My 15-year-old single speed pump is getting concerningly noisy. Pool company quoted $2600 installed for a Sta-Rite Intellipro 3 VSF (013075). Definitely some sticker shock. Before I spend all day calling around, is that a reasonable price given recent supply chain issues? Anything else I should be looking at for a 32,000 gallon pool with in-floor popups? Thank you!
Replacement Pump Sticker Shock
- Thread starter petorius
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This pump is hard to beat these days with no automatiom concerns. It only has to last 1/3 as long for the price, with the install costing the same either way. It will likely last just as long as the others, or plenty long enough that you'll replace it with the same one when the time comes.
P,
The pump itself is about $1,700
So he is charging you $900 bucks for the install.
I suspect that the input and output ports will not line up with your current pump, so they will have to do some plumbing work.
Thanks,
Jim R.
The pump itself is about $1,700
So he is charging you $900 bucks for the install.
I suspect that the input and output ports will not line up with your current pump, so they will have to do some plumbing work.
Thanks,
Jim R.
The variable speed pumps do cost more but if you run them at slower speed, they save lots of electricity and you can barely hear them running. Way different than the old single speed pumps.
P,
Only time will tell on the cheap pump that the Dude recommends. It may be the greatest deal ever... and it may not.
My dad taught me that when you buy a good tool you only have to cry once, when you buy it.
When you buy a cheap tool, you have to cry every time you use it.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Only time will tell on the cheap pump that the Dude recommends. It may be the greatest deal ever... and it may not.
My dad taught me that when you buy a good tool you only have to cry once, when you buy it.
When you buy a cheap tool, you have to cry every time you use it.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Mine did as well, and he was right. But he didn't live to see the shortages and quality control going in the garbage across the board. These last few years I've been buy/cry once, then cry six more times anyway.My dad taught me that when you buy a good tool you only have to cry once, when you buy it.
When you buy a cheap tool, you have to cry every time you use it.
Dude,
And to poke fun at myself.
Over the years I have bought some "Harbor Freight" tools. Talk about cheap!!! But I have a small hammer drill that is about 30 years old and still going strong. Then again it does not run 24/7.
Thanks,
Jim R.
And to poke fun at myself.
Over the years I have bought some "Harbor Freight" tools. Talk about cheap!!! But I have a small hammer drill that is about 30 years old and still going strong. Then again it does not run 24/7.
Thanks,
Jim R.
+1. A good portion of my decision to go Pentair with the new build was that my PB said he would put the 3 pieces of equipment I bought elsewhere on one ticket because he was installing it, for the 3 year warranty.
But when the build got delayed a year he didn't want to fudge the paperwork with year old serial #s and my brand new equipment was out of warranty before it was ever turned on.
2+ years after the Calimar/B&D/Circupool pumps were too new for me to consider them, they are all going strong from what we've heard. So are the waterway cartridge filters also at a considerable discount, and I think about that everytime I'm at the equipment pad.
Like you said though, it's a calculated risk either way and time will tell.
But when the build got delayed a year he didn't want to fudge the paperwork with year old serial #s and my brand new equipment was out of warranty before it was ever turned on.
2+ years after the Calimar/B&D/Circupool pumps were too new for me to consider them, they are all going strong from what we've heard. So are the waterway cartridge filters also at a considerable discount, and I think about that everytime I'm at the equipment pad.
Like you said though, it's a calculated risk either way and time will tell.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 67,104
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Sheesh,that must be a major plumbing job
How much do you think the installer should be paid + taxes + travel time to/from job site +Vehicle cost + time to order and inventory pump + the gal who answered the phones the three time you called + the boss and the office rent + reserve for a warranty call out +++
The plumbing is a small amount of the cost you are paying.
If you can DIY then you cut out a lot of overhead. The days of one guy in a truck who does this for a few bucks is gone.
Don't forget the trip to see what's entailed for the estimate. Many jobs never materialize and that's all time lost.
I've had mixed success either sending a boatload of pics or facetiming with whoever I'm looking to hire so they can save that trip. The younger ones are thrilled but the old timers still want to come see XYZ in person.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 67,104
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
And then the call back when they install the wrong pump. I emailed them saying I want the 011056 pump and when I go to look at the label on the pump it is a 011028 pump. They try and tell me its the same and I tell them I want what was agreed to.
Yeah, paying them for their screwups is also built into the base price.
It works fine when the person who comes out to estimate is the one who is doing the work.
When the one who comes out to do the work is different I often hear how the estimator did not scope out the job properly.
At best, I bet if anything happens with the pump, or the plumbing, labor to remove/reinstall isn't covered anyway. Likewise, they aren't holding the pumps in inventory, they order on demand from a wholesaler (pretty much like we can these days). Either way - I hope that this installer does quality work, and stands behind the job. It's not like we have dozens of examples on this forum where they don't....
My dad taught me how to do a lot of things myself...and I'm eternally grateful.
Basically free with an energy star rebate in my state ($500). That is very tempting.
Thankyou ! I hadn't even thought about that - I just checked, and there is a $75 rebate where I am too...not $500, but I'll take $75
I just pushed the button. Having worked out what the new pump would save me in terms of electricity, and then finding my existing old pump is once again leaking...and now a rebate, I figured fate was nudging me. Basically I'll recoup the cost of the pump in the first season.
$19 ?????? Plus tax ?????? It only has to last a WEEK.
an1vrsy
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- Jul 10, 2018
- 1,240
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
When the younger estimator, looks at all the pictures via email and then the FaceTime session viewing the equipment pad completes the estimate, the old guy shows up after going through the guard gate and looks at the large homes on large lots and sees the 2 Rolls in the driveway, then he says the young estimator didn't scope the job properly.
