Quote Originally Posted by cleancloths
I just don't get it - what is hard about a DE filter? I have had mine for 8 years and do almost nothing too it.
Ditto...although I haven't had mind that long.

Quote Originally Posted by PackerFan
i've come to the conclusion, now that i'm on my 3rd sand filter , that there is no way of not getting sand back into the pool. i've been through it all with a sta-rite,jacuzzi, and now hayward sand filter,and seems no matter what i do, i get sand of some type in my pool after running the filter over night. i now have the Zeobrite stuff in my new filter and have the same problem. any ideas? the reason i changed filters is i totally rebuilt them ,laterals,standpipe ,etc. and still had the problem . this is one reason maybe someday i'll go to the DE type.
Just wondering, how long do you back wash the filter?