Recent content by Uncle Rico's Pool

Thanks Texas. No worries about pump impeller? I’m extra cautious because my old pump but the dust last season around the time I had more sand and dirt in the pool. It was pretty old and likely a coincidence but certainly don’t want anything to happen to the new one. I plan to use a sock filter...

Hello everyone, Getting the pool open today and there is a lot of sand on the bottom. This is not a surprise because we have been waiting for concrete for a while so the pool is surrounded by it. My question is: how do I remove it without damaging equipment? I just installed a variable speed...

Thanks for the help. I am not finding very many 1hp variable speed pumps so I plan to go with a 1.5. I’m assuming since I can reduce the speed this should not be a problem. I also assume that it will not necessarily cost more to run since I control the speed as well. Am I correct?

Hello everyone! Last year my pump died at the end of the season. Before I open this year, I need to install a new one. From what I’ve read, a variable speed is the way to go, but I wanted to confirm a few things. I do not have a salt water pool, so I will be adding liquid chlorine each day. Does...

So I just finished closing my pool and then noticed your post said HALF slam level. I had done a full slam. Will this be a problem? Worst case if I need to I could put the garden hose under the cover and my pump and dilute. My cover is mesh so will that allow chorine to escape without damaging...

Update: I cleaned all the leaves out and checked levels. Please see my signature for all of them. Do I need to raise the chlorine back to normal levels? Won’t the chlorine be zero a week or so after close anyway? Does that level matter? I’m going to try to prime my pump and see if will run...

Hi everyone. So I have had a series of unfortunate events. You may have seen in my other post that my pump is going out. I have been too busy to get to it and hoped I could make it to close. My water is still 70 degrees so it seems I need to wait a bit more. Then last night we had a crazy...

So my primary question before I look at repairing or replacing the motor is: do I need to do something to isolate this issue to the motor (as opposed to the impeller side) or is that most certainly the problem? If I do, what do you recommend? Thanks!

Just checked. No leak below on the concrete.

Thanks everyone - this is very helpful. Sounds like the consensus is that this is almost certainly a motor issue not a sand damaging the impeller issue? @setsailsoon: If water has been leaking into the motor as you describe would I see a drip or not necessarily? It does seem like it’s been...

My pump has started to make a slight whining noise that trails off when I turn the pump off. I’m assuming it’s probably a bearing somewhere. Motor seems to be getting really hot so I am trying to run very minimally. I think it could be related to the sand I have been vacuuming off the bottom of...

Thanks for the tip. I haven’t looked at Menards. My go-to is Atwood’s Online Pool Shock. $1.99 for 10%. They ran out so I turned to their bleach for a few days.

Btw I checked the bottle. It does not give any information on mix of chemicals (hypochlorite or otherwise). Doe say it rapidly deteriorated into salt water but that’s essentially all hypochlorite, right?

Thanks! My last CYA reading was 30 which didn’t make much since to me as I have added 7.75lbs since opening. Granted, I did have to drain a couple times due to rain. I am very cautious to add as last summer when I bought the house it was almost 200 and had to drain several times. I am going to...