Cartridge needs replacement, benefits to all new filter?

[kriv]

Doing my spring DE filter cleaning and noticed holes in the mesh of the filter cartridge and broken pieces of plastic in there. My filter is 10-15 years old, when I moved in 4 years ago I couldn't read the specifics of the filter because they have long since become unreadable.

Are new filters much better that it would be worth replacing the entire filter?

 

[zea3]

Do you have one of the stainless steel filter bodies? As long as there are no holes or corrosion you can refurbish a filter with new grids and o-rings and you will have a filter that works as well as a brand new model. The question is whether or not the filter is large enough for your pool and are you looking for a lower maintainence filter?

 

[kriv]

Do you have one of the stainless steel filter bodies? As long as there are no holes or corrosion you can refurbish a filter with new grids and o-rings and you will have a filter that works as well as a brand new model. The question is whether or not the filter is large enough for your pool and are you looking for a lower maintainence filter?

Thanks Zea3.

Yup it is one of the stainless ones.

As far as I know, it is big enough. I don't mind the backwashing and such so I guess I will look for new grids.