**This question was part of a thread from last season that was never answered but came after my fellow TFPers helped me out of a jam and the thread died. I'll be opening our pool for the season next week and before I start I still wonder if I should consider making some changes.
I'm wondering if there might be some value in changing my filtration system to another type. Part of my regular pool problem is that, although I have no trees on my property, I have a neighbor with a huge pine tree with a number of branches that overhang my yard. The tree sheds pine needles all year long. And I mean allot! I'm always conflicted leaving home for more than a few days because I know that, if I do, my skimmers will be clogged with pine needles by the end of day one and I'll return home to a pool with little to no circulation and an algae bloom in the works. Gets frustrating.
Over time the pine needles break into smaller pieces and make their way through the system into my filter tank. Backwashing helps somewhat, but much of the debris remains in my system. The picture below shows the kind of debris I pulled from the filter tank yesterday after a deep cleaning and flush.
Do you think that there's a more effective filtration system that would better handle the pine needle issue? Maybe a cartridge filter system would be better? I'm open to suggestions.
I'm wondering if there might be some value in changing my filtration system to another type. Part of my regular pool problem is that, although I have no trees on my property, I have a neighbor with a huge pine tree with a number of branches that overhang my yard. The tree sheds pine needles all year long. And I mean allot! I'm always conflicted leaving home for more than a few days because I know that, if I do, my skimmers will be clogged with pine needles by the end of day one and I'll return home to a pool with little to no circulation and an algae bloom in the works. Gets frustrating.
Over time the pine needles break into smaller pieces and make their way through the system into my filter tank. Backwashing helps somewhat, but much of the debris remains in my system. The picture below shows the kind of debris I pulled from the filter tank yesterday after a deep cleaning and flush.
Do you think that there's a more effective filtration system that would better handle the pine needle issue? Maybe a cartridge filter system would be better? I'm open to suggestions.