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With sand how do I figure out what size I should be purchasing?

So I went to open my inground pool this season and apparently forgot to turn a valve leading in the explosion of the pipe assembly outlet. I have a clean and clear Plus Pentair CCP320 cart filter. So I called around and it looks like I am looking at 140$ just to replace this one part. I have...

Any thoughts on what size I need? Can't afford DE looking for a sand.

What are the advantages of the top mount as it is currently plumbed for a side mount for the filter cartridge. Just curious. I can replumb but would prefer it to be easiest.

Also, side mount or top mount?

Wow, I have looked at the DE filters.....ouch on the price. Since,I know nothing of sand filters what is recommended? Should I stick with Pentair as that is my pump? Also with sand what size? Should I over size? Thanks for the info!

So every year I battle with my start up of my pool and this year shall be no different I'm sure. I have a freeform 14x33 pool. Tough to calculate gallons on the pool calculator as free form is not an option. Based on rectangular it is 18k gallons but I know it is not. I have a pentair 4 speed...

So I FINALLY got it fixed. I isolated the issue with the bottom drain. I had ruled out the pump, filter and the skimmer. I then messed around with the bottom drain valve and realized I had a bad oring. Oring replaced and retightened and I'm back to fighting my swamp. I have dumped so much...

Ok. I push the water through the skimmer and it eventually fills up and comes back. I push water through the bottom drain and it flows and flows and flows. No seemingly water loss in the pool. How do you unclog a clogged pipe? I had a skimmer plug in for the winter and the strainer has been in...

Had to work, will retry in the am. Thinking I have a sort of clog. I got it going, came home at 1am to see if it was still running and it was shut off and dry and I couldn't reprime it again. I shot water through the pump earlier, not sure what to look for? It went through fine until the pipes...

Just pushing the water from the pump strainer back to the pool? Sorry I don't understand.

I shut it off, shoved my little fingers through and couldn't feel anything stuck in the impeller.

Checked it out, impeller moves just fine. Motor shaft at back turning fine. Can you post video links on this site?

No valves were moved. Strainer was cleaned but I checked it 3 times and it is seated right and fine. When I open the air bleed it just dribbles water down the side of the filter, even when the pump is on 4. Nope I took off filter housing and cleaned oring and replaced it very carefully. The...

I have a fiberglass 14k gallon fiberglass pool about 6 years old. I had a hayward super pump and filter on the pool and it could hardly keep up. I had another pump and filter system from another house and I did a switch out. Bear in mind my plumbing skills are rudamentary at best. The new pump...

typical no. Check to be sure everything is seated properly first.

Also what is the level of your pump to your pool, some are just slightly higher and that can lose prime as well.

Sorry my bad it wasn't coming up on my computer guess I needed to refresh it as it didn't completely load :goodjob:

Hurricane, welcome :-D Is this a new pool or have you just opened it for the season? Usually you only need it running 24/7 when you are trying to clear it up at the beginning of the season. After it is clean and maintaining usually 8-10 hrs a day is fine. This all depends on the size of your...

Re: How to clean a cartridge filter Ok thanks for the clarification!

Re: How to clean a cartridge filter I am wondering what exactly you should see happen when you do acid wash? I REALLY hate handling acid and am not sure if nothing really comes out into the water after doing these if that means your cart is useless? Also 1 part acid 20 parts water, so for 20...

Re: How to clean a cartridge filter Any thought before I plunge into the no return?

Re: How to clean a cartridge filter I am doing the very first "proper cleaning of my cartridges today. I let it soak in the dish water after spraying it off with the nozzle. I'm having trouble getting all of the little gunkies out of the pleats as there is a little left. I then resoaked it in...

I am now having a similar issue, the difference is mine never did this before and now it is coming and going. I have a new pump and filter coming in about a month but I have a bad feeling something is clogged somewhere as my pool has been sitting for 3 years. Can you explain this drain king...

Of course 12 hours is an estimation. Please note I'm not a pool guru, I know just enough to get into trouble :) The model filter is a Hayward C-90-E. I was told to keep the psi under 18 but no matter how much I clean the filter it isn't long before it is in the 20's again. I have removed the...

I have 2 filters I rotate. One gets soaked and degreased and the other clean one goes in. The cartridges were new this last summer, but I have always had problems with it cleaning in a timely fashion.

I have gone back and forth a number of times and researched til my eyes are crossed. I have a 14500 gallon fiberglass pool. It was a kit when I bought it and it came with a Hayward Super pump 1HP self priming pump and the Hayward Star clear plus cartridge filter. I have had repeated issues with...

Mine looked the same after install...wires...wires everywhere. I tied them all up so as not to be chewed on by micey. I too am freeking out about my Easytouch programming. The manual is a nightmare!!!!! Once I get one thing working another doesn't it's like the christmas lights all over again...

Belldiver, I wasn't able to find the drains on the website link. Pretty much everything else just not those. Any idea how they came and how much they were per section....if you don't mind me asking? I may have to call them.

So one major design flaw with my new pool I'm finding is the drainage issue. I keep having washout from under the cement where we put new dirt. It seems here in SC in the Midlands there is no such thing as a simple rain we get torrential downpours with very quick flooding and washout issues...