After Storm Assessment of Water park

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @Tractors101
    @Tractors101 3 года назад +90

    This channel is amazing, literally has explained everything I've ever wanted to know about the internal workings of a waterpark

    • @collindolan5493
      @collindolan5493 3 года назад +5

      Same here! I have always wondered about water parks. This was a gem of a channel compared to the other channels I watch weekly

    • @squidgameguard4822
      @squidgameguard4822 3 года назад +1

      Yep

  • @wolfblade5949
    @wolfblade5949 3 года назад +48

    That looks like fun big time maintenance here we go

  • @domio1717
    @domio1717 3 года назад +31

    Us Midwesterners love that sound of frozen puddles under our feet, careful cause you don’t want a soaker!

  • @darealrealrealjc4882
    @darealrealrealjc4882 3 года назад +10

    You work at the typhoon Texas I go to! It’s crazy to see the wave pool without any water. Pool guy, more like cool guy ;)

  • @unmountablebootvolume
    @unmountablebootvolume 3 года назад +46

    As someone who sometimes does HVAC I would love to see a video on the repair of that boiler!

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +17

      Okay. Parts are 3 weeks out....ooof

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +8

      @@kylerevans2114 lol, yeah I have a few of those

    • @HF-7DXM-6DXW-12
      @HF-7DXM-6DXW-12 2 года назад

      your username is a nightmare

  • @JetDom767
    @JetDom767 3 года назад +22

    It came off okay all things considered but the water heater may have some ice in the lines as well. I think you were right that line looked like it was cracked and as soon as water was pressurised through it, it sheared off the feed line. Hope it won't be too costly for those water heaters. Stay awesome!

  •  3 года назад +7

    Thanks for the tour! It's always interesting to see the behind the scenes, if you can, upload more videos, also longer. Anyway hope that this is not something that cost too much to repair!

  • @joeythefoxxo
    @joeythefoxxo 3 года назад +10

    I wish you and your family the best given the circumstances going on down there.

  • @ripleyj1080
    @ripleyj1080 3 года назад +4

    Best of luck with the recovery and repair. Thanks for the update, my 5 year old daughter was asking about the Waterpark from the videos and winter. Stay safe brother.

  • @noneofyourbuisness7
    @noneofyourbuisness7 3 года назад

    I didn’t know I’d find the inner workings of a water park to be so fascinating… this is great

  • @josephweaver1980
    @josephweaver1980 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for posting , I really enjoy watching your videos and learning the details of how the park works.

  • @Sharkie626
    @Sharkie626 3 года назад +8

    This is why you fully winterize closed-for-season stuff, no matter where you live. Even though it's been a long time since Texas had a freeze like this, the fact that it has happened in the past means that it WILL happen again at some point. Even if not for a long time.

    • @Neuzahnstein
      @Neuzahnstein 3 года назад

      or at least make it when the annoncement for a heavy winter storm is coming

  • @MultiMightyQuinn
    @MultiMightyQuinn 3 года назад +1

    Glad to hear everybody is safe!

  • @alec1889
    @alec1889 3 года назад +4

    Doesn’t look like to much work. Also glad you and your family are doing good stay safe man!!

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      It really isn't. Thanks so much!

  • @tuckerj05
    @tuckerj05 3 года назад +1

    Drove by here last night off the highway and was wondering how you fared as I hadn’t been on RUclips. Thanks for the update and keep us posted on repairs. Looks like that issue in the pump house should be an easy fix with the way those fittings are. The water heaters on the other hand may be more troublesome.

  • @elliot999
    @elliot999 3 года назад +4

    Wow, this is amazing to see. Down here in Oz what we learn about America all comes from tv and movies, and we thought that Texas is perpetually hot and summery, so this blows my mind to see frozen pipes and ice! Good luck with the cleanup and repairs. Thanks for the videos.

    • @imark7777777
      @imark7777777 3 года назад +1

      Yeah normally it is that’s why all of their systems are designed around being warmer. Although I highly suspect were seeing some extremely drastic weather pattern changes called global weather extremes just a little bit more descriptive than global warming.

    • @The_JEB
      @The_JEB 3 года назад

      Im interested to know what the movies and tv tells you about canada

  • @watomb
    @watomb 3 года назад +3

    Guessing in Texas you don’t normally have to blow out the lines. Good video

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +8

      Not normally part of winterizing. However, we're talkng to our northern partners in the industry to be better prepared.
      Same happened to some of our partners in New York for hurricane prep, we of course shared our policies and procedures.

