8 Easy Ways To Make a Loud Pool Pump Quieter!

[@BillDubeCreator]

I'm sending this to my neighbor. I just hope he takes it to heart. Great information, I'm shooting for education angle, and for him to get an enclosure which I've already offered to pay for half.

[@soundproofguide]

Best of luck Bill!

[@kevinmann9751]

Great vid, you see a lot of people from trashing their pump motor, and buying a new one. They don't realize there is a cheaper fix. Motor repair shops can solve the problem cheaper than buying a new pump motor. Thank you.

[@TimWilliams07]

LOL! I watched the video in entirety. Found your info very useful. I predicted my loud pump was the result of bad bearings. Thanks for confirming!

[@Julei_]

Thanks alot for the tips! I saw some "needs more spunk" type comments, I disagree. I thought it was awesome to see a human being not putting on a show or over-doing it on their video ;)

[@soundproofguide]

Thank you! I appreciate it! 😊

[@Julei_]

Any idea why my impeller (idk if that's what the spinny thing is called) would be hitting against something? When i turn it on I get the rock grinding sound. When I took it apart I see the spinny thing has some minor wear & tare the noise comes from it hitting against the part that it connects to. Could I have lost a spacer or something? This prolly makes no sense because I have no idea what these parts are called but I'm desperate to fix this pump =(

[@elizabethswintek9251]

I concur with this comment. I don’t want to be entertained, I want concise data and that’s precisely what he gave.

[@debrahorton3278]

Thanks, we are looking at renting a property with a pool and are novices but its super loud and looking to push on owner to fix or insulate. This was super helpful - we may end up doing it ourselves :)

[@craigcalderon6835]

Stayed till the end…mines a Intex sand filter…had it for about 10 years and I use my pool year round…close to retiring it…but not just yet…wish me luck Man/Sir!!! Thanks, Craig

[@severareed2125]

Thank you young man I stayed to the very end because I found it so helpful and informative. I shall tried to quiet the motor in every way you explained. Thank you for all the options.

[@f8media]

Great ideas! I had a polyester batt that I put in the pool shed and it helped. Next step bearing replacement. Congrats on being the most articulate speaker I have listened to on any topic on KZbin. Not a single ‘uh’.

[@soundproofguide]

Thank You Randy! Appreciate it! 🙂

[@jackkwok3154]

Stayed to the end. Helpful. My poolpump is at the side of the house and our neighbour commented it was noisy. I have a piece of folded carpet under the pump cut down on the vibrations. Will look at the A-frame idea. Thanks.

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@pammettee4975]

What is the difference in Vibration Noise VS A Bering going out noise- beside pushing down a little - & then it stops! THANK YOU for your help! YOU ARE GREAT- joining now!

[@frankdatank2529]

Ur instructions are really for above pools I’m a third generation swimming pool builder. Everything you said was right. I usually open it to clean my pump when it’s dirty we have a palm tree that lets out seeds that get in there it’s a strong pump it sucks everything in lol.

[@soundproofguide]

Thanks for sharing and also for watching! :)

[@markweinhardt1855]

I stuck around to the end - found it very helpful. Thank you!

[@jimtimberlake7860]

You fixed my noisy pump! I always keep the skimmer baskets clean, but one became unseated and sucked in a bunch of leaves and other tree debris into the pump basket. Cleaned that out, and it's about 90 percent quieter. No exaggeration. It took me longer to write this comment with my thumbs than it took to fix the pump. Thanks!

[@soundproofguide]

That’s awesome Jim! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@earend1]

Thank you! I stayed until the end. My pool noises are driving me crazy!!!

[@marymilewski7932]

Thanks-wish I'd watched this before I ordered a new pool pump (and I did watch to the end). This was very helpful.

[@jgposner]

I made it to the end. I think I just have a loud pump. It was loud on day one. Loud on cement or grass. I put it in a box and it was still annoyingly loud. I'm going to check your list of quieter pumps. Good video, I clicked the like button.

[@malcolmstowe2247]

Stayed to the end. Great info. Changed impaler and it was quiet for a few days. Bearings cost 25% of a new pump. I'll buy a new one

[@soundproofguide]

Good choice and thank you for watching! :)

[@missymayes9910]

Thank you for the information. What I am gonna do is have my husband watch.

[@johnsaccoccio1297]

i listen to your whole video and have 15 year old e-plus a.o. smith pool motor which supports my inground pool and spa. The motor is making a squealing noise. I am going try the recommended ideas that you mention to hopefuly solve the problem.

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Let me know the results!

[@davidduncan4236]

Yes I did stay to the end. Some of the early stuff was just normal maintenance stuff that people "should" be aware of - at least we would hope so. The the A-frame idea sounds like a winner for my situation. My hayward pump is not so loud, it is in a shed at the back of our small garden, but I'm worried about the noise upsetting the neighbors, so a little extra sound proofing should do the trick.

