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This morning, my husband opened our Aquabot Turbo, removed the filter, and noticed a dark purple liquid pooling in the bottom of the unit. It wasn't viscous, and washed away easily. He cleaned everything and put it away. Our concrete pool tends to run basic, so after checking the pH, he added...

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I have a 11,000 gallon, gunnite inground pool, and need a new pump installed. Possibly a bit of easy replumbing as well. Can anyone recommend a good pool service and repair company in the Charlotte/Gastonia/Matthews area? I don't care if it's a one man team, or a large company. I need a service...

Our repair guy is suggesting that we replace the entire pump because ours is discontinued and replacement parts are at a premium. This sounds logical, but we have been jerked around by various pool service people over the past few years. So, I'm a bit cautious.

Thank you. Our repair person should be coming by this week, and I will reinforce that.

Thanks very much to both of you - I honestly never considered just replacing the motor. And a two speed would certainly serve our pool's needs very well.

I should mention - we haven't used the spa in years, and keeping our electricity bill down is more important these days. Also, keeping the cost of the pump down is important as well. Sorry, I should have put that in the original post.

I posted a similar question at the Pool Forum, but I'm not sure if there's significant traffic there at this time. So, I'd like to ask here as well. We may need to replace our old 2 hp pump. We have an 11,000 gallon gunnite pool, with a raised spa/waterfall. Our filter is a Purex Triton FNSP...

Dave, I'm sure you're correct about the worms. And, thanks for the heads up about the check valve. Thankfully, the one we have now (installed by Mr.Worm) is more amenable to cleaning. Caroline

I'll be glad to post a picture, probably tomorrow. Regarding the worms - that's still a mystery. I did ask our new repairman if he noticed any when he started the pump up for the first time. He said he did notice a couple in the pump basket, but certainly nothing more than that. We did talk...

Thanks, Dave. I agree - knowledge is power. I've always been my "own woman" as far as water chemistry goes, and now the plumbing doesn't intimidate me, either. I found that with my new pool guy, I am now able to ask relevant and intelligent questions that gave him input, and allowed me to...

To give you guys an update: I am very happy with the new person who has been working on our pool. I took your advice and along with replacing the faulty plumbing, replacing the shaft seal, handling any air leaks going into the pump basket - he fixed the leaking filter as well. Do you know...

I think you guys are correct. As much as I would like to get the previous repair guy to fix his mistakes, it seems like a bad idea! As if I could even get him back out here in the first place... :rant: :roll: Now that we are hitting a cold spell, I just want to be able to use my spa again...

When the impeller was replaced, the gaskets and shaft seal were not. We did have a person from the national company who built our pool over yesterday. He also happens to handle repair issues on the side, and he inspected our system. He spent a lot of time, and handled most if not all the stuff...

No, I wish! Now, we are lucky if we can manage to prime it manually by adding water to the pump basket. I was just recalling past behavior of our system that, in retrospect, would indicate a worsening issue of an air leak on the suction side.