Hi Y'all!
25k gl in ground pool and the pump motor is shot. The sand filter is app. 30 yrs old. Yes, I know. Everything needs to be replaced.
Plumbing too, of course.
I'm fairly decent in the home improvement dept., but I want to ask everyone if you've done this yourselves. I can purchase some good equipment for this task for under 1000 bucks. The filter seems to be working OK, I'm wondering if I can just get by this summer with a new pump motor.....?
I work a bunch of hours so I called a pool tech guy to check things out. Looks like he used a hammer to "free" the pump motor. My wife was home but I was at work.....He damaged the housing where the pump fits in to.
It appears that way, anywhoooo.
No charge, of course. Evidently he left in a hurry.
He was supposed to take the old motor out and replace it with a rebuilt one. Instead I have an old beat up motor lying next to my pool and no filtration whatsover. He's not answering the phone....LOL.
I gotta do this quick. Buy the stuff on Saturday afternoon, start the project, then finish up on Sunday.
It's gonna be 110 this weekend here in Phoenix. I don't wanna pay premium bucks to fix it right away.
Can I do this?
I have no pool experience at all, but I understand how filters work.
25k gl in ground pool and the pump motor is shot. The sand filter is app. 30 yrs old. Yes, I know. Everything needs to be replaced.
Plumbing too, of course.
I'm fairly decent in the home improvement dept., but I want to ask everyone if you've done this yourselves. I can purchase some good equipment for this task for under 1000 bucks. The filter seems to be working OK, I'm wondering if I can just get by this summer with a new pump motor.....?
I work a bunch of hours so I called a pool tech guy to check things out. Looks like he used a hammer to "free" the pump motor. My wife was home but I was at work.....He damaged the housing where the pump fits in to.
It appears that way, anywhoooo.
No charge, of course. Evidently he left in a hurry.
He was supposed to take the old motor out and replace it with a rebuilt one. Instead I have an old beat up motor lying next to my pool and no filtration whatsover. He's not answering the phone....LOL.
I gotta do this quick. Buy the stuff on Saturday afternoon, start the project, then finish up on Sunday.
It's gonna be 110 this weekend here in Phoenix. I don't wanna pay premium bucks to fix it right away.
Can I do this?
I have no pool experience at all, but I understand how filters work.