Clogged filter sand will affect the performance of your Kreepy. Does your Kreepy work for 10 minutes after a backwash and then get sluggish until it stops?
The swimming pool filter is the most underrated yet important piece of equipment your pool has. The filter is the kidney of the swimming pool because it clears out all the impurities in the pool water.
Why does clogged filter sand cause cloudy water?
Clogged filter sand causes the swimming pool water to become cloudy and green. It also causes the Kreepy to eventually stop working because the water can no longer move through the sand. Once this happens you know you have circulation problems, on top of filtration problems. Related post: Cloudy Swimming Pool Water
It is quite a big task to open a sand filter and although this is often the best way to find out the condition of the sand. If you do not wear protective clothing, you run the risk of becoming very ill, because your sand could be infected with bacteria.
The alternative to protective clothing.
The best treatment you can give the sand filter without actually changing the sand is to recondition the sand with a filter sand cleaner. Our preferred Filter Sand cleaner we use is Strip Kwik manufactured by BioGaurd.
There are many sand cleaners on the market. Be careful not to confuse a filter sand cleaner with a filter ‘enhancer’. A filter enhancer usually causes the clogging of the filter by using gels or polymers to trap finer dirt particles. Not what you want if your filter is already clogged!
Proven Sand Filter Cleaners:
Strip Kwik Filter Sand Cleaner
This filter sand cleaner strips all the oil, sun lotion and any other debris that gets trapped in the sand filter. It helps get rid of the stubborn debris that doesn’t come out easily with a backwash.
BLUPOOL swimming pool services in Durban North stocks a range of swimming pool products. We make the maintenance of your swimming pool a dream. Come and collect a free water sample bottle for us. We’ll test your pool water and prescribe a maintenance program that best suits your swimming pool’s needs.
Blupool is situated at 8 Glen Anil Street, Durban North, KZN South Africa.
