After our first half season of pool ownership, we learned that the standard equipment our pool came with is not going to work. We have a 24' sand filter and when we closed, we found out why we weren't getting a "clean" pool. There were rings of calcification and chunks of it all over in the sand. Many of you may recall my water woes from last year with my calcium hardness through the rough. Now I see the damage it can do.
Since we can't change our top off water, we are going to have increasing hardness if we have to backwash, so we are going to get a cartridge filter. Since the calcium is going to gunk up the cartridge we would like to get a good sized one so we don't have to tear down mid season to clean it (we'll only be up may - sept, 4-5 daily swimmers). So I can get an ig filter right? Or what size should I get? Is 200sq feet enough? I don't want to go overboard either.
Now for the pump. Egads, our pump cost us $10.00 a day to run. It was a 1.5 hp and was noisy as all get up. So my hubby wants to get something like the Intelliflo, but it is for ig pools only. We have our pool sort of with hard plumbing. We have flexible PVC to and from the pool, and between the pump and heater. The pump pad is about 5 feet from the pool. Some day we will hard pipe and bury the lines so we aren't stepping over them.
Are ther any pool pumps we can get that will be quieter and much more efficient?
Thanks
Eta: correct post title...thanks auto correct.
Since we can't change our top off water, we are going to have increasing hardness if we have to backwash, so we are going to get a cartridge filter. Since the calcium is going to gunk up the cartridge we would like to get a good sized one so we don't have to tear down mid season to clean it (we'll only be up may - sept, 4-5 daily swimmers). So I can get an ig filter right? Or what size should I get? Is 200sq feet enough? I don't want to go overboard either.
Now for the pump. Egads, our pump cost us $10.00 a day to run. It was a 1.5 hp and was noisy as all get up. So my hubby wants to get something like the Intelliflo, but it is for ig pools only. We have our pool sort of with hard plumbing. We have flexible PVC to and from the pool, and between the pump and heater. The pump pad is about 5 feet from the pool. Some day we will hard pipe and bury the lines so we aren't stepping over them.
Are ther any pool pumps we can get that will be quieter and much more efficient?
Thanks
Eta: correct post title...thanks auto correct.