Post Flood Cleaning
- Thread starter mah2496
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- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,873
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- 17888
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Safety first my friend. Make sure nothing with power gets wet. Once that's good, pump water out of that pool so it's not flowing over the coping or between the shell and coping. If any dirt got in the pool, be patient. It will take time to clear. You may need to SLAM, but just watch your levels closely for the next few days.
Yeah, we got pounded today.
Yeah, we got pounded today.
With that kind of water running into the pool, you are going to have a thick layer of sediment on the bottom. I know first-hand. What I did was floc the pool so everything sinks and then vacuum to waste. If you go this route, don't pump any water from the pool as you'll go through a lot when vacuuming.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,550
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Do not use ANY Floc with a cartridge filter. You will gum up and destroy the filter as you cannot vac to waste.
My bad, I didn't know you can't vacuum to waste with a cartridge filter. How in the world would you vacuum out mud on the bottom then?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,873
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- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Carefully.
Here are 3 options I can think of:1 - Filter/vacuum like normal and rinse the cartridge(s) very often (UGH!)
2 - Install a 3-way valve between the pump and filter which would allow waste to get by-passed; MUCH like a MPV
3 - Rent an auxiliary sump pump to by-pass your main filter and pump junk to waste that way
My pool installer said to run my pump about 2500 rpm 24-7 and keep the cartridges clean. Option 3 sounds good once I it settles to bottomw.Carefully.
1 - Filter/vacuum like normal and rinse the cartridge(s) very often (UGH!)
2 - Install a 3-way valve between the pump and filter which would allow waste to get by-passed; MUCH like a MPV
3 - Rent an auxiliary sump pump to by-pass your main filter and pump junk to waste that way
- May 3, 2014
- 58,550
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Do not drop the water level in the pool very far while you are doing that. Your area is saturated with water. The shell could pop out of the ground.
Agreed. I would do nothing with water levels til the area dries out somewhat. With a fiberglass shell you have to be really careful. Patience is your friend
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,873
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
To be clear, no one is saying to lower the pool volume excessively. That goes without saying. Only lower enough to get the waterline back to normal (top of the skimmer perhaps) so it's not flowing up & over the lip of the shell. We don't want excessive water having the ability to constantly seep between the shell and its surrounding soil and/or down to the base if it can happen - dependent upon the type of coping of course. If allowed to do that, it can compromise the shell's support. Many of us got slammed in Texas yesterday and last night. I just finished removing excess water from my pool that was well-over the shell's lip and up to the decking. No bueno.
If I need to remove silt/mud from the floor, where does one rent a portable filter/vac for removal?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,964
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The water goes into a T feeding two pipes. That valve that is closed only blocks one outlet.
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,873
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
I have a similar set-up, and my valve (normally closed like your is right now), goes to a separate stub-out for a fountain. I only use it occasionally. Do you have such a feature or extra stub-out somewhere?
I believe you are correct. I forgot I had them run a line (and cap) for future water feature. Therefore, that valve needs to remain closed.
Something else Ive noticed with my Hayward c7030 filter is the gauge typically sits at zero PSI, unless I run the quick clean mode on my pump which increases PSI to 4-5. Been like this since my pool was installed. Is that normal?
When my pool installer suggested running my pumps at constant 2500 rpm to filter the flood water, he said my PSI would likely go high and I may have to clean the filters daily. Ive run the pump at 2500 rpm for a little over 24 hours now but my PSI are still low and water doesn’t appear any cleaner.
Thoughts?
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,873
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
I think you are fine at the moment. My Hayward is a single cart, but it acts the same way. Next to no psi registers on low, but when I Put it on high the PSI jumps up a bit. With a VSP, your psi can vary a bit. Also, because you have a 4-cart filter, it has a much larger capacity to hold dirt and junk whereas mine must be rinsed about every 3 weeks or so. That's one of the benefits of having a larger filter. So just watch it. When you finally do see a fairly higher psi jump with the pump on a higher rpm, it may be time to clean. When you do, reassemble and run the filter on high once more and make note of the clean/high rpm psi reading. Jot that down for future reference as your "baseline" pressure. Over the months, make note of the reading on that same rpm. When it increases by 25%, it's time to clean.
Leslies suggests Clear Aid to bind the fine silt together to help the filter catch it. Thoughts?
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