Comments on: Hayward Sand Filters Review

By: Steve Harrell

Steve Harrell — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:55:17 +0000

The tank on my S200 sand filter cracked and I need to replace it. It has been suggested that I could buy the top valve filter tank S210T for less money and it does the same thing. Is there a difference in performance?

By: sasmmie

sasmmie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:15:32 +0000

i bought a used (this is waht it says) aqua tools sand filter… have you ever heard of this product? and it is missing a clamp, i have been trying to find this product and part every where if you can please help.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:17:37 +0000

Hi Tom,

You can read how to change the sand in that filter in this article, in the second paragraph / section down:

http://wetheadmedia.com/sand-pool-filter-troubleshooting-repair-guide/

You can also see all of our content (Tons) here:

http://wetheadmedia.com

Please let me know if you have any other questions or need more help.

Joseph

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:31:36 +0000

I need to change the sand in a hayward S200.
Are there any instructions out there for this?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:52:03 +0000

Hi Karen,

I would first back wash the pool filter and see if that helps.

If that does not help, I would unscrew the fitting and wrap them with Teflon tape.

Please let me know if you have any more questions,

Joseph

By: KAREN

KAREN — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:01:09 +0000

We installed a HaywardS200 Sand Filter & Hayward Superpump 1HP in May, 2009. It was originally leaking from the top dome and the side bulkhead fittings at the filter connection. We had it serviced in June and it stopped, but the side bulkhead fittings are leaking again where the fitting goes into the filter not the connection from the pump. Is this a defect in the filter? How can we correct the problem?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:12:45 +0000

Hi Dolores,

I would use “Pool Perfect with Phos Free”

You can read more about it here,

http://wetheadmedia.com/pool-perfect-phosfree/

Hope this helps and let me know if you have more questions.

Joseph

By: Dolores

Dolores — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:05:06 +0000

Help Help Help. I’m ready to fill in my pool! I have a Hayward S244T. I have had problems all summer with my 30,000 gal inground pool. When first opening it cleared right away with liquid chlorine, but had trouble with cloudiness. AFter running a few days, all was clear. Then I started getting green on the bottom and sides. No matter what I did, the green would come back, but still all chemicals were fine (except for over a week, I had a super high chlorine reading that we had trouble bringing down)
Again I vacuumed and chemicals perfect, but once again the green is coming back. I have good pressure.
Could it be that I need new sand in my sand filter . If so, is it hard to take apart and put new in?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:44:31 +0000

Help – I have a Hayward Perflex series EC40AC filter. Some loud banging is coming from it. I think it has to do something with the flow diffuser? Any suggestions?? Thanks

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:00:51 +0000

always vacuum your algae on waste because it can live in the sand and cause huge probs

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:15:04 +0000

Hi Liz,

You may just need to wash the valve out, There could be some sand or debris stuck inside.

Let me know if you need more help

Joseph

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:16:12 +0000

I have a hayward pro series high rate sand filter, installed about 3 weeks ago. The vari-flo control valve is very hard to turn, but I managed to turn it to backwash as the pressure gage was reading around 20. When I turned the valve back to filter, the water was still draining out of the blue tube and out of the pool. Also, now the valve wont even budge and is stuck on the filter setting even though it is not filtering. What could have caused this?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:33:24 +0000

Hi Dave,

What kinds of sand are you using in that filter>Also are you using Chlorine?

Let me know,

Joseph

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:21:06 +0000

I have a hayward sand filter S244-T I changed the sand in it about 1 month ago, I was on vacation and the pressure is 30psi.

When I bypass the filter the pressure is fine at 20 PSI, so that tells me there is not a restriction in the returns, I removed the sand in the filter and checked to see if everything is ok. Put the sand back and still have the problem. I changed the multiport valve with one that was at the house… Same problem… Can it be that both my multiport valves are bad??? dont know what else to do… the pressure gage is fine… Thanks

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:08:35 +0000

Hi Maureen,

I have replied to your questions here:

http://wetheadmedia.com/sand-filter-for-my-small-inflatable-pool/

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask on that page.

Joseph