Yesterday I lowered our pool 2" below the skimmers because I had someone coming to close the pool. They showed up and said sorry, our pool was too big for them to close, call someone else. The next appointment I could find was mid October so I had to refill and restart.
I had initially lowered the water using the overflow until the skimmers looked like they might be pulling air, and then turned off the pump and used a sump pump to get the rest of the water out.
When I turned off the pump, junk was ejected out of the two main floor drains and was laying on the floor of the pool around the skimmer. Mystery.....?
Yesterday I refilled the water to higher than the 1/2 way mark up the tile, poured water into the pump, put the lid on and started the pump. The first time, the water in the pump disappeared and the pump turned off and wouldn't turn back on. I turned off the breaker and turned it back on, re-primed the pump and turned it on again. This time, success. But, as the water came through to the pump it brought a bunch of junk with it, lots of wood chips and what looks like seeds. I cleaned it out of the pump basket. Our pool isn't new, this is season 3 for us so it can't be construction debris. Mystery.....?
I checked later and it turns out the pool 'closing' people closed my main drains and skimmer valves when they decided they "couldn't" close the pool and didn't reopen them. I called them to ask what else they did and they insisted they did nothing at all. I know that's a lie, my Polaris was in my shed and I didn't put it there.
So, any ideas what this junk was, and where it came from? My only theory is it was in one of the spa jets, which pulled with a lot of extra power when I started the pump with the main drains and skimmers off, there was a mouse nest from last season.
And, thanks for listening to my rant about the very irresponsible pool closing people. I tried to give a local pool business some business and it backfired in a big way. Mid October, leaves will start falling in a few days here....
I had initially lowered the water using the overflow until the skimmers looked like they might be pulling air, and then turned off the pump and used a sump pump to get the rest of the water out.
When I turned off the pump, junk was ejected out of the two main floor drains and was laying on the floor of the pool around the skimmer. Mystery.....?
Yesterday I refilled the water to higher than the 1/2 way mark up the tile, poured water into the pump, put the lid on and started the pump. The first time, the water in the pump disappeared and the pump turned off and wouldn't turn back on. I turned off the breaker and turned it back on, re-primed the pump and turned it on again. This time, success. But, as the water came through to the pump it brought a bunch of junk with it, lots of wood chips and what looks like seeds. I cleaned it out of the pump basket. Our pool isn't new, this is season 3 for us so it can't be construction debris. Mystery.....?
I checked later and it turns out the pool 'closing' people closed my main drains and skimmer valves when they decided they "couldn't" close the pool and didn't reopen them. I called them to ask what else they did and they insisted they did nothing at all. I know that's a lie, my Polaris was in my shed and I didn't put it there.
So, any ideas what this junk was, and where it came from? My only theory is it was in one of the spa jets, which pulled with a lot of extra power when I started the pump with the main drains and skimmers off, there was a mouse nest from last season.
And, thanks for listening to my rant about the very irresponsible pool closing people. I tried to give a local pool business some business and it backfired in a big way. Mid October, leaves will start falling in a few days here....
