Know your pool plumbing design, distances, other installed devices, etc. This may require a conversation with the original installer, but will save headaches in the future. It is worth knowing that the most efficient pool plumbing usually has large diameter pipes with as few curves as possible. Curved corners are more efficient when they are wide, as pumps use the most energy to move water through corners. Hi Brandi: The Intex 2500 GPH unit would be a good size for your pool. You can also use the Intex 16″ sand filter, which is easier to maintain, just wash it.
Sand filters are the least expensive, but they don’t clean water as well as other types of filters. When you build a new pool in your backyard, you’re making a huge investment in your home. To make that investment last as long as possible, it is important that you choose the right pool pump and filter for your system. The right pool filter pump will make your system work better, help keep your pool cleaner, and reduce the amount of chemicals you need to buy and add to your pool.
Sand filters can only collect dirt up to 20 microns in the cartridge, up to 10 microns. Is there a wrong choice when choosing your next filter medium? That said, filtration technology has come a long way and can save you a pretty penny by taking a look before using the old standby mode on your next media switch. Because the pump needs air circulation to prevent overheating, you should never cover it or place trees or plants around it. Make sure that the air intakes in the pump motor are free of dirt.
The EPA recommends running a conventional pump for just three hours a day and, depending on water quality, increasing pumping time in half-hour increments as needed. In addition, he recommends scrubbing the walls of the pool and using chemical additives to compensate aquarium equipment for the shortening of pumping time. Check the manufacturer’s specifications to make sure that the maximum filter flow you are considering is appropriate for the size of your pool pump. Choose a pool pump with a flow rate between minimum and maximum for your pool.
Before adding sand, you should always remember to remove one side of the side mount at the bottom of the filter. Try to put some sand that you are going to add in the side. Apart from the debris sand, 99% of the sand should remain in the side. If most of the sand comes in through the holes on the side, the sand is too small. Your pump may be too large or the sand content too high in the filter. When the filter rewinds, the water flow can cause the sand to rise high enough and overflow into the vertical tube, causing the sand to return to the pool.
Keep the pool as clean as possible with vacuuming, brushing and skimming. Use more chlorine to break down contaminants, reducing the demand for filters. That fun and relaxing body of water you have in the backyard is also home to a lot of dirt.