Hey all! I am a new pool owner, concrete decking just installed this month after the pool being in the ground (and full of water) for over a year. Very long frustrating process, but we're almost there!
My concrete guys were really messy, and spilled a ton of concrete into the pool during the pour. I talked to them about it, but they seemed to think it would come out in the filter no problem. I am using the manual vaccuum twice a day + a robot to get the larger pieces out, and it's slow-going. Larger pieces of gravel get stuck in the vaccuum head constantly, and if i vaccuum up a lot of those pieces successsfuly, I get a low flow error and the vaccuum is basically useless unless I clean out the skimmer basket.
On top of these issues, my pressure is a good 10psi higher than it should be. I have a 300# sand filter, and I've cleaned it yesterday, and today, and still the pressure is not going down. This morning I pulled out the pump filter to find tiny bits of concrete that had embedded into the filter itself.. I was able to clean it out with a toothpick, but that didn't alleviate the pressure issues.
Lastly, when I do backwash, sometimes the water flow will suddenly get really low coming out of the waste pipe. Sometimes I wait and it eventually comes back to what looks like full pressure, but sometimes I stop and switch to rinse.
Is there something stuck in my sand filter? Do I just need to keep backwashing? Help please!
Laura
My concrete guys were really messy, and spilled a ton of concrete into the pool during the pour. I talked to them about it, but they seemed to think it would come out in the filter no problem. I am using the manual vaccuum twice a day + a robot to get the larger pieces out, and it's slow-going. Larger pieces of gravel get stuck in the vaccuum head constantly, and if i vaccuum up a lot of those pieces successsfuly, I get a low flow error and the vaccuum is basically useless unless I clean out the skimmer basket.
On top of these issues, my pressure is a good 10psi higher than it should be. I have a 300# sand filter, and I've cleaned it yesterday, and today, and still the pressure is not going down. This morning I pulled out the pump filter to find tiny bits of concrete that had embedded into the filter itself.. I was able to clean it out with a toothpick, but that didn't alleviate the pressure issues.
Lastly, when I do backwash, sometimes the water flow will suddenly get really low coming out of the waste pipe. Sometimes I wait and it eventually comes back to what looks like full pressure, but sometimes I stop and switch to rinse.
Is there something stuck in my sand filter? Do I just need to keep backwashing? Help please!
Laura