Due to evap and splash out, my water level is down an inch or so below where the pool installers told me to keep it, and it got me to thinking about adding water. When should you normally replace the loss? My water source (city water) tends to be brown at times, so is there a way to fill through the filter system? I know it won't clear it completely up, but it would help, being as it would only be 500-1k gallons.
Replacing Lost Water
- Thread starter steele_07
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You should add water before it gets too low for your skimmer.
No way to run the new water through the filter. If you are concerned, buy a canister filter to put between your hose and the spigot.
No way to run the new water through the filter. If you are concerned, buy a canister filter to put between your hose and the spigot.
Did they fill the pool initially with the city water?
You can always rig up a filer like this to you garden hose to capture sediment before it goes into the pool, you will just need a few fittings to adapt it.
GE Whole Home Water Filtration System-GXWH04F - The Home Depot
and use these cartridges
GE Household Replacement Filters-FXWTC - The Home Depot
You can always rig up a filer like this to you garden hose to capture sediment before it goes into the pool, you will just need a few fittings to adapt it.
GE Whole Home Water Filtration System-GXWH04F - The Home Depot
and use these cartridges
GE Household Replacement Filters-FXWTC - The Home Depot
Yes it was initially filled with the city water and looked like a stock pond in the middle of a cow pasture.
Couldn't you just drop the water hose in the skimmer basket when the pump is running to filter the water? This of course won't remove metals or anything else the pool filter wouldn't remove.
And as far as water level I keep mine on the high side, about 1.5 inches below the top of the skimmer opening. This time of year (evaporation and lots of splash out) I add about 2" a week
And as far as water level I keep mine on the high side, about 1.5 inches below the top of the skimmer opening. This time of year (evaporation and lots of splash out) I add about 2" a week