Thursday, July 17, 2014

Pool Filter Sand

I just finished changing the sand in the pool filter.  It's a Triton, and thankfully I didn't have to cut or remove any of the pool piping.  Just unscrew the top and swing the baffle out of the way.
The rest of the procedure is pretty straignt-forward.  Remove the sand with a coffee can and a shop vac, then fill with clean sand.  300 pounds of clean pool filter sand.  It's a dirty job, but not particularly difficult.  Follow label instructions, your mileage might vary.  But it's done for another four years.

5 comments:

mostly cajun said...

How does and wear out?

MC

mostly cajun said...

that should be 'sand'.

Pawpaw said...

Simple, cajun. It loses its "edges" and quits catching the stuff it's supposed to filter.

Old NFO said...

I was going to ask the same question... :-) Thanks for the answer, I didn't know that (Never had a pool)...

Anonymous said...

Can those sand filters be used for primary filtration of creek water?

Rivrdog