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Suggestions Needed for Neighbor's Loud Pool Filter

ForumOlivia — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:49:30 GMT

A young family moved into the home next to ours in July. I've met the wife, baby and 4 year old and they seem very nice. The husband works a different shift and I haven't had a chance to meet him. There is a 4 ft. above ground pool the previous owners left. It's been there many years and I'm not sure if the filter is old or needs to be cleaned but it has gotten very loud and buzzing. Our deck overlooks the backyard and the filter is in direct line with it so the noise carries straight to us. It happened last year and the previous owner did something and it quieted down a bit but now it's back to an annoying buzz.

I've only seen them swim once. The previous owners always closed the pool on Labor day and swim season is long over yet this new family still has not shut it down and the filter runs on timer about 9am to 9pm every day. I'm so tired of hearing the sound and would love to sit on the deck and enjoy the last of the nicer weather but it's distracting. I tried headphones and earplugs but it doesn't work. I do see the wife outside often waiting for the afternoon school bus so could approach her casually but I'm hesitant to say something because I'm not sure anything can be done and don't want to start off complaining.
Any suggestions?

Re: Suggestions Needed for Neighbor's Loud Pool Filter

jaxs mom — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:55:37 GMT

It could be a variety of things, but my immediate though is it could be clogged. Maybe they don't know anything about caring for a pool? You could go over and just tell them that you know the pool filter is really loud, they might want to check it before a mechanical failure happens. They can be expensive to replace, although I know little about those above ground ones.

Also sometimes it's noisy because the water level is low, so it's harder to suck the water into the filter.

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fthunt — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:55:38 GMT

I'm no expert on pools but I wouldn't think a filter should not run constantly for that many hours. Sounds like new owners have no clue how a pool system works and should get a pool service to clean and close it at the end of the season. Running for such a long time - I suspect the motor will burn out. It would be like your refrigerator working overtime. Pray it burns out! LOL

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jaxs mom — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 15:58:05 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
I'm no expert on pools but I wouldn't think a filter should not run constantly for that many hours. Sounds like new owners have no clue how a pool system works and should get a pool service to clean and close it at the end of the season. Running for such a long time - I suspect the motor will burn out. It would be like your refrigerator working overtime. Pray it burns out! LOL

If you live somewhere like FL or Arizona in the summer you need to run the filter longer than you'd think. When had pools in our homes in Vegas and So CA and in summer the filters were on a lot. It's a constant battle with the sun killing the chlorine and needing to brush and filter heavily just to keep the pool clear.

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panda1234 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:06:58 GMT

I would approach this as being concerned about something being wrong with their equipment. You might want to mention the previous owners having the same noise and were able to do something to correct the problem.

@ForumOlivia

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bettyboop33 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:08:20 GMT

Our neighbor had a pool and we always heard the loud filter. My husband told him and they put a piece of foam rubber under it and it took the noise level down quite a bit.

Might be worth a try.

Good luck as I know what you are going through. They finally took it down when the kids stopped using it.

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kitcat51 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:11:00 GMT

When you see her mention it... say you noticed because it hasn't happened before & since they're new they wouldn't know something is wrong. It's such a simple thing, can be said nicely & isn't complaining at all. I don't understand why people can't speak up.

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ForumOlivia — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:36:40 GMT

I had a bad experience with the previous owner when I spoke up. She was bipolar and started screaming at me that they knew it was loud and were busy and then started arguing about other issues. Although they did quiet it down the next day, it's since made me nervous about approaching neighbors. I know nothing about pools so am hoping those who have them could enlighten me to the right way to handle. Thanks all!

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Katcat1 — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:46:43 GMT

@ForumOlivia, I would ask your neighbors if they could please fix the filter noise.

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mousiegirl — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:00:26 GMT

@ForumOlivia wrote:
A young family moved into the home next to ours in July. I've met the wife, baby and 4 year old and they seem very nice. The husband works a different shift and I haven't had a chance to meet him. There is a 4 ft. above ground pool the previous owners left. It's been there many years and I'm not sure if the filter is old or needs to be cleaned but it has gotten very loud and buzzing. Our deck overlooks the backyard and the filter is in direct line with it so the noise carries straight to us. It happened last year and the previous owner did something and it quieted down a bit but now it's back to an annoying buzz.

