Backflow / Waste Operation

[BigDave]

Thanks,
Yea, it didn't really make sense to me but the laundry sink is the largest access I have to sanitary sewer.

Would the DE and captured slop clog a french drain? Is there a way to catch the DE and big stuff that might stop it up?

[AnnaK]

The amount of DE that people sometimes add to their sand filters is minute and isn't enough to clog anything. The pressure with which water exits a backwash hose is impressive; we route it over a paver so it doesn't blast a hole in the lawn. As to big stuff, there won't be any big stuff in the filter medium. Big stuff is caught first by the skimmer basket and, if anything gets through, by the pump pot. At worst, you might get very small fragments of leaf bits or tree flower parts in your sand. What I see when I backwash is dirty water of a greyish brown color with tiny dark specks in it. Nothing to stop anything up.

[BigDave]

Thanks,
I'm a planner (too much sometimes) and I've been thinking my way through running the new pool. Plus I'm getting pretty excited even if it just a small AG.

[Watermom]

If everyone was a "planner," there would be far fewer people with pool problems. Getting educated before you start something is always the best way to do whatever it is that you are doing. And, as you said, "even it it is just a small AG," ---- it will still provide you with a place to cool off on a hot day just as well as a big pool.

[BigDave]

We miss our donut right now but... we'll have a new pool soon