I understand this thread is old, but wanted to share my experience. Acquiring my approximately 2008 pool in 2013, I had some growing/learning pains with my new green pool. My water chemistry was poor, my pump was only 1/2 HP, I was Solar powered, therefore limited in circulation run time. I also found my Hayward Pro series 700 lb sand filter much less than half full. A visitor had suggested water channeling as a problem, so we inspected, threw away about a 4 gallon bucket of cruddy sand from the top, and then added 9 - 50 lb bags of new sand. This addition brought the level to about 15 inches below the top of the stand pipe. I cannot find a fill line on this filter and decided to leave it as is. Does that sound right?
Filter sand Question
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- Jul 3, 2013
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That should work fine, now do a deep clean on your filter and get all those channels out...
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That should work fine, now do a deep clean on your filter and get all those channels out...
Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter
This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...
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