Cloudy water won't clear up

[Batman77]

I think I found the problem. After reading about other peoples problems with their filters I decided to take the top off of the filter and check the sand. First of all the entire plastic assembly came up out of the sand I don't think it was suppose to do that. But what I found was that it was half empty of sand. Am I going to have to take all the sand out to get the assembly back down in it? And how full is the filter suppose to be from the top?

[aylad]

While you have the assembly out, check it really well for any cracks or stretching of the slots in the "fingers" on the laterals. Unfortunately, I think you're going to have to shovel some sand out to get the assembly back in correctly, but I'll let the equipment experts verify that.

My sand filter is a 300 lb filter, but I use zeosand, which requires half--150 lbs. When I added 150 lbs of zeo to my filter, it was just about half full. Do yourself a favor--after you get it all put back together and any sand added, make sure you start it up for the first time in backwash mode--there's a thread on the "lessons learned" forum that described my nightmare when I forgot to take my own advice, but that's a mistake I'll never make again!!

Janet

[Watermom]

Unless you can pour the sand out, you can use a shop vac to suck it out. Then, once your finished checking/repairing the filter, you can pour the same sand back in and then add however much more you need.

[Batman77]

Is the lateral assembly supposed to sit on the bottom of the filter? The old one was just a little more than half way down. The top of the down pipe was cracked so I repaired it and extended it so that it sits on the bottom.

[aylad]

I'm not sure--you might need to see if you can find an exploded view of your filter via the internet. I found one for mine, before I started taking it apart......

Janet

[Batman77]

Well it's been about a week I got the filter back running and am using DE in it and today I can see the pattern on the bottom of the pool, finally I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank You all for your help

[Watermom]

Excellent!