Comments on: How To Clean Any D.E. Pool Filter

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:00:27 +0000

Hi Nancy,

Yes you can use white vinegar at full strength. You you will want to let the fingers / grids soak for a few hours or until they turn while again,

Let me know if you need more help.

Joseph

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:53:13 +0000

We have successfully removed our de filter and used our garden hose to spray it clean. we live where there is no pool service offering acid wash. if we were to use a white vinegar what would be the formula or washing or soaking the filter and for how long. You site is most helpful. Thanks

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:27:25 +0000

Hi Anna,

Congrats on your home purchase. You will need to add DE every-time you backwash the pool filter. You also will want to backwash at least once a week.

Let me know if you have more questions.

Joseph

By: Anna Miller

Anna Miller — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:36:15 +0000

I bought a foreclosure with a Hayward DE Filter. The pool sat for 4 months and had frogs and was bright green. I have been removing the filter and spraying the green algae off the grid, using chlorine and algacide only. Do I have to use DE every time or, can I run without it and continue to vacuum, filter, rinse over and over? Finally adding the DE when the pool is clear? It seems like I would just be washing money away with the DE being wasted each time I hose filter off. HELP

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:59:59 +0000

Hi Joely,

What make and model of filter do you have?

Let me know so I can know further,

Joseph

By: Joely

Joely — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:17:26 +0000

We took our DE cartridges totally apart and I am now trying to put it back together. I have them placed properly, but I can not figure out how the bottom goes on and where the one big circular metal piece goes (on the very bottom or on top of the bottom touching the filters). Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

By: Wet Head Media

Wet Head Media — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:17:32 +0000

Hi Mike,

Do you have the muli-port set on filter?

Did you inspect the grids for tears and rips?

Its one of the two above,

Let me know if you need more help,

Joseph

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:15:41 +0000

I just cleaned my DE filter system and re assembled everything but my pressure gauge is at about 9psi and it seems like any DE i put into the skimmer, comes back out into the pool. What theres to do?

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:01:17 +0000

I have taken apart My Pentair DE Filter washed all grids put it back together…closed it ….added DE in the skimmer….and the pressure was fine for barely a day then it’s back to a climbing pressure in less than a minute from the initial 15 psi to 28 psi after each backwash….so I cannot vacuum the pool for more than a minute until I lose total suction….what to do?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:35:31 +0000

Liz,

Did you mean grids or cartridges?

This is a sta right filter right?