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WebSwimming Pool is Finally Clear and Everything is Working(For now at least)
Well $1500 later, including a new main pump for the filter system and a rebuild of the Polaris Vacuum System all is well. Here is my advice, Read More…
Archive for the “Swimming Pool” Category
Step-By-Step Swimming Pool Motor Replacement
Those of you keeping up with the trials and tribulations know about the swimming pool pump and motor giving up the ghost after many years of operation. Yesterday afternoon I went by my local swimming pool company and purchased a Hayward 1.5 HP Super Pump and also a new bag for the Polaris, total bill was a little over $650. I was hoping Read More…
Pool Pump Receives Last Rites
After many years of service, the Hayward pool pump at dad’s has succumbed to old age and arthritic bearings. I returned from Chicago and when I checked on Mom’s pool, the green had returned and a large snapping turtle had taken up residence. Memories from the childhood television show The Beverly Hillbillies Read More…
Opening a Swimming Pool, Second Day Adding a Flocculate or Clarifier
Not much to report, the main pool pump’s bearings are shot and will have to be replaced. See my earlier articles for my thoughts on how a swimming pool’s expenses tend to add up. I have added the flocculate and the solids suspended in the water are Read More…
Steps to Opening a Swimming Pool
Ok, so I admit it. I hate taking care of a swimming pool. But I hate my mother paying a pool service even more and so I begrudgingly take care of hers. People who don’t own pools see them as glamorous icons of luxury. Those who have owned them, usually see them as open holes in the ground that suck money in more ways than they care to think about. Maybe I am a little grouchy at pool opening time, because this is when the most work is involved and the least fun to have one. The water is too cold; and too green. Removing, folding and storing the cover for the summer months doesn’t make for pleasant thoughts either. Read More…