[@carolhorkowitz9021]

Watched until the end! I have tried most of your suggestions - now going in there with a coat hanger....may need to replace the pump.

[@soundproofguide]

Best of luck!!

[@arkitektoy]

Very well explained! Thank you!

[@darrinvandemark4781]

Trying to quiet my hot tub pump. Thanks for the tips!

[@MichaelDillin]

Informative and helpful thank you!!

[@DrBillRamsayDrTerrorEyes]

Watched till the end. Informative!! Thanks

[@michaeljohnmuller]

Thanks for the great overview of noise amelioration. I guess I need a new motor!

[@lissetteaguinaga4796]

Thank you for the video. Will try your recommendations. Much appreciated.

[@jasonmorrison9716]

Thanks for the great advice. I watched your full video and it helped me 100% to solve my problem 😁

[@soundproofguide]

That’s awesome! Thank you for letting me know!! 😊

[@bolewis7788]

lol, I was reading comments during the video and couldn't understand why so many people said "Stayed till the end". Now I know :) I really appreciate your knowledgeable and friendly advice. I learned several things that I'm sure will be helpful in maintaining my pool pump going forward. I've gotta ask... Are you Canadian? You seem too nice to be an American? (coming from a mostly proud American)

[@rudyg4470]

Stay to the end very informative advice. I'm quite sure the bearings on my every built pool pump was failing within a year and half after purchasing from my local Home Depot store. The problem seemed to be from a very poorly design pump cover. The outer black locking lid seemed to made from a very poorly structured plastic. The ring seemed to move sometimes when the pump shut off creating water leakage. Note the o-ring could have played a part leakage of water with sealing and pressure. Thus making the pump work inffentent and causing over heating. Eventually creating damage to the bearings. Ever Built pool pump didn't covered the pump warranty because it was a month out off the coverage date. Warranty almost always works in favor of the manufacturer..👌

[@JesseMosley]

I made it to the end, as I'm about to embark on a journey. a journey of not only doing on the purchasing pool product but using my new found mechanic skills to simply repair the affected pool equip.wish me luck, usually it takes me at least 2 or three tries, as I'm very green mechanicin. but I ain't scarred

[@soundproofguide]

Never fear! Best of luck! 😊

[@cheryltaylor7407]

I watched until the end, and found the information quite helpful! Your demeanor is great! You've captured my attention during the entire video. Thanks for the tips!

[@peggythomas4714]

Stayed to the end. Very well explained and going to try the different ideas to quiet down my pump!

[@julietucker8833]

Thanks for this great information!

[@dominicoliveri9650]

Thanks mate and we stayed to the end. Cheers...

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome!! Thanks a bunch!

[@DonAngle]

First solution worked. Thank you.

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Happy to hear!

[@casscollins9246]

I did! Thanks for the yoga mat tip!

[@theracerguy754]

Thinking on doing the bearing and an enclosure since I have the wood and the 2” foam pads.

[@frankdatank2529]

I will do the bearings on this one just to do I’ve never done that but I’ve done similar jobs and I am a electrician and HVAC. I’m license I can’t wait to get my prosthetic foot. And get back to work I love messing with swimming pools and making people happy especially the kids. I also do above ground pools but I can get them perfect level like 1/8 off at the most at the most lol.

[@max1m3perr0n]

I will certainly try a pad between concrete and pump... thanks for the tips. By the way I stayed till the end ;-)

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Thanks 😊

[@joseruelas3585]

Thank you. Will take your advice and build a a shape shed.

[@sm2040]

I live in a 25 storey building where residents living in the lower floors are facing a lots of vibrations and noise problems from 10 HP water pumpset installed in the basement, that is minus1 floor. Please advise something. Thank you

[@richschlueter442]

Great advice. I had no idea where to start looking for the issue.

[@bowmanjeff8]

Stayed until the end .. Good tips

[@websanityseo]

Thanks, we have a very noisy pool pump next door and we traced one key noise source as the outlet pipe. The pump itself is on acoustic pads but the outlet pipe was shaking the entire shed the pump was situated in: creating a loudspeaker! I braced this against something and it reduced the noise a lot. I know somebody who is an acoustic engineer and he was shocked that it wasn't fitted via a flexible pipe (maybe this is a particular problem because the pipe is very short and then connects firmly to the shed wall, thus creating a 6 foot by 12 foot speaker cone!) But he knows nothing about pool pumps - maybe fitting a short piece of flexible pipe would help isolate noise???

