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I am considering my options on a new 1-1/2 HP 2-speed motor for my Super Pump. Best pricing I can find on a typical name brand is an A.O. Smith STS1152R from Locke Well and Pump for $271. I also found on eBay a guy selling some new generic brand for $170. That's a $101 savings. It is an...

So here is the newest problem this year. We had a Noah's Ark kind of rain yesterday and the teenagers decided to swim in the rain. I went out to do my daily pool work and to my horror found a huge wrinkle that is about 8 feet long in the shallow end. I'm almost certain the liner floated for a...

To make a long story short, I bought a house last summer with an inground pool that was installed in 1980 and it has been powered off of a 25 ft extension cord all of this time. It's scary to even look at. I decided I needed to redo the electrical for my pool. Currently all I have is a Hayward...

I have an unheated pool and want to eventually do solar but I'm not seeing that in the budget for this season. I have been watching Craigslist for used equipment options and found an antique Sears wood / coal boiler that the previous owner has used to heat his pool. I bought it for $60 on a...

This site has been a Godsend. Last summer I bought a home that came with a pool which was installed in 1980 and I have overcome numerous age related problems thanks to TFP. Although I have been reading and using this site for almost a year, this is my first post. My current seemingly unsolvable...