Professional Pool Service
Nevergreen Pools repairs pool pumps in Folsom, CA: seal leaks, bearing noise, lost prime, cracked housings, and motor or variable-speed replacement.
Nevergreen Pools provides pool pump repair in Folsom, covering shaft seal leaks, worn bearings, motors that will not start, lost prime, cracked pump housings, clogged impellers, and air leaks at the lid o-ring.
Call us if the pump is humming but not starting, if it is grinding or screeching while it runs, if water is leaking from around the shaft seal at the base of the motor, if the pump loses prime and runs dry within hours of being refilled, if the pump lid or housing has a visible crack, if air bubbles are coming back out through the return jets, or if the pump trips the breaker or cycles on and off on its own.
Nevergreen Pools is a licensed pool company based in Shingle Springs, serving the Sacramento region. Call to get a technician scheduled, or book your first visit online.
Most pump problems split by the age and type of pump and pool. Older plaster pools built through the 1980s and 1990s are usually still running the original single-speed pump, now 20 to 30 years old, often alongside a sand or DE filter that is near the end of its life. Pools built in the newer subdivisions in the last decade are usually running variable-speed pumps with cartridge filters and salt systems, and problems on those units are more likely electrical or programming related than mechanical wear. We start by confirming which category a pump falls into before opening anything up, since that changes whether repair or replacement is the right call. Low calcium and low alkalinity in the fill water here also plays a role on both kinds of pumps, since water that sits out of balance is corrosive and eats away at the metal fittings, unions, and bolts on the pad over time, so we check those connections for corrosion any time we are already working on a pump.
From there we work through the specific complaint. A puddle forming at the base of the motor points to a worn shaft seal, which we replace on the spot on most single-speed pumps. If the bearings are also worn, which shows up as a grinding or screeching sound while the pump runs, we weigh the cost of a new motor against a full pump swap, since bearing failure and seal failure often arrive together on a pump this old. A pump that hums but will not spin usually has a bad run capacitor, a straightforward swap and far cheaper than a new motor. If the pump loses prime, we check the obvious first, the lid o-ring and the skimmer weir, then pull the impeller to check for a clog from oak leaves and spring pollen, and we check the suction side plumbing for an air leak if the pump keeps losing prime after those are clear. A cracked pump housing, usually from UV breakdown on an older pump or a hard freeze on exposed plumbing, is not repairable and means a new pump. Air coming back through the return jets as a stream of small bubbles usually traces to that same lid o-ring or a loose drain plug, not the impeller itself.
When a single-speed pump needs a new motor and the housing and wet end are still sound, a motor swap is usually the right call. When the housing is cracked, the bearings and seal are both gone, or the pump is old enough that parts are hard to source, we replace the whole unit. On these pools that almost always means stepping up to a variable-speed pump programmed with separate speeds for filtration, cleaning, and any water features, since running a single-speed pump all season costs more in electricity over a year than the upgrade does.
A properly repaired pump runs quiet, holds prime without you topping off the pool every few days, and keeps turnover where it should be from May through October, which is when these pools see the most use. A pump sized and programmed correctly also keeps the electric bill down, since a variable-speed pump running a filtration schedule uses a fraction of the power a single-speed pump draws running at full speed around the clock. Left alone, a leaking seal keeps dripping until the bearings go too, a clogged impeller forces the motor to work harder until it burns out, and a cracked housing can let a pump run dry and seize. Any of those turns a seal swap into a full pump replacement, and a pump that cannot hold circulation lets chlorine fall out of balance fast once summer heat sets in, which is exactly when demand on the pump is highest.
Call to schedule a pump inspection, or book your first visit online and we will get a technician out.
Related services in Folsom: Pool Repair in Folsom and Weekly Pool Service in Folsom.
