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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Lucky I wear them on a pretty regular basis hey guys??:p
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Thanks Dave the missus is making go to town so I stop hacking into her stockings!! lol , Will do keep you poted BA
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Thanks Dave, So I have filled the pool up, put a stocking and a filter sock in the leaf skimmer, and gave it a vac. The stocking and sock defiantely caught a eski full of rubbish. and def got some sand. Its all a bit cloudy again now so I have turned the filter on cleaned the stocking and sock...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Awesome thankyou will give it a go now!! BA
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    James I do have a filter sock. So should I fill the pool back up, put the sock in the skimmer turn the filter on and get in the pool and stir the sand up and let it run trying to collect the sand?? what about the vacuming idea?? thanks again BA - - - Updated - - - This is my filter guys...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Hi James Thanks for your advice..I will consider the cartridge filter when money is availiable BUT how do i get the sand which is now on the bottom of the pool into your stocking in the skimmer basket? Thanks again for your help?? Brendan
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    So advice would be good when possible. Thankyou so much all!!. I think after doing alot of research the problem is simply I am vacuming so much dirt into filter the sand is eventually overflowing into pool. Too much sand into filter. The sand Only flowed into the pool after i had vacumed alot of...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Hi All thanks again for your help. Please read and help !! So I let the sand settle last night Turned filter off overnight (it had been going all day). DURALEIGH: I turned it to backwash Pump psi before backwash 0psi Pump while backwash 10psi. Pump when filtering 11psi. Pool is only 6 months...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Yes mate, tank water BUT I have a spring that gives me 300liters a day to fill it up gradually dont know what else to do...?? Need it sorted ..Just spent 47 years saving up to build a house and a pool and I want my 7 year old to swim in it. Anyway thanks again all opinions appreciated guys...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Thanks Jeff!! So vacume half and backwash and rinse then do the rest??
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    HI guys can I thankyou again. So good to have people who know what they r talking about helping. I have edited my signature so you have an idea. This is a brand new pool. Anyway. I know that the filter glass or sand replacement is definitely NOT what is coming back into the pool. It is...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    So an update I did open the filter up. I dont have sand in there it's like this crystal composition little glass like stones. Anyway I did the hose flush but was a bit nervous only did it for about 5 min. Not alot coming out i mean dirty but not all horrible. I tried to look at the laterals but...
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    Sand coming through jets when cleaning.

    Hi east thanks for your reply. I did backwash it for about a min and then rinse for about 10 seconds. The pool is all cloudy so I guess I will run the filter and try and clean again. I guess its a bit of a vicious cylce. It spits the sand out and I vacume it back in. there was no sand in the...