DE to sand filter?

[aylad]

Be sure you have plenty of water in the pool before you begin a backwash/rinse cycle. It tends to take a considerable amount of water, depending on how dirty the filter is. I usually do it either right after a good rain when the pool is over-full anyway, or I run the hose while I'm cleaning the filter.

Good point, and something I usually forget to check until I'm in the middle of it all and hear the skimmer sucking air!

Janet

[AnnaK]

Heh! Don't I know it!

Earlier this year I posted here about air in my pump pot. Al helped me look for leaks in the plumbing. My husband, bless him, took all the plumbing apart, wrapped it with Teflon tape, lubed O-rings, worked his fingers to the bone. He's a sweetie!

Then I got the bright idea to add some $#@! water to the pool. Oh yea! No more vortex in the skimmer, no more sucking air.

Sometimes, it's just too easy.

[aylad]

Digger,
Did you get your sand changed? How's everything looking so far?

Janet