  • @kellark
    @kellark 3 года назад +5

    You could have capitalized on it and turn the slides into toboggan hills. Just Kidding of course.
    I live in Ontario Canada and we have lots of that dredded snow here, but of course we are used to it.
    Good luck with the repairs. Hope the damage is minimal.

    • @c31979839
      @c31979839 3 года назад +1

      Fellow Ontarian here. Love this channel.

  • @robertball2741
    @robertball2741 3 года назад

    Greetings from across the "big" pond! Doesn't look too bad, and as is pointed out several times, whoever heard of Texas freezing! Over here in the UK we used to get more snow and when it does come these days we don't cope with it all that well, although our power infrastructure does seem more resilient. Good Luck with getting your park runnung again.

    • @678friedbed
      @678friedbed 3 года назад

      it doesn't normally get cold is Texas, this was a 1 in 100 year storm and when the grid was built, no one ever thought this could happen.

  • @Aviator_noah_at_youtube
    @Aviator_noah_at_youtube Год назад +1

    2:06 “Dats not supposed to do dat” funniest line I have heard all month

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  11 месяцев назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 I didn't even remember saying that!!! Thanks for bringing me back to the 2021 Texas Freeze. Now my nightmares will return.

  • @pratwurschtgulasch6662
    @pratwurschtgulasch6662 3 года назад +1

    for most people having 2 pipes break in their house would be a huge deal but you're the pool guy and those pipes messed with the wrong house :D

  • @bigbywhite3535
    @bigbywhite3535 3 года назад +3

    I want to see where all your water comes from. Where is the main and how much water do you use during a season? And what’s the flow rate?

  • @jamestaylor8324
    @jamestaylor8324 3 года назад +7

    Could you do a video explaining the emergency alarm and shutoff systems, ive seen each lifeguard station has an e-stop button?

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +4

      Yeah, this is something I could do for future content

  • @YaBoiThomas
    @YaBoiThomas 3 года назад +18

    This probably set back a whole week to asses additional damage if any. Or at worst cracked pipes underground

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +14

      Yes, we have lost two weeks already with prep, then the storm itself. Now, it's timely for repairs.

  • @Bob_H
    @Bob_H 3 года назад

    You have what we Minnesota call a hard water problem. Also why we drain pipes in winter. These are expected results, water freezes.
    Minnesota was colder but we plan ahead.

  • @doctorjohn-burgtekie
    @doctorjohn-burgtekie 3 года назад +4

    Living in Texas is nice until things go wrong and this winter was as bad as it gets.

  • @Magnum9891
    @Magnum9891 3 года назад

    Thanks a lot for the videos mate, I've been binging all the videos you've uploaded so far since I'm quite interested in behind-the-scenes of water parks =)
    These videos have also made my trust go up again for water parks after my towns water park had a pool almost rip a womans scalpel off her head,
    hope you stay safe during the current ongoing pandemic!

  • @mitchellcrazyeye
    @mitchellcrazyeye 3 года назад +1

    Had such a hard time coming back to this channel. I didn't get to sub when I left and had to put in several different searches to FINALLY find it. You need more subs bro, love to see the behind the scenes of this stuff.

  • @imark7777777
    @imark7777777 3 года назад +2

    Well I am sad to say it but they will have to be instantly replaced.
    Although they look like they’re in good condition and if it just popped a few fittings they might be salvageable. Won’t know until it thaws out.
    Didn’t quite realize you were in Texas. Grew up in Syracuse upstate NY I know snow and cold weather and if your infrastructure is not built for it :-(
    To prevent freezing pipes leave your tap dripping. It allows it to continually flow a little bit and prevents pressure buildup‘s.
    Ask This old house has an excellent video demonstrating the concept.

  • @JaSonic1977
    @JaSonic1977 3 года назад

    I love pools, water parks, and what have you... so I am now subscribed :D (From Montreal Canada by the way)

  • @BikerFail16
    @BikerFail16 3 года назад

    Should get some video of these fixes being done. Glad that’s all you guys had to deal with.

  • @FishFind3000
    @FishFind3000 3 года назад +2

    I’m surprised you didn’t drain the system knowing you had freezing weather. Up here in the north of Illinois we have to winterized our pool and drain everything of water besides the pool itself. I even drain the garden hoses.

  • @seannot-telling9806
    @seannot-telling9806 3 года назад +2

    I do hope that the ice got tickets for the ride down the slide. Also with this odd weather are you thinking about ways to drain water lines so if you get cold like this again you
    would be able to blow out all the heater and mains?

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      We are looking into a more robust winterization program.

