how much sand does the filter takes?
1804168
I went to HomeDepot and bought the pool sand offered by Quikrete brand. It took almost 1-1/2 bags.
1804169
It calls for 50lb., I found that after FOLLOWING the direction that it held some less than 50lb. Most bags you will buy from the pool supply's are 50lb. BE SURE to follow the directions of the pump manufacturer to properly prep the sand before use!!!
1804170
Its takes about 50 pounds of sand. We brought 2 40# bags from our local pool store and it cost us about $30.00 and we didn't use it all. Hope this helped this is a great filter.
1804171
I think the manual calls for 50 pounds. I got a 45 pound bag and it worked fine.
1804172
It calls for 55 pounds of sand, but we put a 50 pound bag of pool filter sand in and it works just fine. There is a fill line inside of the pump and 50 pounds of sand went above the minimum fill line. I found a bag of pool filter sand was at the local hardware store for $10.
1778264
Yes. Now, I did buy a bigger, better sand filter for my pool from pool store...you do NOT need to. We chose to do this because we have a very high iron level in our water and felt like we needed something bigger. We enjoyed our pool so much! Last memorial day we had 6 teenagers and 4 adults in pool and had plenty of room!!! Best buy for outdoor fun ever!
2282880
I followed directions and have never had a problem with my sand filter. They are very helpful if you call their 800 number.
742709
Probably would damage the sand filter. I had to remove my cartridge filter before I poured this in my spa.
1867362
Mine cleared in just about a day, a lot of the foamy sludge ended up in the filter which I cleaned twice in that time period.other than that the sand had been great,can't wait to fill my 90 gallon.
1352246
In my experience I set it on backwash first for about 5 minutes and then put it on filter and it was fine. As far as the sand shooting out that didn't happen to me. But many other people whose reviews I read, said to backwash for 5 minutes and to make sure not to overfill with sand.
1545833
This pump requires salt. The amount of salt used corresponds to your pool size. Sand would be used with a sand filter pump.
435633
Your best bet is to take one out of your filter tank and measure it. As I recall its got to do with the length and not diameter. I used DE filter on two pools for 20 years. I jumped to a Sand Filter. Wish I had jumped years ago. Functionability and operations is sooo much better with a sand filter. The price to replace the filter fingers made me throw away the DE and go to sand.
1749792
I used a full 40lb bag of sand to fill the filter to the line in the tank, make sure you use the correct sand also bought at a pool supply, same with the salt, I used over 200 lbs for my 24' X 52" pool, the pump will tell you if the salt is strong enough, my sand filter came with a chart showing the amount needed for all of intex's pools..
385971
If you will put the thicker sock like filter inside the mesh filter the sand will not penetrate . I do that and it will pick up the smallest of debris , this is my second year using the blaster, I really like it for small pools . Hope this helps . Happy blasting
2213208
I put water in the base rather that sand and it worked quite well. I don't know how much sand...I could guess, but I don't think that would help you
1867363
when i got this sand i did the same thing the only difference is that i started with salt water if you have your filter in just change them and get your salt in it will clear up it just takes long you just need to be patient lol
416310
Mine came with sand filter. Holds up and works well Just dump 200lbs of salt in water
1015406
I think it has more to do with the porousness of the individual grains that allows filtration of the zeosand to be twice that of sand, and so you only need half the weight for equivalent filtration. I don't know exactly how it works, I just know that it DOES work. I backwash much less often, and the water is beautiful.
1489139
I have a sand filter and there is a screen it passes through before the filter. If you are set up similar to mine, Yes you can just utilize the one before the filter. Hope that helps.
1712024
You can rinse the sand by hand in a sieve ( I recommend that) before you install the filter until the smaller particles are flushed away. Or you could remove the backwash cap and turn the dial to rinse to rinse the sand while already in the filter. Also...after you backwash to waste you should turn the dial to rinse the sand before going back to normal operation.
691442
hello. this filter uses 350 lbs of sand. the installation book recommends using only #20 silica sand. it does not mention zeolite. their tech support # is 800-831-7133, i'm sure they could assist you with that part.