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    Sand Filter Base

    I have a Sta-Rite Cristal-flo 24-inch 300lb filter. It is about 16 years old. The plastic/rubber supporting base split in halve and the filter has been dropping a little. I now have the sand out for replacing. An exact replacement stand is no-longer made and the ones that may be available...
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    Filter Sand

    I have a Sta-Rite Cristal-flo 24-inch sand filter. The manual says to use #20 Silica sand in the size range of .45 to .55mm, and a uniform coefficient less than 1.75. Okay, so I went to the two local big stores and found "Pool Filter Sand" with no data on the bags. One was Quikrete and their...
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    lower speed pump

    I have a 16,000 gallon kidney-shaped pool, with jacuzzi tub overflowing into it. There is one return line to the tub and 3 to the pool. All lines are 2 inch, except from manifold (lines from skimmer, pool drain, tub drain) to pump and pump to filter where the line is 1.5 inches. The pump is a...