Hi all..... Well I’m not new to having a pool, but I am pool dumb.
I have a 20 x 40 in ground that is 25 years old. I put it in myself except for sanding and installing the liner. I am running a Hayward 1 ½ horse super pump and a S200 sand filter. In series with the sand filter I can valve in a Jacuzzi Splash Pac DE filter. All hoses and valves are 1 ½ inch. The pool has a bottom drain, 2 skimmers and 2 return lines. It is also plumbed for a pool cleaner that uses a booster pump. The liquid chlorine is injected into a return line via a Rolachem
The Hayward pump is being replaced next spring with a Pentair Intelliflo Variable Flow Pump. The Hayward was measured at 2075 watts (clean filter) and it runs 24/7. I have a timer wired up to the pump but let it run all day to keep the water from getting cloudy and for the chlorine injector. (I don’t think I filter enough water in 24 hours) That will be changed next year. I am going to replace the Hayward S200 sand filter (which is too small for the Pentair) with a sand filter that is bigger and has 2 inch ports. I will probably not use the DE filter. All the hoses in the pump house will be switched from 1 ½ to 2 inch.
So, the first two of my questions are:
On a top valved sand filter, when you replace the sand, how do you get the old sand out? Do you just use a small plastic bucket that fits thru the top hole and scope it out a little at a time?
Does anyone know of an on line store that sells hose fitting; 1 ½ and 2 inch size? I mean a large selection and also will sell 1 fitting at a time instead of a box of fifty?
I have a 20 x 40 in ground that is 25 years old. I put it in myself except for sanding and installing the liner. I am running a Hayward 1 ½ horse super pump and a S200 sand filter. In series with the sand filter I can valve in a Jacuzzi Splash Pac DE filter. All hoses and valves are 1 ½ inch. The pool has a bottom drain, 2 skimmers and 2 return lines. It is also plumbed for a pool cleaner that uses a booster pump. The liquid chlorine is injected into a return line via a Rolachem
The Hayward pump is being replaced next spring with a Pentair Intelliflo Variable Flow Pump. The Hayward was measured at 2075 watts (clean filter) and it runs 24/7. I have a timer wired up to the pump but let it run all day to keep the water from getting cloudy and for the chlorine injector. (I don’t think I filter enough water in 24 hours) That will be changed next year. I am going to replace the Hayward S200 sand filter (which is too small for the Pentair) with a sand filter that is bigger and has 2 inch ports. I will probably not use the DE filter. All the hoses in the pump house will be switched from 1 ½ to 2 inch.
So, the first two of my questions are:
On a top valved sand filter, when you replace the sand, how do you get the old sand out? Do you just use a small plastic bucket that fits thru the top hole and scope it out a little at a time?
Does anyone know of an on line store that sells hose fitting; 1 ½ and 2 inch size? I mean a large selection and also will sell 1 fitting at a time instead of a box of fifty?
) The other problem is that the sand will tend to clog the hose if you try to suck up too much at once (shaking the hose will clear the clog).
The venturi should do the job, but (either because I'm incompetent or ours was a piece of ******) I usually ended up using the shop vac or a scoop to remove the sand. Also, as Michael pointed out, the cost is a little high for someone changing 1 filter every 5 - 10+ years.