This Video could not have come at a better time. We just had to replace our old sand filter for our Camp and I was completely lost on how it all worked. Thank you so much for the information!
I have a question. I have an above ground pool. I just opened it for the season. 3 days after I opened it, it has there white snowflake looking stuff all over the top. How do I get rid of it.
The foamy floaters your seeing should disappear in a day or two. It's a reaction from your shock Sanitizing or your pool isn't balanced correctly. Double check your ph and if it's good it's just the chlorine off gassing.
How do I bleed the air out when there doesn’t seem to be a valve. Mine is a top mount and the pressure gauge screws directly into the side of the multiportvalve
Thank you for all this great info. We are getting our sand replaced on Wednesday. They are putting in something called Glass that doesn’t need to ever be replaced, have you heard of this? Love your channel, it’s saving me so much as a first time pool owner.
Also, our sight glass isn’t clear. It’s cloudy no matter how long we backwash or rinse… it almost looks to have sand in it. Is that a sign that sand should be replaced by chance?
You can get a new sight glass for a few dollars there pretty cheap. The sand in the sight glass is normal. When you backwash it will throw a little sand out through the backwash line with the gunk your backwashing out of the filter.
Every time I turn on the pump, I get 5-10 seconds of sand out the return jet. Why is this happening. Additionally, after back washing the unit, I turn to rinse setting and the sight glass fills with sand.
Sounds like you could have a broken lateral in the bottom of your filter. Laterals are the slotted tubes that keep the sand in the filter and let the water pass through. The only other thing is a pressure override tube that's in the filter that might of came lose. The only way to know for sure is to remove the sand and check it out.
Yes perfectly normal if there's just a little after backwashing. The sand does sometimes get kicked up with the gunk your backwashing out of the filter.
How can you tell the difference between sand in pool from faulty laterals in the filter and dead algae? Not sure what I got but the only way to get rid of it is through waste water. Then a few days later I have more small piles on the pool floor. Looks very similar to dead algae I had last year but not sure.
If the debris on the pool bottom is very light and mixes into the water it's definitely not sand from the filter. Filter sand is clean and uniform in size or grit. Most likely it's pollen or other airborne debris getting in your pool which in most cases is to small for a sand filter to filter out. Vacuuming to Waste is the key to keeping up with it. Also forgot the biggest clue to it being sand from the filter. There should only be small piles under your return fittings or jets on the pool
Just to clarify when backwashing and rinsing all the valves are in the same position as filter mode? Turn power off to the pump then turn the multi port valve to backwash and power pump back on? Thanks
So i have a pool with a multiport valve with a waise filter basket. Can i take basket out n just have all the leaves or debri . So take out the second filter basket while only doing waste?
Hi Noma you need atleast one filter basket in at all times normally there is one in your pump and one in your skimmer. These prevent leaves and other debris from clogging lines and the impeller on your pump which pulls the water.
First time pool owner here. We just got the pool filled up with water, finally! Would the first step be to backwash then rise then leave it on in the filter position?
I use the closed position anytime I'm cleaning out my pump basket on a side mount multiport valve to prevent the top couple of inches of water in the filter from Draining out while my pump lid is off but the closed position is mainly to stop the flow back from the return fittings on the pool when your dealing with a submerged pump situation meaning the pool water level is a higher elevation than your pump is. Example is all above ground pools. In Closed position and turning off the valve on the suction side of the pump will allow you to open your pump and clean out the basket or even more allow you to replace parts on your pump with out draining your pool in a submerged pump situation. I hope this helps explain why I use this setting.
@@Poolelementary Yeah, Thnkx I got what U mean!!!!! I did not intend my question to make me sound like a jerk. I just read it and I kinda came off that way, sorry about that
If your pump is hard to prime after removing your pump basket and cleaning it I usually turn the pump off and put the filters multi port valve to the off position and close any valves in front of the pump before taking the lid off the pump to clean out the basket. This will help hold the water in the lines to make it easier for the pump to prime up when your done. Just make sure to put valves back when done and before you turn the pump back on
The sand should be close to where the top curve meets the straight vertical part of the filter or a little more than 2/3rds full. Filters do vary from one another though.
@@Poolelementary Thank you! I find sand on my driveway after backwashing. Is that normal? I guess I should top it off with a bag now and then because it was a little low. I use that Z sand, and it is pretty effective but IDK why I see it on my driveway after backwashing.
legend mate, clear simple and understandable instructions. just moved to a new house and the old owner didn't give me too much detail on how to use and clean the pool, not the first home i've owned that has a pool, just a way different system, so this helps clear up any un-answered questions, cheers mate
If your Pool is a salt water pool you will have a chlorine generator which is a device that turns the salt into chlorine. This device will be plumbed into the return lines going back to the pool after the heater if you have one. They will have a power cord going to it and will look like a electronical device. If your curious on what these look like I would look up pool chlorine generators for pools on the internet. Should show you a bunch of different styles.
Sorry and yes there shouldn't be any water going past the sight glass and out the backwash line in filter setting. If there is try re seating the valve by lifting it up and down a couple time with the pump off. If you still have water coming through the site glass it's time for a new multi port gasket.
My filter after being backwashed is usually 15 psi. Lately after cleaning it’s down around 4-5 psi. Gets good flow from the return outlets in the pool. But the pressure relief valve doesn’t spray hard like it used too. What would/could be the cause? Almost as if the pump got weaker. No other valves closed or pinched off..
My only guess is some gunk got up into the pressure Guage and air bleeder and is partially plugging it but that's only a guess. I see this when I am vacuuming gunk and algae.
@@Poolelementary honestly that was my only guess. We had a styrofoam boogie board break and contaminate the pool. I’ve been thinking those little beads are all in the filter as the smaller ones could pass through the skimmer basket and the pump basket as well. Anyways it’s been about 3 years since I’ve changed the sand. Looks like a fun little project next weekend.
I have a Reliant sand filter Model S314T and it doesn’t have a waste setting only has: backwash, filtration, rinse a winter setting but it has waste opening that its closed. My question is which setting shall I used to discharge the waste