I've only seen them swim once. The previous owners always closed the pool on Labor day and swim season is long over yet this new family still has not shut it down and the filter runs on timer about 9am to 9pm every day. I'm so tired of hearing the sound and would love to sit on the deck and enjoy the last of the nicer weather but it's distracting. I tried headphones and earplugs but it doesn't work. I do see the wife outside often waiting for the afternoon school bus so could approach her casually but I'm hesitant to say something because I'm not sure anything can be done and don't want to start off complaining.
Any suggestions?

@ForumOlivia We dealt with a loud pool issue apparatus by contacting thew neighbor and asking them to get it fixed, which they did.

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Nightowlz — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:01:11 GMT

We had a large 16 x 32 above ground pool for over 25 yrs. We did finally remove it when we started not using it as much.

We did not have to run our pump 12 hrs per day.

If their filter is making a lot of noise chances are it's going to go out on them. I would go over & have a talk with them.

I'm in Ok & we could only use our pool from Memorial weekend until the temps start dropping at night generally beginning of Sept.

Maybe your neighbors don't have a clue how to take care of it. If it freezes where you live they better winterize it. If they don't you won't have to worry about it next year.

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ForumOlivia — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:13:43 GMT

Good advice, appreciate it. We alreedy had a frost so your suggestion of not winterizing it made me laugh!

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:20:27 GMT

We used to run our pool 12 hours a day in the summer. I live in Arizona so we don’t know anything about opening and closing a pool as ours has water in it year round. Sounds like they need to have someone come out and replace the pump.

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shaggygirl — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 17:22:42 GMT

I have a pool, my neighbors have pools, our houses are pretty close, I rarely, even if all my windows are open, notice their filters running. I can hear my own but only a low hum. My conclusion, something is wrong over there with that filter, it shouldn't be that loud. You should mention it. You must live somewhere warm if they still have it up & running.

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lulu2 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 18:01:28 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
@fthunt wrote:
I'm no expert on pools but I wouldn't think a filter should not run constantly for that many hours. Sounds like new owners have no clue how a pool system works and should get a pool service to clean and close it at the end of the season. Running for such a long time - I suspect the motor will burn out. It would be like your refrigerator working overtime. Pray it burns out! LOL
If you live somewhere like FL or Arizona in the summer you need to run the filter longer than you'd think. When had pools in our homes in Vegas and So CA and in summer the filters were on a lot. It's a constant battle with the sun killing the chlorine and needing to brush and filter heavily just to keep the pool clear.

Our pool man told us the longer you run the filter the less chlorine you need, Our filter runs from 7 to 7. There is a low hum when it is running.

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AuberriJean — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 20:11:13 GMT

@Katcat1 wrote:
@ForumOlivia, I would ask your neighbors if they could please fix the filter noise.

Me too @Katcat1. The direct but friendly approach.

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dex — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:02:42 GMT

I would go over and ask them to call a repair person in to save the motor from burning out.

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Sabear — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:11:34 GMT

I would explain the situation to my neighbors and ask them to shut down or fix the filter. They may think the sound is normal. It's just ruining it to allow the filter to run while it is defective, so you may be doing them a favor. Good luck.

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GenXmuse — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:55:18 GMT

I would talk about other things first and then ask how she's liking the pool? Then I'd say, I have a friend with one similar to that and when the filter made that sound she called someone and he said it may mean x,y,z and it could burn the motor out from running so high. You might want to check it out to make sure.

Then talk about something else for a few minutes.

I'm less comfortable being direct when I'm just starting out with someone.

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Poodlepet2 — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 11:51:40 GMT

They potentially have a serious problem....I was on the phone with our pool maintenance company and was getting ready to shut off the pump until they could get here....it exploded!!!!It was a very good thing I wasn't there or I could have been injured....

Poodlepet2