New Indoor Pool Owner

[kokot]

Hi All,

I bought a house with an indoor pool that I know nothing about upkeeping. It appears to be concrete, painted with a white paint and heated by an oil furnace. It's said to be built in 1970s. There's a pump that's running round the clock and the pool is covered with a plastic membrane (to reduce evaporation and dirt to getting in -so I'm told). I'm tempted to turn that pump off as it's kid of loud, but don't want to mess anything up.

Where do I begin to learn about its maintenance? Contact local pool maintenance company that used to service it first? Any tips are appreciated.

[nswim]

I would contact the pool company first and see what they say. Since it is an indoor pool you don't need to run the pump all the time unless it was undersized. Depending on who you talk to and where they live you will get different answers on how long a pump should run. If it is a salt water pool the maintenance is really easy. If is not you may want to consider a salt water pool.

[GaryB0925]

I too would recommend contacting the pool company that services the pool now. They should have a lot of insight as to the operation and maintenance of your pool. Ask them to show you the equipment, how it all works, and ask for the manufacturer/model of the equipment as well....this will help with future equipment maintenance.

I would NOT recommend simply turning off the pump. It should be on a timer and set to run xxxx amount of hours per day based on where you live and the climate there this time of year. You'll want to understand how long the pump should run per day during each season, how often to clean your filter..be sure to find out the type of filter you have (cartridge, DE, or Sand).

These are the first steps in understanding the type of maintenance you'll be looking at.