Hi all,
New pool owner here - purchased our first house recently with a relatively small (12-13k gallon) inground pool with a basic pump and Hayward cartridge filter system. Supposedly the pump motor, seals, cartridge filter had been replaced last August. I have a letter from the previous owner's pool maintenance company stating this (but not an actual receipt, so take that for what you will).
The pump motor just died on me last Sunday. The Intermatic mechanical timer hadn't been working properly since we moved in - no matter what I tried it would simply not engage the main dial to rotate so I was turning it on and off manually. Sunday morning, with water in the basket, I went to turn it on like normal and it made a humming noise with no suction and then completely died. Off the top of my head it's a US Motors 1081.
So I figured while getting it replaced I would also add on a SWG. (Can you tell that I've been doing my research on here already? ) I've got quotes from a couple local companies:
Company A: the company that the previous owner used - I can't even get them to come out to look at it for at least 2 weeks! Nuts.
Company B: pump replacement to Century 1.5hp, Pentair iChlor30 - $1500
Company C: pump replacement to Century 1.5hp, Autopilot Digital Nano - $1550 (if I want the Nano+ it's $400 more)
How do these products/quotes sound? If I were to go with one of the quotes I've gotten so far, I'm leaning towards the Nano but I wonder if it's a bit underpowered, but the additional cost on the Nano+ seems waaay high.
Does it make sense to source the items and perform the work myself? I see CircuPool often noted here and I've been checking out this table, but I'm a little apprehensive about doing work on my first pool with zero prior experience.
Thanks in advance!
New pool owner here - purchased our first house recently with a relatively small (12-13k gallon) inground pool with a basic pump and Hayward cartridge filter system. Supposedly the pump motor, seals, cartridge filter had been replaced last August. I have a letter from the previous owner's pool maintenance company stating this (but not an actual receipt, so take that for what you will).
The pump motor just died on me last Sunday. The Intermatic mechanical timer hadn't been working properly since we moved in - no matter what I tried it would simply not engage the main dial to rotate so I was turning it on and off manually. Sunday morning, with water in the basket, I went to turn it on like normal and it made a humming noise with no suction and then completely died. Off the top of my head it's a US Motors 1081.
So I figured while getting it replaced I would also add on a SWG. (Can you tell that I've been doing my research on here already? ) I've got quotes from a couple local companies:
Company A: the company that the previous owner used - I can't even get them to come out to look at it for at least 2 weeks! Nuts.
Company B: pump replacement to Century 1.5hp, Pentair iChlor30 - $1500
Company C: pump replacement to Century 1.5hp, Autopilot Digital Nano - $1550 (if I want the Nano+ it's $400 more)
How do these products/quotes sound? If I were to go with one of the quotes I've gotten so far, I'm leaning towards the Nano but I wonder if it's a bit underpowered, but the additional cost on the Nano+ seems waaay high.
Does it make sense to source the items and perform the work myself? I see CircuPool often noted here and I've been checking out this table, but I'm a little apprehensive about doing work on my first pool with zero prior experience.
Thanks in advance!