File this under the "if it ain't broke don't fix category". I took my water into pool store today to get it checked. So far this year I have not encountered any problems with my pool. I have a Hayward 60 square foot DE filter. Two days ago I opened it up and cleaned all of the filter grids. Started everything back up and started to put DE back in the skimmer. For the last 20 years (2 different houses and 2 different pools) I have always pour dry DE directly into the skimmer closest to the filter....NO PROBLEM. Today I when I was at the pool store the person working there advised me about the slurry method of mixing a the DE and water into a bucket and pouring it into the skimmer. I was interested in this because I have noticed some clumping of DE in the past, and two days ago I had inadvertently used a different measuring cup and had shorted my filter of DE when I recharged it. I checked the cup I used and calculated the difference and figure I could safely add 4 more pound of DE. So I added the 4 pound of DE into a bucket, added water to create my slurry, poured it into the skimmer and it promptly blew it back into the pool. Now, 4 hours later my pool is so cloudy I can't see 5 inches in the water. I decided it best to take a Xanax and call it a night while the pool and polaris run, and hopefully in the morning things will be better. However if they are not, does anyone have any suggestions? Until this afternoon no issue at all with DE blow back, and I just charged it two days ago.
Again I have never tried mixing water with DE before pour it in the skimmer, always just poured DE in the skimmer and worked it around with my hand.....in 20 years no issue.
I am worried I will wake up in the morning and still have a milkshake for a pool.
Any suggestions appreciated..
Again I have never tried mixing water with DE before pour it in the skimmer, always just poured DE in the skimmer and worked it around with my hand.....in 20 years no issue.
I am worried I will wake up in the morning and still have a milkshake for a pool.
Any suggestions appreciated..