  • @lorenzo42p
    @lorenzo42p 3 года назад +1

    any place water can sit inside a pipe, if it gets cold enough to freeze, you'll have a bad day. turning off the supply and leaving down stream valves all open can help, but it's still often likely the pipes can freeze at the ends first before the middle, leaving no place for the pressure to go. insulating pipes can delay freezing inside the pipes, but if the night is long and cold enough, it'll still freeze no matter how well you insulate. heat tapes can help but best to avoid those fire hazards if you can. best to leave valves open, and get as much of the standing water out of the pipes as you can.

  • @tucobenedicto109
    @tucobenedicto109 3 года назад +3

    Ouch. If they see something just spraying when it warms up just tell them it's a new sprinkler/new feature. Good luck with power and heat heat and water. If they have power problems now will they have enough power for the pumps. Will the electricity rates be so high you don't fill the pool. Do they have a locked in contact. Answer what you can of course. 🙂

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +2

      We are locked in on a great rate. We should be fine on power now.

    • @tucobenedicto109
      @tucobenedicto109 3 года назад +1

      @@thepoolguy 🙂 cool means happy water park and more videos. That ice on the slide was cool.

  • @billygorman6473
    @billygorman6473 3 года назад

    Stay Safe hope all is well!!

  • @johngraves2968
    @johngraves2968 3 года назад

    Thanks for the video, Hind sight, 20/20, Generator for power outage, Navien has heat strips to turn on if freezing, drain the system of water and blow out with air. RV antifreeze, for the P-traps and other water collecting areas. With Preventative maintenance...Make it look like it's the OWNERS idea.

    • @deineroehre
      @deineroehre 3 года назад +1

      All this effort for a once in 30 years happening?
      With the additional cost of all this stuff and additional work (employees like to be paid and have other things to do) every year for no real use, it is cheaper to get some frozen/damaged parts replaced and that's it. If it happens more often due to climate change they will eventually think about it.
      At the moment there is no need to take further action, apart from repairing this rather small damage (small if you look at the big picture of this water park).

    • @DocNo27
      @DocNo27 3 года назад +1

      @@deineroehre exactly. And as he pointed out, in relationship to everything else in the park what damage they did have is essentially trivial. They probably have more breakdowns in other parts of the park during the running of a normal season than what this one storm caused.

  • @Wall-eandthederp
    @Wall-eandthederp 3 года назад

    All I can say is being from Ohio were used to having all seasons in one day and for you people in Texas I can't imagine how hard it is to even do anything with this the snow the ice the not really having heaters at the ready for situations I feel so bad for you guys.

  • @johndeerrm
    @johndeerrm 3 года назад

    Was there power to the naviens when they froze? They should have freeze protection where they run the burner.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      We lost power to the entire site for an extended period of time. It froze them all.

  • @tscheker1000
    @tscheker1000 3 года назад +2

    Enough water to test the wave Maschine :D

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      lol, well....it would certainly blow it all out...

  • @imark7777777
    @imark7777777 3 года назад +1

    They probably stayed unfrozen until the power went out and then froze up although it could’ve just been the surrounding pipework that froze, hard to say at this point.

  • @cbart1987
    @cbart1987 3 года назад +12

    could have been worse
    buddy of mine down your way had 8 breaks in his house and killed a shitter res

  • @morganjohansen5097
    @morganjohansen5097 3 года назад +1

    Do some videos of filling / draining pools. And or of the flow output from the pumps first starting (top of towers) or lazy river.

  • @brayden4934
    @brayden4934 3 года назад

    jeez... good luck with all that

  • @richyjames1378
    @richyjames1378 3 года назад +1

    Is there any more videos coming up?

  • @collindolan5493
    @collindolan5493 3 года назад

    Any idea what btus the commercial Tankless units run at or are rated for?

  • @JoneKone
    @JoneKone 3 года назад

    one question the water heater, that had water inside, it doesn't seem like it's ip64 what is it rating?

  • @KevinBenecke
    @KevinBenecke 3 года назад

    How much of a delay is this going to cost you in getting things going? To bad we couldn't see the ice coming down the slide. That would have been interesting to see.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      We're good, no delay is startup for opening

    • @KevinBenecke
      @KevinBenecke 3 года назад

      That's good to hear.

  • @StevenRides
    @StevenRides 3 года назад +1

    I never got the notification of your upload >:(
    I'm glad everything is mostly okay aside from the few breaks.
    Its pretty cool seeing a frozen wave pool, not gonna lie.

  • @canadaeast
    @canadaeast 3 года назад

    What was the low temp ?

  • @mikeschulte4271
    @mikeschulte4271 3 года назад

    Hopefully u and ur family r doing well sorry to hear

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      Thank you, we are doing great.