[@websanityseo]

PS. I got to the end of the video :-) One tip is that ONE of the pool pump pipes also ran through the wall of the shed that it was in but with no clearance and thus, again, vibrating pipe made vibrating side wall to shed. I cut around the pipe so there was clearance to not touch the side of the shed at all and you could feel the difference from the shed wall not vibrating... AND a reduction in annoying low level, low frequency sound that is a bad nuisance for us (it's not our pool, it's our neighbours - yet I am having to try to reduce the noise from it so we can use our garden :-()

[@matt7841]

I stayed for the entire end. I appreciate the suggestions you offered. My pump is still working quite well, but the sound has changed this season, but not as loud as some have described as in bearing failure. I checked the impeller, and basket. I'm pricing pumps now. Possible replacement.

[@soundproofguide]

Thanks for watching and the feedback!

[@bergdorfgoodman2093]

Thanks. This was helpful.

[@deborahmichael4776]

Very informative. All the way to the end. Thanks .

[@JFernandoRojasO]

Thanks a lot for all your suggestions.

[@soundproofguide]

You’re welcome!! 😊

[@pammettee4975]

Love it I stayed!! Subscribed too!

[@rubiamancia6691]

i have shurflo pentair water pump for my portable salon hair washing sink, any recommendations?

[@lindadervishian4067]

Watched until the end. Good ideas. I'll put a squishy pad, clean both baskets and build a wood enclosure around it and maybe line the interior with something absorbent. I'll also ask around town for anyone that can repack the bearings.

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Let me know how it turns out!

[@verab2657]

Great info thank you !

[@cherylciufo2262]

Stayed to the end!

[@ThermomixingwithSophia]

Thank you! Stayed to the end. I'll try all the options

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Let us know what worked best for you!

[@pinksasquatch]

I watched to the end!

[@GDDavis]

My old pool pump went out and bought a Whisper Flo 1.1 hp pump. Had it installed and it has whine that my old pump never had. I saw on Amazon BXI sound proofing closed cell foam 2 pack with self adhesive backing ($14). Do you think this might sound proof the new pump? Thanks in advance for your help. Gary

[@elizabethswintek9251]

Stayed till the end. Water fill and both baskets are always my default moves but this time the noise persisted. It just happened overnight so I’m suspicious of it being a clog. I’ve already checked for a clog but it was with a long wire bristled brush so I plan to go back in with a plastic drain declogging tool and spin that around a bit. I think I’ll check to see if it’s a vibrational issue first though. My husband put his hand on the pump for 30 seconds earlier today and said it was the bearings going out 👀 It’ll be funny (or not so funny 😞) if it turns out he was right. Thanks for all the info., that was a big help!

[@motemotola9821]

great ideas, will try them.

[@dannyz306]

Great video

[@dizziechef9502]

Mine is a louder motor hum. Not like metal scratching noises. My skimmer basket is cleaned. Still louder. Got louder after hurricane IAN though. Can an impeller. Be a noise problem ?

[@NancyTigress]

Stayed til the end. Just trying to see the sounds and looks a pump is supposed to have 🤷‍♀️ I just feel like my flow seems less strong then last year. but now I think my bearing needs a change 🤔

[@MeimeiLovesmusic]

very good!! All of a sudden I hear the motor so loud. I saw debris inside the motor through the clear top. That debris may be causing the motor to work harder and make the loud sound possibly right?

[@soundproofguide]

Definitely the debris would make the motor work harder. And that will in turn make the motor hotter and louder.

[@jamesbarron01]

My pump EVP101-r got flooded last week (submerged in pool water). I took the cap off and dried out the electric connections which had got a few drips of water in. Then I was pleased to find that the pump still works. But I think it is noisier than before. Do you think I may have got some water in the bearings or somewhere else? Is it possible to grease them before they start to corrode? What do you advise? Thanks.

[@chriskersting1129]

Thanks for the tip in sound proofing materials. My pump is mounted on the old plastic pad. The pad acts like an echo chamber that magnifies the sound of the pump. I’ll try stuffing some pieces of workout mats under it

[@soundproofguide]

That should definitely make a big difference!

[@popeye6221]

Stayed. Informative.

[@lljohnson505]

Great ideas! I'm hoping to put an absorption pad under the pump and hope it helps!!!

[@gregkaras8099]

Thank you! I think the bearings (whining noise) got damaged during the fall. The water level got too low and debris in the basket. That said I’ll try the A frame to quiet it. Thanks!

[@johnisbell9220]

Nice, good tips, great links, made it to the end too!

[@donnaroche4821]

Great tips. Very helpful.

[@ayushendrianto3005]

how to determine that we need to replace the bearing?

[@johngoyder4222]

Watched whole thing and got some good ideas.

[@soundproofguide]

Awesome! Happy to hear!

