward vari-flo valve?

[alisonquilts]

Thanks!

And "yikes!" about the suction strength. Is killing the pump when the vacuum head gets stuck the only way to release the head? Or is there a vacuuming technique I can use (while vacuuming to waste) that prevents it from sticking in the first place; it was killing my back to move the vacuum even before it got stuck, because it was sucking so hard.

Alison

[PoolDoc]

Do you have a main drain? Can you leave the main drain valve partially open, while vacuuming?

That would probably be the safest, and best way.

[alisonquilts]

I do have a main drain, and I will try that if it becomes a problem again. I just got back from the pool store and it turns out that at least part of the sticking problem was that the brushes on my vacuum head needed to be replaced. Chalk another problem up to inattention and operator error! So that is now fixed, and if problem persists I will open main drain a bit.

Thanks again!