Above Ground Pool Vacuum Setup | Intex Sand Filter mod | cheap above ground pools
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 бер 2021
- A while ago, I upgraded my cheap above ground pool with this intex sand filter setup, and never looked back. Now that pool season is coming back, it's time to do some pool maintenance and start vacuuming. This setup is 10 times better and more efficient than the stock filter setup that came with the pool.
u need to vacuum on waste mode. Faster and better for the filter. Most likely you gonna have to change that sand.
How often would I have to change the sand?
Waste mode bypasses the sand altogether.
@MikeDoesDIY you only need to replace every 5 years or so. Vacuum on waste. Backwash weekly. And rinse after. Add back by hose what you "waste" during vacuuming. Hope this helps ❤
I had planned on hooking it directly to the pump😂glad i watched this
Great detail for those of us who don’t know what we are doing. Thank you ❤
I got this really great youtube tip for getting the air out of the hose: before you plug it into the out-flow you hold it over the return flow to push all of the air out of it.
That's genious!
love it works great. just the right size
If you ever have to drain the pool, add a main drain in the center. It will help keep the bottom clean. I added one to my Intex and i hardly ever vacuum. I just brush the dirt towards the drain and let the filter suck it up. It also causes floating bugs and debris to swirl in a tight group directly over the drain that can be scooped up with one dip of the skimmer net. Best mod I've done to my pool.
That sounds dope! Do you have a link to the product?
Place shutoff valves on each intake valve (if you have 2). I shut off one intake valve and use the other intake valve to vacuum from. Sometimes, i vacuum with the waste setting and sometimes on the filter setting. This completely depends on how much dirt/algae is on the floor of the pool.
Mike! I didn't even know you did this too! TBN baby!
If you hold the hose over the jet that blows water out until it bubbles, it will get the air out of the hose. Then you can hook the hose to the suction side.
Hi there. I have a Bestway 12’ (39” deep) round pool installed. I converted to an Intex 26643EG sand filter 10”. It says it’s a .25hp motor. And, I also added a Hayward skimmer. I’d like to install a vacuum for it. The local pool company is not sure the motor is strong enough to install a manual vacuum using the current sand filter/skimmer. Can you help me out with some advice? Don’t want to spend on a hose/head/pole if it won’t work. But at the same time avoid a $300 manual handheld vacuum if it would work.
Holy crap I knew k knew you hahaha nice channel. I'm trying to work on my new pool now
Where've you been, man?!?
Thank you very helpful
No prob.
My lord i havent even hooked this pump up yet but i feel like all these buttons and functions are going to confuse me 😂
So do you plug vacuum hose into intake or outtake? Do you vacuum in filter setting?
The Intake. But if you put the hose in front of the outtake/jet, you can blow all the air out of the hose before you put it into the vacuum/intake. You'll have much better results.
To get the air out of the hoose put it on the outlet and it will push it out
That's genious....thank you!
Tiki bar, nice idea.
I thought your supposed to use the "waste" setting for vacuuming.
I dont understand....where did the hose hook into? The same spot the water is taking in, into the pump?
Hello nice video
Thanks!
Did your pump leak where the basket part hooks on to the pump?
Vacuum on the waste setting instead of the filter setting. When you vacuum on filter ut pushes everything through your filter and thats why it stops suction on you. If you vacuum on waste setting it bypasses the sand filtering part and just sends it out of your pool.
If you have a lot of large debris, can set the pump to waste instead of filter to vacuum?
You can set it to waste but you won't get the same pressure I believe
😎👍🏼
What setting was the pump on to vacuum before you moved to backwash?
Filter
Backwash ->rinse->filter
What length of hose did you get?
Zl
See) Pzz SS
I think it was the 30ft 1 1/4" hose from Lowes pool aisle
Use the waste setting when you're vacuuming.
What does it do different from the filter?!?
Instead of pumping into the sand filter, It will pump directly out the backwash port. It wastes a lot of water but it will give you maximum flow.
@mikeneukam5936 and it saves you from having to replace the sand in the filter more often.
How big is this pool??
20ft
Umm that means you don’t have enough water in the pool and you need a real skimmer
I got one.