Recent content by Morada Mike

I agree one of my pet peeves too. Do it right the first time. I actually called the pool company and they are going to give me a while new motor. Said that they send back all motors that have problems to be repaired since they don't have on site techs. I was impressed. Only downfall is I have to...

I just read your post and thought "no he didn't". So I went outside and turned it off. Tried to go back on and only that Hum again!! Boy am I aggravated and mad at myself for not asking that this morning. Tried calling pool store but they close at 4 on Sundays. My only problem is I have no idea...

Thanks for the response. Motor is fixed and running. Apparently it was just hung up. Serviceman took over the plastic piece at the end of unit. Then took a flat head screwdriver and while unit was powered and humming turned the impeller and it unfroze and kicked on. For newbies like myself when...

I have a new pool installed about a month and a half ago. The pool came with a Waterways 2 HP 2 Speed pump and Cartridge filter. On Wednesday day evening (3 nights ago) I turned off the pump and filter at approx midnight. The following day on Thurs around 1PM I went to turn the unit back on...

Thanks I just went outside and got soaked to take a look. There is a drain plug on the bottom of the filter. I'm hoping I can use that and get a good flow out. I have an adapter for a chlorinated that I believe will fit there and allow me to hook up the vacuum hose. Might be a fun time trying...

When you say hose, what type? I have the long vacuum hose that you would attach to a sand filter for back washing. But with the cartridge filter I don't believe this is an option. Thank you again. And yes a week ago we had 85+ degree temps. Now the pool is up and we've got rain forecasted 4 of 5...

Hi all, Just had a new 21' above ground pool installed. With this heavy rain from the tropics hitting the Northeast my water level is creeping up the skimmer. Have limited experienced with family pools but it's been 15+ years and my memory is cloudy. I've previously worked with a sand filter...