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    Is pump broken?

    That's right. We had no power so couldn't run it even if we tried. We turned off the breaker, too, in case it tried to kick on while still frozen. We used a hose to fill the basket to overflowing. After putting the lid back on and running it, the water level in the basket (you can see through...
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    Is pump broken?

    Hi there - Another question from a Texas pool owner. We're in Austin and lost power for 4 days. We had heated the pool to 87 the day before we lost power, so our water in the pool never got below about 50. We hope that saved us some damage :-). We didn't know to drain our equipment. We did open...
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    VS pump vs one speed worth the $?

    I'm sure this has been covered ad nauseam here, but was wondering if we should install a VS pump vs the one speed written in a contract? The contract is for Pentair 1.5 Whisperflo and the cost for a Pentair VS upgrade is $600. We are building a very basic pool, rectangular 14x32 with 6' of that...