Filter spitting out sand?

[JohnnyK]

Well there is quite a bit of sand below the jets, but it seems to have stopped for hte most part of coming out.. I think.. I should go check again. But is it normal when changing sand (or whole filters for that matter) that there is a bunch of sand that is too small and gets blown through, or something to that effect?

[nicole12]

I also changed my sand for this season. The first backwash I too got about 5 lbs of sand on my lawn. From what others have said this is normal. Also I have some find sand/dust at the bottom of the pool that came from the return that some also say is normal. Most members recommend vacuuming that to waste or putting about a cup of DE in the filter vacuuming and then immediately backwashing.