I have never tried these new filter balls. We are having to replace our sand filter with a new filter. I am interested in using this product. How often do you have to change/clean the filter balls? Thank you.
The threshold for initiating the backwash cycle is: a rise of 4-5 psi over the initial psi when the media was first installed or 30 days, whichever comes first. If the regular backwashing process does not clean the media. A sand filter media cleaner can be used. Follow the manufacturers recommendation on how to use the sand filter media cleaner you selected. If the source of contamination is clarifiers, BioGuard™, Bacqucil™, phosphate removers, etc.. use the cleaner for that brand of chemical treatment. While there are no chemicals used in the pool industry that will degrade FilterBalls, due to the inherent efficiencies and increased surface area reduced dosages are called for. When/if applying clarifiers or metal removers; please reduce the dosage to 1/3rd of suggested dosage and run the system a little longer between dosages.
Thinking of replacing my giant paper filter pump,with a sand fiter,removing heavy paper filter a few times each summer to clean with garden hose is ridiculous... i'll do more research on this.but not having to ever deal with 100 pounds of sand...nice
@@PerfectionHunter NO FilterBalls do not slowly deteriorate into micro plastics.. Sand manufactures recommend changing every 2-3 years. Glass does not last 15 years, nor "forever" as some claim... Facts are: granular medias, like sand and glass, require hard angular edges to trap dirt. Hard angular edges wear down and become rounded.. like beach glass and beach sand. Rounded sand and glass media, need to be replaced, and that completely depends on velocity and volume of water flowed through and around the glass or sand. Which is proportional to the length of time you run your pump and the duration of your pool season.
FilterBalls were designed, developed and have always been completely manufactured in the heartland of the United States. FilterBalls were engineered for use in sand type housings, not filter housings configured for cartridge or DE. That said there are some creative options the DIY pool owners have come up with for using FilterBalls media, that seem to work for them. One such option is to put FilterBalls into a mesh bag and insert in place of the pleated cartridge or the DE grid.
@@filterballs3955 thank you for you reply as I couldn't find much info regarding this. I will try it and hopefully it will work, because I am tired cleaning these heavy cartridges. Thank you again🙂
Hey guys I'm looking forward to trying these next season,im a dyi guy built my own inground pool 17 years ago still running good. Ill be using this in a hayward pro sand filter.ill be sure to write a review
That sounds great. We look forward to hearing from you when you are ready. Please contact us through our website FilterBalls.com if you need help finding a supplier.
@Rogue Lettering , Baquacil can gum up or blind off every form of filter media, cartridge, DE, Sand and FilterBalls, et.al. They do manufacture a cleaner specifically to clean their chemicals from filter media. I suggested you use it.
Judy, thank you for the question, but we need a little clarity. What "mesh disk" are you referring too? What filter housing are you using? Please respond with Manufacturer, Make and Model numbers. If you need more help, feel free to call our Customer Service line found on our website FilterBalls.com
I have never tried these new filter balls. We are having to replace our sand filter with a new filter. I am interested in using this product. How often do you have to change/clean the filter balls? Thank you.
The threshold for initiating the backwash cycle is: a rise of 4-5 psi over the initial psi when the media was first installed or 30 days, whichever comes first. If the regular backwashing process does not clean the media. A sand filter media cleaner can be used. Follow the manufacturers recommendation on how to use the sand filter media cleaner you selected.
If the source of contamination is clarifiers, BioGuard™, Bacqucil™, phosphate removers, etc.. use the cleaner for that brand of chemical treatment.
While there are no chemicals used in the pool industry that will degrade FilterBalls, due to the inherent efficiencies and increased surface area reduced dosages are called for. When/if applying clarifiers or metal removers; please reduce the dosage to 1/3rd of suggested dosage and run the system a little longer between dosages.
Thinking of replacing my giant paper filter pump,with a sand fiter,removing heavy paper filter a few times each summer to clean with garden hose is ridiculous... i'll do more research on this.but not having to ever deal with 100 pounds of sand...nice
Go with Glass.
Sand holds up for 5 years.
Glass for 15.
Filter Balls are made of PET-plastic that slowly deteriorate into micro plastics.
@@PerfectionHunter NO FilterBalls do not slowly deteriorate into micro plastics.. Sand manufactures recommend changing every 2-3 years. Glass does not last 15 years, nor "forever" as some claim...
Facts are: granular medias, like sand and glass, require hard angular edges to trap dirt. Hard angular edges wear down and become rounded.. like beach glass and beach sand. Rounded sand and glass media, need to be replaced, and that completely depends on velocity and volume of water flowed through and around the glass or sand. Which is proportional to the length of time you run your pump and the duration of your pool season.
My pool is 27m³ and uses cartrige for filtering. Can you use filter balls instead of cartrige as well?
FilterBalls were designed, developed and have always been completely manufactured in the heartland of the United States.
FilterBalls were engineered for use in sand type housings, not filter housings configured for cartridge or DE. That said there are some creative options the DIY pool owners have come up with for using FilterBalls media, that seem to work for them. One such option is to put FilterBalls into a mesh bag and insert in place of the pleated cartridge or the DE grid.
@@filterballs3955 thank you for you reply as I couldn't find much info regarding this. I will try it and hopefully it will work, because I am tired cleaning these heavy cartridges. Thank you again🙂
I haven't seen a single video in which filter blades are changed.
Filter blades?
What is the advantage of pool balls versus sand?
Go with Glass.
Sand holds up for 5 years.
Glass for 15.
Filter Balls are made of PET-plastic that slowly deteriorate into micro plastics.
Hey guys I'm looking forward to trying these next season,im a dyi guy built my own inground pool 17 years ago still running good. Ill be using this in a hayward pro sand filter.ill be sure to write a review
That sounds great. We look forward to hearing from you when you are ready. Please contact us through our website FilterBalls.com if you need help finding a supplier.
Pouring fuel onto the pote-able/pot-able debate
When using the filter balls can you still shock pool
Yes, FilterBalls are compatible with all sanitization chemicals.
How do these do in baquacil pools
@Rogue Lettering , Baquacil can gum up or blind off every form of filter media, cartridge, DE, Sand and FilterBalls, et.al. They do manufacture a cleaner specifically to clean their chemicals from filter media. I suggested you use it.
Does it need the mesh disk at the bottom?
Judy, thank you for the question, but we need a little clarity. What "mesh disk" are you referring too? What filter housing are you using? Please respond with Manufacturer, Make and Model numbers. If you need more help, feel free to call our Customer Service line found on our website FilterBalls.com
@@filterballs3955 using for a small intex pump as replacement for a c paper filters
@@judymosley294 FilterBalls are designed for use in sand type housings, not cartridge type housings.
i tried those last yrs didnt like it