Recent content by mikemohn

I woke up this morning to the pump motor screeching like a tornado siren. I figure the bearing is freezing up. I have a pool repair guy hopefully coming out today. Roughly, how many hours of labor should it take for him to replace the motor? Thanks!

I bought a test kit from Fiesta Pools. Not sure of the brand of it. But it tests Total Chlorine, Free Chlorine, ph and Total Alkalinity. After I bought the kit, I found that my ph was above 8.0 and I had 0 chlorine in the pool. I added 2 quarts(if I remember correctly) of muriatic acid, which...

I just wanted to say hello and thanks for all the information I have already gathered from the forum. My wife and I just bought a new house with a pool(our first pool) and we have no clue how to take care of it, so I will probably be asking a ton of questions.