They work great. You'll be surprised how awful the skimmer socks look when you pull them out to clean. YUCK.
CaryB
I just installed a skimmer sock on both skimmers.
They're designed to catch the "finer" debris and keep it from going to the pump/filter.
Anyone have any experience with these they'd like to share?
40'x28' I/G L-shaped, vinyl liner pool, with an estimated 40,000 gallons of water.
Been using BBB for over a year! Excellent results!
They work great. You'll be surprised how awful the skimmer socks look when you pull them out to clean. YUCK.
CaryB
They're great!
On my system, when the pump isn't running, the bottom of the sock floats up and some of the debris it had caught, dislodges. I now put a small rock inside the sock so it stays down in the skimmer basket when the pump is off.
Oval 12.5K gal AGP; Hayward 19" sand filter; Pentair Dyn 1 HP 2sp pump on timer
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I've been using them for 3 years. They work great and reduce the number of times you backwash. I replace the sock about once a month--cheap enough!
Carl
We use them too and love the "polishing" it does by getting the finer crap out of the water. FYI - you need to check them often to be sure they don't clog up - not much gets through those buggers and they can quickly clog up enough to change pump pressure if there is pollen or other junk floating around.
Beats driving to the lake!
18'x33'x52" AG oval, hard plumbed system, 22" Pentair Meteor Filter 1.5hp pump, Goldline SWCG System, 2/4x20 SolarBear Panels, Biltmore Steps - 16x14' composite deck, Pool Rover Jr
Once a MONTH? I change mine daily. Of course, I get a lot of dog hair in the pool but even without the dogs, like a few days ago, I had something like a gazillion flying ants in there. Must have been a hatch. And during pollen season it got disgustingly full of yellow pasty gunk.
Changing the sock is part of my daily routine. I rinse it off with the hose, hang it over a fence post, and put another one in the basket. Once amonth? Man, you have CLEAN water!
Oval 12.5K gal AGP; Hayward 19" sand filter; Pentair Dyn 1 HP 2sp pump on timer
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Excellent ideas!
Thanks!!
40'x28' I/G L-shaped, vinyl liner pool, with an estimated 40,000 gallons of water.
Been using BBB for over a year! Excellent results!
Carl
It definitely cleans, but the pool was getting too high maintenance and as a busy mom I can't check this daily. I have a micron cartridge filter and my water was pretty clean without this, so I removed mine.
Salinda
owner of ~35,000 gallon plaster IG pool/spa combo. Ikeric Dyna-Miser VS150 filter pump, 2 hp whisperflo spa jet pump, The Pool Cleaner 2x suction cleaner, Clean & Clear Plus 520 cartridge filter, Zodiac Clearwater LM2-40 SWG, Sta-rite 400k heater, solar heat pads and coils.
Sandy
15,600 gallon, screened 15x30 IG plaster sport pool with 6x8 tanning area, Aquarite SWCG, Hayward cartridge filter, Polaris 280 cleaner
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