Hi All,
I'm brand new to the world of pool ownership. Last summer, mid July, I had a 24' ABG pool installed. From day one, I kept getting small amounts of filter sand accumulating in the bottom of my pool. Silly me, I thought this may be something to do with everything being new, a break in period, if you will. Opened the pool up 2 weeks ago and I found the same results happening now. Did my research, everything suggested a crack or manufactures defect in the either the stand pipe, the laterals, or the manifold assembly. Took the entire system apart over the weekend, inspected everything, no cracks, nothing. Unscrewed and reinstalled each lateral with teflon tape since some of the threads weren't the tightest connection I've seen. Replaced sand, backwashed 2-3 min, ran rinse for 1 min. Turned the pump back on to filter and away we go. Initially looked good but by late in the day the next day, I started to see small piles of sand in the bottom again. I don't understand what is causing this. I've read some posts online that point to the spider gasket on the multi-port control. Could this be my problem? I'm seriously confused by this whole thing and the fact that this entire setup is basically new, compounds the problem.
Any ideas?
Premium Blue 19" Filter by Waterway
1.5" Multi-port 7 function Valve (Filter, backwash, rinse, bypass to pool, bypass to waste, winterize, closed)
I'm brand new to the world of pool ownership. Last summer, mid July, I had a 24' ABG pool installed. From day one, I kept getting small amounts of filter sand accumulating in the bottom of my pool. Silly me, I thought this may be something to do with everything being new, a break in period, if you will. Opened the pool up 2 weeks ago and I found the same results happening now. Did my research, everything suggested a crack or manufactures defect in the either the stand pipe, the laterals, or the manifold assembly. Took the entire system apart over the weekend, inspected everything, no cracks, nothing. Unscrewed and reinstalled each lateral with teflon tape since some of the threads weren't the tightest connection I've seen. Replaced sand, backwashed 2-3 min, ran rinse for 1 min. Turned the pump back on to filter and away we go. Initially looked good but by late in the day the next day, I started to see small piles of sand in the bottom again. I don't understand what is causing this. I've read some posts online that point to the spider gasket on the multi-port control. Could this be my problem? I'm seriously confused by this whole thing and the fact that this entire setup is basically new, compounds the problem.
Any ideas?
Premium Blue 19" Filter by Waterway
1.5" Multi-port 7 function Valve (Filter, backwash, rinse, bypass to pool, bypass to waste, winterize, closed)