Right into the street then down the curb...
F the neighbors
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
Right into the street then down the curb...
F the neighbors
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
mine is plumbed right into my sewer line.
14'x31' kidney 21K gal IG plaster pool; SWCG (Saline Generating System's SGS Breeze); Pentair FNS Plus 48 DE DE filter; Whisperflow 1 HP pump; 8 hours hrs; kit purchased from Ben; utility water; summer: none; winter: none; PF:5.7
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
Doesn't it stain the hell out of the street?Originally Posted by freddyttt
Right into the street then down the curb...
F the neighbors
I tried that once and I even hosed it down while it was still wet but it made bad stains. And it took a while to wear off too.
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
This is my concern also. I had an algae bloom over the warm late-winter/early-spring and I'm on my 3rd backwash through the cleanup effort. I usually backwash into the street when it is raining to minimize the leftover DE, but this time I've had no choice and had to backwash on the dry pavement so much of the downstream street gutters are littered with DE. The neighbors haven't complained but I think if I was them I wouldn't be happy.
I'm going to try and start backwashing into the lawn. My only concern is that the clorine will harm or kill the organics in the lawn. My thinking is to backwash when that level is down or hit the pool with some chlor neutralizer first.
Any thoughts, comments or experiences would be appreciated.
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
Mine is a sand filter, can't hep with the DE disposal.
I backwash onto my lawn, have done for 7 years, no problems. My FC generally is between 3 - 5 ppm and has not hurt the grass.
Oval 12.5K gal AGP; Hayward 19" sand filter; Pentair Dyn 1 HP 2sp pump on timer
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Re: How are you disposing your DE?
My observation with the lawn is that the pool water with ~3000 ppm salt only makes the grass greener. I normally only backwash every 2 weeks or so, or maybe longer. I have had troubles the past few years so I have backwashed more often. Sometimes I only bw once a month.
~18K gal IG Gunite -- 1-HP Pentair Whisper Flo with new 2-speed motor. Intermatic T1000 Dual Speed Timer -- Tagelus 60D sand filter
Hayward SWCG (up to 40K gal.) -- Polaris 280 and booster pump -- Rainbow (now Pentair) in-line chlorine Feeder.
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
Find the sewer clean out in front of your house and back wash into that . If you're not on septic that is.
14'x31' kidney 21K gal IG plaster pool; SWCG (Saline Generating System's SGS Breeze); Pentair FNS Plus 48 DE DE filter; Whisperflow 1 HP pump; 8 hours hrs; kit purchased from Ben; utility water; summer: none; winter: none; PF:5.7
Re: How are you disposing your DE?
My backwash goes into my back yard, usually with5-10 ppm of chlorine, and it doesn't hurt the grass at all. As far as DE goes, some folks actually spread it onto their lawns to help control insects.
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