Sand or Dirt in Pool

[ridingglassfamily]

When I turn my pump off to clean the basket out and then start it again, it looks like sand or dirty water is going back into the pool for a second or two. What could be causing this?

 

[mknauss]

What type of filter do you have? Please add that to your signature.

 

[ridingglassfamily]

What type of filter do you have? Please add that to your signature.

I've posted the type of filter on my signature now. Thank you and I hope you can help.

 

[mknauss]

Have you deep cleaned the filter recently? Used any pool store potions like floc or clarifier, including phosphate remover?

 

[ridingglassfamily]

Have you deep cleaned the filter recently? Used any pool store potions like floc or clarifier, including phosphate remover?

I'm still new to some of this. How do I do that?

 

[mknauss]

I'm still new to some of this. How do I do that?

Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter

This post will walk you through the anatomy of a sand filter, and then provide a video at the end for how to deep clean your sand filter. The filter used in the photos and videos is a Hayward S180T top mount sand filter. The images are of a similar filter. Obviously not all filters are...

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