    • @mikeschulte4271
      @mikeschulte4271 3 года назад +1

      I’m glad to hear. By the way does foreign countries have the VGB drain law or does it not apply over their? I heard stories about kids being sucked into open pipes in China and killed. Really open pipes with no grates that’s just dumb. But I do wonder if they have any drain regulations at all.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      @@mikeschulte4271 I don't know if they do. However, most codes that are being developed have language in them that is basically the VGBA. So maybe for their future builds.

    • @mikeschulte4271
      @mikeschulte4271 3 года назад

      Well until I’m certain the drains r safe I ain’t goin swimming in other countries lol. I became interested in pool drains a few yrs ago and know a lot about them. If u can film more that would be cool. Thanks for the awesome vids and keep it up bud. Take care

  • @z185284
    @z185284 3 года назад +1

    Looks like you need Mikey Pipes!

  • @tobimai4843
    @tobimai4843 3 года назад

    Don't the water heaters have an anti-frost function?

  • @Mar_Ten
    @Mar_Ten 3 года назад

    I am just suprised that you guys had water running during the freezing?

  • @moe823
    @moe823 3 года назад

    are you going to recommend a compressed-air blowout for all unheated/uninsulated lines now? I know this is something new for you guys.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      Kind of, I'm actually in the process of putting together a conference session for the World Waterpark Association, speaking on lessons learned from Winterizing a Southern water park. Looking on recruiting water park maintenance directors from the northern part of US to provide their procedures. Things are built different from south to north facilities. So we must adapt.

    • @moe823
      @moe823 3 года назад +1

      @@thepoolguy PostScript: I wasn't dumping on you a bit. I know this hasn't happened since 2011; I was just thinking it was time to change the rules, is all. :)

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +2

      @@moe823 I didn't take it as a dump. I've asked my team to come up with 2 new procedures that would eliminate freeze issues. Compresses air is one way we have discussed, but need more information. So working on procedures with those that may do this annually would be helpful.

    • @DocNo27
      @DocNo27 3 года назад +1

      @@thepoolguy Around here you see landscape companies who pick up old diesel powered air compressors construction companies use to power air equipment like jack hammers. I suspect they probably can't provide the air to power heavy equipment, but when you hook them up to a large commercial sprinkler system circuit they sure do a good job of blasting pressurized air out of everything! They usually let them run for a good 20 minutes or so per circuit to thoroughly flush the lines out
      Might be time to keep an eye on construction equipment auctions. Then again everyone else in your area might be doing the same now too. And the size of your pipes it might take a couple in tandem.
      Speaking of sprinkler systems, they also make spring loaded ball valves that are designed to go either at the end of the line or at the lowest spot in a line. The ball valve closes under pressure, but when the pressure is cut the ball valve opens. Build a dry sump below the valve and the water draining out of the circuit has somewhere to go.
      Might be a good approach for you guys too, except for ball valves at the low spots in the piping I'd go with solenoid valves you could control. Put them on a battery backed up power source with some sensors so they could automatically open if the temperature drops and you'd have some automation if the weather gets sour and no one can get to the park or power/communications is out the system could still protect itself automatically. With the size of your guys pipes you could need some significant dry wells - or have to bring all the water exiting the pipes to a sump with a battery backed up pump - but then you could end up with freezing issues blocking the pump discharge. Thorny problem if it happens unexpectedly and you don't have time to fully prepare (usually when the fun really happens).
      Look forward to seeing how you guys tackle it in the future! There are a couple of new parks in Vegas now - I wonder how they deal with it - it can freeze there, although it's not that often and usually not more than a few nights in a row at its worse.

  • @badgimp4577
    @badgimp4577 3 года назад +1

    We got hit by the same storm up here in KY. 3 big ice storms in a row, had a 75ft tree come down on my house and threw the roof, flattened our only car (had it 1 month and 2 days). It took EMS 3 days to get to us because of all the trees down and we had 3in of ice on the roads. While we where living in the warming shelter, all I herd was poor TX. You had rolling blackouts, we had no power, you had temps in the low 30's and upper 20's, we had a high of 26F and single digits during the night. We just got power back yesterday after almost 3 weeks and some are still without it. Nothing much to do sitting in a warming shelter but hold your kid and watch how bad TX had it in the news. FUCK TX! I'll take 30F temps and rolling blackouts any day over what we got.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      I'm really sorry to hear this. I hope everything gets better for you.

  • @markkrueger9922
    @markkrueger9922 3 года назад

    great channel, To bad Ted Cruz was in Cancun during this disaster. Texans, Keep voting Cruz back in.

