Filter Maintenance & Replacement
Has your pool filter stopped working properly?
Your filter is an important component of your swimming pool that shouldn’t be overlooked. Pool filter maintenance and replacement should be tended to on a regular basis.
Filter Types
Sand Filter
Uses grains of sand to capture solid particles on their surfaces.
Diatomaceous Earth Filter
Capture aquatic contaminants that are much smaller, as small as a micrometer, around one thousandth of a millimeter.
Cartridge Filter
Can be linked together in a “daisy chain,” and are widely used in cases where the discharge of water backwashed from a sand filter is not desired or when the water will go into an aquifer.
(a watery area underground.)
Filter Maintenance
When a pool filter clean-up is being performed, the pool pump should be turned off, and if the filter is located below the water level, the valves should be turned off so that the pool will not drain when it is removed.
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You must also carefully take in where the filter is and the direction in which it is oriented so that you will know how to put it back in.
The cleaning process for your particular pool filter depends to a large extend to the category to which it belongs.
A sand or diatomaceous earth filter should be cleaned only with a full pool, and the pump should be on backwash to clear out any debris.
Filter Replacement
If after you clean the cartridge, the flow of water is not as much as it should be, you will most likely have to replace it.
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The same holds true if the pleats of the cartridge are flattened or damaged, the fabric is fraying or the end caps are cracked.
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At Pool Wizards, we have replacements for any filter that you need replaced. If we don’t have your particular brand on hand, we can order one for you.
A simple pool filter clean-up will do for sand and diatomaceous filters, but the cartridges that comprise those of the third major type need to be replaced periodically, although regular cleaning will reduce the frequency with which that is done.
