My sand filter sucks, new filter options?

[CarlD]

Yes, you must post numbers. You cannot fix a sick pool without testing the water.

You're going to need to keep your free chlorine at shock levels, maybe for as long as two weeks. If it drops you will back to square one. You cannot do that without a proper test kit.

We have lots of stickied threads on how to do this. Please read them.

[li34436]

Hello,
I had taken my water sample down to the pool place. They said all my levels where fine. But, I may want to increase my chlorine level and to get some CYA. So I did that yeasterday.

Before putting that all in, the green in my return has gotton worse and the pressure in my pump is now down to 5 where it was up to 9 or 10 2 days ago.

I am getting new gaskets, where the clean out is, if you turn it just a little the pressure goes up??? I think from changing the sand a couple of times already the gaskets may be bad. I am going get new gaskets, more sand, the Aquachem sand cleaner and DE?, I think it is called to increase pressure. I hope this works. I am getting fustrated. Although, my pool is still clear, Thank you Lord!!!! If I don't ask fast it won't be.

Do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks a Bunch,

Lisa