I'm looking forward to a great pool season this year. I bought a house last year with a pool that was in rough shape. It had not been "on" for the previous 2 summers. I had some luck last year (thanks to this community) but the end of the season was rough. Hoping I can get some opinions to set myself up for success this year!
1. I started losing about an inch of water per day starting August last year. When I closed the pool, I let it drain until it stopped. It made it just under one of the jets. A buddy of mine who does pool work came over and put a patch around the jet. The leak is slowed big time but I'd guess I'm still losing 1/4 or less per day. Thoughts? Bad patch or more likely somewhere else?
2. I've got about 10 broken fingers on my filter. I don't mind replacing them but don't want to waste my money. It doesn't seem like they'd be a problem for water flow. Replace or no?
3. There is caulking around many o the connections. (pressure guage, union into the filter, water out of filter (not sure name)) This seems hacky to me. I'm thinking of removing each, cleaning the caulk, fresh tape and reconnect. Worth my time?
4. Noise. Last year, the filter was sitting on a cement paver (patio stone) and it rattled like crazy. This year, I replaced it with a rubber patio stone. I'm hoping this eliminates the noise. My filter is much louder than my buddies. I'm hoping this is the root of the problem. Any other ideas on noise with this pump?
5. My pool guy told me the Hayward 1.5 HP super pump is meant to run 24/7. Is this true? It certainly is a pain to turn it off and on a few times a day when you need to manually fill that little basket area with water. I feel like you should be able to set it on a timer but I just don't think mine self primes well enough to make that happen. If I don't fill up that little basket are with water, most of the time it will never prime. Pump is about 18" above the water level.
1. I started losing about an inch of water per day starting August last year. When I closed the pool, I let it drain until it stopped. It made it just under one of the jets. A buddy of mine who does pool work came over and put a patch around the jet. The leak is slowed big time but I'd guess I'm still losing 1/4 or less per day. Thoughts? Bad patch or more likely somewhere else?
2. I've got about 10 broken fingers on my filter. I don't mind replacing them but don't want to waste my money. It doesn't seem like they'd be a problem for water flow. Replace or no?
3. There is caulking around many o the connections. (pressure guage, union into the filter, water out of filter (not sure name)) This seems hacky to me. I'm thinking of removing each, cleaning the caulk, fresh tape and reconnect. Worth my time?
4. Noise. Last year, the filter was sitting on a cement paver (patio stone) and it rattled like crazy. This year, I replaced it with a rubber patio stone. I'm hoping this eliminates the noise. My filter is much louder than my buddies. I'm hoping this is the root of the problem. Any other ideas on noise with this pump?
5. My pool guy told me the Hayward 1.5 HP super pump is meant to run 24/7. Is this true? It certainly is a pain to turn it off and on a few times a day when you need to manually fill that little basket area with water. I feel like you should be able to set it on a timer but I just don't think mine self primes well enough to make that happen. If I don't fill up that little basket are with water, most of the time it will never prime. Pump is about 18" above the water level.
