Greetings from the land of the Hatfields and the McCoys

[rllackey28]

Hello guys, name is Randy. I built my pool in 2012. I usually run it from the first of May and close it when water temp goes below 60 consistently. It's 28,000 gallons with the usual Hayward stuff. My kids love it. And I joined TFP to make it a tfp lol. Usually buy my chemicals from In the Swim which do the job and test the water myself with my Taylor Technologies K-2006 kit.

Made the mistake of having Walmart Pool sand in the filter last year so I replaced it this year. Everything going fine until a few days ago when pressure creeped up from 10 running to over 20 and wouldn't go below 20 even with extensive backwashing. So now I'm trying to search old threads to see possible issues. I suspect the laterals are clogged. Thank you and Go 'Eers and Go Reds.

 

[Richard320]

Welcome and Howdy

You got any pictures of that ce-ment pond?

Before you start tearing that filter apart, let me just ask.... does the gauge drop to zero when the pump is off? If it weren't for the gauge readings, would you suspect any problem with the filter? As in, is there plenty of flow in the skimmer and from the returns? Gauges do fail, and they're real easy to change. That would be my first check.

Next step is Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter

 

[rllackey28]

Welcome and Howdy

You got any pictures of that ce-ment pond?

Before you start tearing that filter apart, let me just ask.... does the gauge drop to zero when the pump is off? If it weren't for the gauge readings, would you suspect any problem with the filter? As in, is there plenty of flow in the skimmer and from the returns? Gauges do fail, and they're real easy to change. That would be my first check.

Next step is Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter

Yes sir. Gauge drops to zero when off. Not an air filled gauge. Oil filled. Had air filled fail. Drops to 5 when on recirculate. But above 20 on filter. So I'm just letting it recirculate for now. Sand is new this season and called the pool supply place (having known owner for years) and he said no one else complaining about sand. I'll read the thread about the deep cleaning.