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    Sand coming out jets and out back wash

    Hola Amigos, I am in Mexico and opened my pool just about the time most up north are closing theirs. I converted last year to a Hayward EcoStar pump and so far it is doing a fabulous job of filtering. I run it for 14 hours a day at 1000 rpm and it uses about the same electricity as a 100 watt...
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    Water cloudy

    Hello again everyone. happy Halloween. After have an initial honymoon period with BBB I am now starting to have cloudiness problems. I am in a very remote area and I fill my pool from a hand dug well. The water going in seems to have a very fine silt which my sand filter cannot seem to get out...
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    Best time of day to filter

    Is there a "best time of day to run your pump"? to achieve the best filtering? I have a sand filter.
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    Sand not getting out fine silt

    Hi everyone. Thanks for reading my question. My pool is very sparkly except for at night when I turn on my pool lights I see silt in the water. In pool school it talks about adding DE to my sand filter to make it filter finer media. My Sand is going into its third season. Would it be wise to...
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    New to trouble free pool. Have some problems.

    Hello everyone. I am in Yelapa, Jalisco, Mexico. Near Puerto Vallarta. My pool was built two years ago and I have had problems that I believe relate to having to use triclor. Logistically it is very difficult to get large quantities of liquid bleach to my location as everything has to come by...