Corridor 9

Part of the reason that I haven’t been able to blog much this past week has been due to work around the house. My wife and spend most of the day last Saturday trying to get the pool opened up. There were a number of leaves still on the pool cover and a good deal of water.

Being the optimist that I am, I decided that the best way to get the cover off would be to wrap up the leaves and water and just pull it off like a giant ziplock filled with liquid. Big mistake. As it turns out, there was probably 15 gallons of water still stuck on the cover. Since water weight 8.34 lbs without the leaves, this was quite a load. In the end I had to hop in the pool and boost the water out from beneath. Next year I’ll be sure to drain the cover first to make sure everything runs a bit more smooth.

After I got the cover off I found that part of the pool liner had slipped down. This definitely had to be repaired prior to me filling it back up with water. I had to remove every top plate and reinstall the liner and liner wedge.

I also had to replace the pump this year. As the setup was 7 years old, and the pump had sat outside every winter, the bushings and bearings finally went out on the motor. The repair shop wanted $80 to replace these, but they couldn’t’ guarantee that they would break the impeller when the went to remove it from the motor. This simply wasn’t a risk I was willing to take for a possible fix. I ended up getting a new pump and motor combo from the local pool supply shop, I figure I’ll just store the entire unit in the shed in the winter as opposed to leaving it out in the elements.

After vacuuming and brushing the liner, letting the Polaris 65 run overnight, and vacuuming again the pool finally looks nice and clean. I just hope it stays that way as we’re supposed to have thunderstorms the next few days.