A couple of 12 months in the past my sand filter cracked and I needed to exchange it. The pool heart particular person advised me that since my sand filter wanted to get replaced anyway I might be a lot better-off going with a brand new cartridge filter. The advantages that he said have been the water financial savings that I might notice from not having to backwash the filter and that the cartridge filter filtered to a finer diploma than the sand cartridge filter manufacturer.

The price of the cartridge filter was solely barely extra {that a} new sand filter so I made a decision to go along with the cartridge filter. In hindsight I want I had chosen a brand new sand filter as an alternative. What the pool technician did not point out and I by no means thought of is the truth that I shouldn’t have a coated pool. The best way my property is configured the pool edge is just too near the neighbors border to place up a pool cowl or perhaps a display screen cowl so I’ve to go away it open.

Having an open pool surrounded by pine and oak bushes is nice to maintain the solar from immediately bearing down on the complete pool all day, however the particles from the bushes is hard on the cartridge filter. The cartridge clogs in a short time with the seeds and husks that come from the bushes in spring requiring it to be eliminated and washed twice per week. Not solely is it extra time consuming to do it makes use of simply as a lot, or extra water to rinse it out than the sand filter required. The sand filter was an entire lot less complicated and sooner to keep up and backwash. To backwash the sand filter, when it begins to point out indicators of getting clogged, you simply flip and push a lever that diverts the water backwards via the filter that frees and washes away the particles out of the bypass hose. You run it for 3 minutes and also you’re completed so long as the water runs clear. When you backwash a sand filter you ought to be good for a month earlier than it wants it once more.

A cartridge filter would most likely be a terrific filter for a sizzling tub or a coated pool; it’s simply not your best option for a pool that’s open to the surroundings.