  • @michaelbenoit248
    @michaelbenoit248 3 года назад +1

    This is going to take a while to fix all this shit.

  • @TNIPPER
    @TNIPPER 3 года назад +1

    Why are water pipes and tankless water heaters outside? I'm in Wisconsin and water lines are installed 72 inches below ground and water appliances are indoors in insulated/heated houses. Weird.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +2

      I'm thinking climate is a major factor.

    • @tuckerj05
      @tuckerj05 3 года назад +1

      Climate. I live in Las Vegas and on our house the tankless water heater is installed on the outside just as these are. No issues but we haven’t seen temperatures and power failures like what happened in Texas here.

  • @Areckkz
    @Areckkz 3 года назад +1

    Spy kids 3 vibes

  • @NochEinKamel
    @NochEinKamel 3 года назад

    It's "Friday the 19th 2021" - Somehow I don't think that's a date :D

  • @joshc8599
    @joshc8599 3 года назад

    1:52 that is why you dont turn off the gas. they have freeze protection....

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      It wasn't off, when it was found leaking all valves were shut at that time. Thanks for your comment. Powee went out for 18 hours, thats when the freezing occurred.

    • @joshc8599
      @joshc8599 3 года назад

      @@thepoolguy hope you get everything back up and running.

  • @damonabets3779
    @damonabets3779 3 года назад +1

    That's a lot of damage! (Sorry)

  • @johnschaefer124
    @johnschaefer124 3 года назад

    Knew it couldn't have been splash kingdom. They'll let someone die before they ever inspect or repair anything.

  • @themid-nightclub6123
    @themid-nightclub6123 3 года назад

    Funny is this happens to dam's here in japan theres a hydro one near where i live ( smaller low head dam with a single turbine ) well...a main busted i hurd from my gf's dad who works there that it covered a pump house up to your waste in water that froze over

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      That sounds intense.... and gross.. thanks for tuning in from across the pond.

    • @themid-nightclub6123
      @themid-nightclub6123 3 года назад

      @@thepoolguy always and i love your videos now i actully want to have a job for a park

  • @3possumsinatrenchcoat
    @3possumsinatrenchcoat 3 года назад

    "well it's not supposed to do that..."

  • @TheNemosdaddy
    @TheNemosdaddy 3 года назад

    Why the hell would the place be not be fully winterized?

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад

      It is. But sometimes things happen. Learned the hard way about the heaters. Lesson learned, we added a different step for this and move on. If power never went out, the heaters would have not been an issue.

  • @STOLAS_GAMING1200
    @STOLAS_GAMING1200 2 года назад

    WINTER STROM FORKS

  • @CoolioAlert
    @CoolioAlert 3 года назад

    “Friday the 19th 2021”??

  • @alfonsoalonzo
    @alfonsoalonzo 3 года назад

    i know there athat one dude who got scammed by a contractor by putting in cold weather proofing thats not feeling so scammed any more
    same with a person getting cold weather insurance coverage tacked onto his plan lol

  • @STOLAS_GAMING1200
    @STOLAS_GAMING1200 2 года назад

    What he means is us true Americans aka Texans are not use to winter weather like the upper states

  • @cmoore421
    @cmoore421 2 года назад

    I remember when the poor texans lost their minds over a little ice

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  2 года назад

      Uhm, you mean when majority of the state was without power and fuel for days?

    • @cmoore421
      @cmoore421 2 года назад

      @@thepoolguy yeah when they freaked out over a little ice and power outage. Look bud before you even start you’re not gonna win, most of my childhood was no power in feet of snow and ice. what was a disaster for you was a regular winter day for me. I knew you all would tough it out cause it wasnt that big of a deal.

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  2 года назад

      @@cmoore421 mkay

  • @STOLAS_GAMING1200
    @STOLAS_GAMING1200 2 года назад

    JUST FUCKING SAY WINTER STROM

  • @TVARecordings
    @TVARecordings 3 года назад

    *Laughs in Dutch*

  • @ni_wink84
    @ni_wink84 3 года назад

    So none of y’all out there in Texas watch the weather channel or what?

    • @thepoolguy
      @thepoolguy  3 года назад +1

      Weather Channel....what's that. If we want to know what the weather gonna be, we step outside and feel the air. If my hand wet, it's raining, if my hand cold on one side, cold front. 🥶

    • @ni_wink84
      @ni_wink84 3 года назад

      @@thepoolguy 🤣🤣!! Cold front!! That’s classic dude! Keep up the cool videos

  • @STOLAS_GAMING1200
    @STOLAS_GAMING1200 2 года назад

    YOUR NOT A TRUE TEXAN ARE YOU