[@caleyjag2]

I stayed till the end :D

[@cathyvandolder3087]

Stayed to the end! Thanks for the tips 👍

[@TomMcCaffreyIrish]

I'll go for the sound enclosure and I will take a 4" pvc tube from the cold air in the cistern and pump it through the sound enclosure with a small inline 4" air pump????

[@sivakandula]

Thank you for the excellent tips. I plan to use them

[@soundproofguide]

You’re very welcome!

[@ShukriGeorgehananiaShukri]

Thank you so much

[@TheGeoffBaker]

Yes the last three. Ty so much

[@mrm0303]

Good job. Unfortunately replace the motor seems to be the answer.

[@BBellonGoogle]

Listened to the end, thanks for the tips. I wonder how well a louvered screen behind the pump between my yard and the neighbor's fence would help?

[@soundproofguide]

It would certainly help. I have a video on ways to make an AC unit quieter and show different types of barriers. Take a look! 😉

[@johnpatterson1156]

Very informative Video

[@justindelaney6892]

Thanks

[@kimlucier8757]

Thanks for the info

[@pierreprovilus594]

Good job 👌

[@dizziechef9502]

I put pressure on pump. No change but after hurricane I now notice the pump doesn’t sit on the cement platform straight. Two front leg things are only half on. I’ll work with that. First. Filter cleaned. I put more water in . I’ll check impeller next. The hurricane dropped my cage and screen in my pool. It could have hampered the impeller with screen . Then I’ll check bearings. How ?

[@michaeljohnmuller]

I didn’t find the links. I wanted to know which are quietist pumps.

[@Yoyo-np8kn]

Thank you！！

[@weisong3593]

I just add anti vibration pad for pool pump this weekend. It doesn't work at all, noise db is still the same.

[@MichaelDillin]

Replace pump with expensive variable speed pump. Got it that’s the best solution. Saves electricity which is $$

[@sunnyboy8644]

good tips.

[@soundproofguide]

Thank you! Let me know if you tried any of them and how it's working out for you! :)

[@spreadhead4656]

Hello sir, i watched to the end. I'm here looking to reduce the noise of a pump that i sleep close to. The lowest point on my plant watering system is a condensate pump which collects water and pumps it to a reservoir. From the reservoir the water is pumped to the plants where it waters them, the water then drips down, where it eventually is directed by gravity back in to the condensate pump, which pumps it back to the reservoir. The noise of the condensate pump suddenly turning on would wake me up at night, making it difficult to get a good nights rest. So for now i have just forgotten about the project. But i want to try again. I'm thinking of attempting to sound proof the condensate pump. what do you think? Is that silly? One thing i have to keep in mind is that its good to have the pump low to the ground, because if the pump is too high then i need to raise everything else, because i need gravity to help the things naturally drain in to the condensate pump. So im interested in sound proofing it without raising the pump too high off the ground. But i can raise it. I also considered the concept of putting it in a foam lined box. One concern there, of course, is that this could lead to the pump overheating. Any comments would be appreciated very much. Im even thinking maybe if the box is heating the pump, perhaps i can simply find a way to cool the pump back down.

[@valetini127]

I services my pump. Open clean the impellor and put it back. When i on it it low and after some time it make a lound of noise and getting hot. What should I do to make it low.

[@BrianThomas]

I went away for 2 weeks and the skimmer got clogged up while the pump was running it's schedule. Now it's making a loud noise since I've cleaned it out after I got back. My question is. Did the pump get ruined from this?

[@abhijitsatpute5236]

Hello sir , Actually I have a problem can you suggest solution Problem is in submersible jet aerator , Our STP is in basement , one jet areator make vibration nd these vibration make noise in upper flats what should we do for that

[@debbiespellman3720]

I would love asssist and advice We live in a condo.. Directly below our balcony is where the pool pump is housed.. There are 4 pumps to servoce this pool. It is outrageuoly LOUD and pool maintenance compnay claims there is nothing they can do. Please helo and thank you

[@cliffordjoseph9148]

Great 👍

[@andrewholmes2571]

Till the end thanks, I will just call my pool tech tomorrow when they open again

[@robertjackson7590]

If you replace your bearings you can carefully remove the seals on each side of the new bearings. Blow the grease out with compressed air. Wipe synthetic grease filling one side of the bearings and cage. Install the seals and install in the pump. OE bearings rarely if ever use this grease and it's far superior.

[@PrettyGoodLookin]

Which grease ?

[@gretchencudakroen469]

So, yesterday my pump started making a horrible noise. The pump filter basket was a bit dirty, and I cleaned it but that didn't help. The pump is only a couple years old, but runs constantly during our pool season which is about 6 months. I'm thinking it's an impeller clog or bearings. I will try those things next.

[@taba1208]

mine is whining, but get this- it stops when I take the lid off, then put it right back on. Any ideas?