DIY automatic pool filler - cheap and easy!

gigem87 · Aug 3, 2015

My pool is old, and doesn't have an automatic water level filler built in like new fangled ones do.

I had bought one from a pool store that attaches to a garden hose a year ago or so, but the valve went bad pretty fast on it. And it was very expensive for what it is (was)...

Found this on the Internet, built it for like $20 in parts from Home Depot and it works great! I don't plan to use it all the time, just when out of town or when it's crazy hot like right now.

Mine was actually simpler to build because I found a PVC fitting that had a hose connection on one end, and was 3/4" slip fit on the other. I did have to do the epoxy thing to get the valve on the elbow, but it was not a big deal at all.

cubera · Aug 3, 2015

Good idea, just passed it on to my neighbor here in Utopia. Right now he uses me and a timer to keep his filled.

bassguitarman · Aug 4, 2015

That's pretty clever. Before I filled my pool in, I had put a sprinkler valve on my fill line and it had its own zone. It was pretty easy to adjust a few times a summer to keep the level where I wanted it.

fishingcacher · Aug 4, 2015

Send it to Fluidmaster.

Brew · Aug 4, 2015

Used to have the dogs water bucket set up with a fill valve like that.

RubiconAg · Aug 4, 2015

or you could just get a livestock trough filler and attach a hose to the top of it.

Texarican · Aug 4, 2015

Funny, my pool had a "Pool Miser" auto fill system plumbed underground with an access port cut in the pool deck. When it stopped working I opened it up to find that it was just a $13 toilet valve like in your DIY link. From the pool miser company a replacement was hundreds of dollars as I recall.

DIY automatic pool filler - cheap and easy!

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