It took long enough!

It's been a very (very) long time coming, but the pool finally has a new pump and filter. Thank god!

This was the old pump/filter setup we had going. The pump, while it did work, was incredibly noisy, due to a mishap when the pool was drained and the pump was allowed to run dry for a short time. We think the bearings were damaged from that incident, and ever since it created an awful whine whenever it was on. The filter was a godawful DE filter that was installed when the pool was built (in, like, '87) and it's caused us nothing but trouble. It was hard to open, hard to clean, and hard to maintain.

And this is the new setup. In addition to a new pump (1 HP, rather than the 3/4 HP that was installed before) and a nice new (plastic!) cartridge filter, we also some nice little landscaping to make the area cleaner. It took my dad and me a good two full days to dismantle and install the whole mess, but we finally have a quiet pump and a good filter again! Also, now that the new filter is easier to clean (and actually works...), the pool, which was always on the verge of turning, has finally returned to a nice clear(er) blue. Until now my sister and I would joke that we didn't have a pool but rather a hole in the ground with water in it. But now we have a pool again!