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He had never put water in first. Didn't know he was supposed to. And I have wondered if they got sand in the stand pipe from the beginning.

There was to begin with. Although had sand coming in return from the get go.

Deep clean the sand? Does backwashing not do that? Also, it’s brand new sand that has only been in the filter about 4 weeks. (We were late getting the pool open this year)

I am having a problem with low flow/low pressure on my pump, despite backwashing and no apparent blockage and quite a bit of sand being deposited into the pool. Never had this issue before so not quite sure what to check. Pump is upgraded from the one that came with the pool and is only three...

Thanks! That's what I thought but wanted to double-check. And yes, it was wonderful coming home to clean sparkling pool!

Hi, got back from 10 days at the beach. Had pool covered day before we left and got it uncovered yesterday, so about 12 days covered. Drop tests today show FC at 17. Is that just because it’s been covered so long? Will that drift on down or do I need to turn off swg for a while? Drop results...

I'm not sure exactly where to post this. I've had my above ground pool going on 6 years now and have never had this issue til now. This weekend we started seeing a zillion of these tiny red bugs all over the skimmer and the pool ladder. At first I thought they were chiggers, but now I'm not sure...

Thanks everyone!

The ACTUAL water depth, right? Not the wall dimension depth of the pool.

I know this seems like a ridiculous question, but when I am calculating pool volume for the purposes of adding salt/bleach/etc., do the calculators take into consideration the actual usable volume or does the calculator simply give you a full capacity volume? For example, my pool is 24'x52". Of...

Re:  New to sand filter have a few questions I didn't know what that was. But someone else posted a link to it and I ended up going with that. I think that will serve the purpose for us just great. Thanks!

Thank you! This looks like the way we will probably go for this year. I'm just not quite ready to cut into my pool wall on a brand new pool. I just don't have that much confidence yet.

Can we use the skimmer/pump that was on our 22 x 52? It's an integrated unit and worked just fine. It was actually a new pump we had bought at the end of the season last year. We saved it after the frame broke on the pool (We'd had it for several years) and we upgraded to this one. If we do...

I can't go to my original post. That's what I'm saying. I've lost access to all that information now.

When I click on this, it says invalid link. - - - Updated - - - It's not there. Neither is the other one it was supposedly merged with. It shows this one, and my posts from last year, but not the one that someone moved or the one it was merged with. Now, I don't have any of that information I...

I don’t know why but my post about vacuuming with a sand pump and no skimmer was moved. I can’t find it and I was getting some very helpful information. But I needed follow up and clarification on some replies and now it’s just gone.

Re: New to sand filter have a few questions I don’t know what that is - - - Updated - - - This isn’t a permanent walled pool. It’s the kind with the frame and vinyl walls. Can you retrofit one of those on a pool like this? - - - Updated - - - I don’t know what you are talking about with a...

Re: New to sand filter have a few questions Do you have suggestions on how or where I can find an adapter? I’ve googled but all I’ve found is one from intex and I have no idea if that will work.

Re: New to sand filter have a few questions Thanks. The other question I have is if you hook it straight to the intake, how does that keep debris from messing up the pump? And does the debris just sit in the sand? Until you backwash? I’m worried about something like a piece of acorn or such...

Re: New to sand filter have a few questions I posted this question in another area but no one has replied and I really need an answer. We upgraded from a 22x52 pro series pool with a cartridge filter and skimmer by poly group to a 24 x 52 pool from the same company that has a sand filter. But...

Hi, we upgraded from a 22 x 52 pro series poly group Frame pool to a 24 x 52. The old pool had a cartridge filter system. This one came with a sand filter system and I have never used one of those. My question is about vacuuming the pool. I feel stupid but I don't see how we can vacuum it the...

Hi, our Intex SWS died. Kept giving false high salt readings and would not run cycle. Did all the trouble shooting. Cleaned everything. Called Intex. Need a new part that is no longer manufactured. Anyway, my question is this: Is it okay to just use bleach to maintain our FC levels until we are...

HALLELUJAH!!!!!! The slime bag did the trick!!!! I cannot believe what a difference just 12 hours made!!!!! I've already had to clean it twice and my pool is crystal clear for the first time all summer!! Thank you!

Ok. I looked up this post but I don't know what a polishing bag is and am not familiar with slime bags in the first place so I'm having trouble picturing what this is and how it works. I think you are exactly right. I think my problem is that I can't ever filter out the fine stuff. When we are...

No. Plain bleach.

I've slammed the pool. No OL on FC. Numbers are good. Cl is drifting down but the pool is still Cloudy. No cc. I think the pump/filter is just simply not filtering it well enough. I vacuum it every day. Even running the pump 24/7 is not clearing it up. I don't know what else to do. I bought some...

I've had an ultra frame pool with a sws for 3 years and never had an issue with rust.

Hi. I still have slightly cloudy water. Have been running pump and changing filter non stop but it's still cloudy. Tried taking FC up and keeping slightly above normal for several days (10), but still cloudy. Had very hot, very sunny weekend. Latest numbers: FC: 6 CC: 0 Ph:7.2 TA: 70 CYA...

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. And, when we get back, leave SWS off until FC drifts back down to normal?