I understand there's going be all kinds of opinions, facts and bias on this subject. But.
I've had an argu.............discussion with a close friend several times and I wanted some outside opinions on the matter.
My friend swears by his DE filter. I've always used sand filters. That's fine, but this has really had me wondering because my friend is usually right when it comes to things like this. But, like all of us he's not perfect.
I keep showing my friend how clean my water is and his response is that I'm filtering clean water and to get back to him after I open the pool next spring.
I don't understand how I'm filtering clean water if the system has been in use for several months outside with a lot of people using the pool and all of the trees and plants around? Surely there's been a ton of pollen and dirt landing in the water. Not to mention all of the dirty feet etc. I've got a tree covering half of the pool (it's fun.......).
Is my friend's response valid, or baloney?
I rely on chlorine to keep algae etc in check, not my filter. No? Even if you filter it out of the pool, it's still living in the filter.
If I understood correctly, his claims are as the water gets older and older, it's going to become more and more cloudy. I don't recall ever seeing this with a sand filter.
I've had an argu.............discussion with a close friend several times and I wanted some outside opinions on the matter.
My friend swears by his DE filter. I've always used sand filters. That's fine, but this has really had me wondering because my friend is usually right when it comes to things like this. But, like all of us he's not perfect.
I keep showing my friend how clean my water is and his response is that I'm filtering clean water and to get back to him after I open the pool next spring.
I don't understand how I'm filtering clean water if the system has been in use for several months outside with a lot of people using the pool and all of the trees and plants around? Surely there's been a ton of pollen and dirt landing in the water. Not to mention all of the dirty feet etc. I've got a tree covering half of the pool (it's fun.......).
Is my friend's response valid, or baloney?
I rely on chlorine to keep algae etc in check, not my filter. No? Even if you filter it out of the pool, it's still living in the filter.
If I understood correctly, his claims are as the water gets older and older, it's going to become more and more cloudy. I don't recall ever seeing this with a sand filter.