Still Leaking

I’ll tell you what’s fun. Installing a new pool pump in a room with water on the floor, on a day when the temperature is 94 degrees and the humidity is at 65%. This is one of those jobs where you come in the house and drop your shirt on the floor, and it goes “FWOP.”

I had to take off my sunglasses, because every time I looked down, they filled with sweat.

I got the damn pump in, and I guess I didn’t screw the “in” fitting in hard enough. I was afraid I’d deform the threads. Now it leaks. And because it’s PVC, it can’t be backed out unless I saw up the pipes.

Other than that, it looks like a fine pump. I am going to have to build a platform for it. The old one was sitting on half a cinderblock, and it’s not high enough to reach the new pump. I pulled a Fred Sanford and stuffed boards under it, but that’s not going to work. Maybe the best thing would be to buy a bag of concrete with fiber in it, make a form, and cast a block for the pump to sit on. Easier than sawing up wood, and no rot. And I could drill into it and run bolts down from the pump base. I think it’s bad for the joints when the pump shifts during on/off moments. Bolts are probably a good idea.

Now…pity me…I have to get up and make cheesecake. And I forgot to buy sour cream.