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  1. Chairman Meow

    Motor/pump just died, full pool, and Hermine on the way - HELP!

    Our pool pump/motor died on us a few days ago, we planned to put a new one in this weekend, but now we're getting tons of rain from Hermine and our pool is about to overflow! Other than using the bucket bailing method, is there a way to drain some of the water from the pool with a...
  2. Chairman Meow

    Please help me identify these holes in my pool deck

    I have these two holes in my pool deck: here is a close up of one hole: Inline with these holes are two jets in my pool that have never worked in the three + years we've lived in our house: Yesterday I had to replace a broken 3-way Jandy valve on the pool. Because the pipes were...
  3. Chairman Meow

    The more I read, the dumber I feel

    My story begins with a broken pool pump motor six months ago. A number of unfortunate events conspired to keep us from getting it repaired or replaced, so for the last 5 months or so, we've been incubating tadpoles and mosquitoes in our backyard. Lovely. Two weeks ago my saint of a FIL...