Above Ground Pool Vacuum Setup | Intex Sand Filter mod

Above Ground Pool Vacuum Setup | Intex Sand Filter mod | cheap above ground pools

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3 жыл бұрын

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.

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@tristarO1 2 жыл бұрын

u need to vacuum on waste mode. Faster and better for the filter. Most likely you gonna have to change that sand.

@CrushedEMTB 2 жыл бұрын

How often would I have to change the sand?

@andrewturner2226 Жыл бұрын

Waste mode bypasses the sand altogether.

@greeneyedgurl1976 Ай бұрын

@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 ❤

@toniadams3783 Жыл бұрын

I had planned on hooking it directly to the pump😂glad i watched this

@pegiallen4161 Жыл бұрын

Great detail for those of us who don’t know what we are doing. Thank you ❤

@CptnKremmen 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@CrushedEMTB 3 жыл бұрын

That's genious!

@jokiejokes Жыл бұрын

love it works great. just the right size

@mrdrh99 Жыл бұрын

Mike! I didn't even know you did this too! TBN baby!

@geeraffe40 Жыл бұрын

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_Neukam 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@CrushedEMTB 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds dope! Do you have a link to the product?

@dougblair9613 Ай бұрын

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.

@MRFLIP 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I knew k knew you hahaha nice channel. I'm trying to work on my new pool now

@CrushedEMTB Жыл бұрын

Where've you been, man?!?

@contessajackson3723 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very helpful

@CrushedEMTB 3 жыл бұрын

No prob.

@nuffdoggiggey4103 2 ай бұрын

Tiki bar, nice idea.

@toniadams3783 Жыл бұрын

My lord i havent even hooked this pump up yet but i feel like all these buttons and functions are going to confuse me 😂

@user-pj5jl8zo3p 11 ай бұрын

I thought your supposed to use the "waste" setting for vacuuming.

@cindycibantos8634 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@fixfymobile 3 жыл бұрын

To get the air out of the hoose put it on the outlet and it will push it out

@CrushedEMTB 3 жыл бұрын

That's genious....thank you!

@toniadams3783 Жыл бұрын

I dont understand....where did the hose hook into? The same spot the water is taking in, into the pump?

@lucasdejong4986 3 жыл бұрын

Hello nice video

@CrushedEMTB 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@cindydrakems.mudmisfit4307 2 ай бұрын

Did your pump leak where the basket part hooks on to the pump?

@lizabeck1221 2 жыл бұрын

If you have a lot of large debris, can set the pump to waste instead of filter to vacuum?

@CrushedEMTB 2 жыл бұрын

You can set it to waste but you won't get the same pressure I believe

@AlanaL3 3 жыл бұрын

So do you plug vacuum hose into intake or outtake? Do you vacuum in filter setting?

@CrushedEMTB 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@giniascott2575 2 ай бұрын

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.

@ljones42089 21 күн бұрын

I’m new to sand filters and just got mine and I don’t have a “waste” option, I just have the backwash and then rinse. If that’s the case do I use the “filter” setting to vacuum or is there another way?

@giniascott2575 21 күн бұрын

No, don't use the filter setting. If you don't have a "waste" option on your sand filter then you may have to vacuum using the siphon method instead of using your filter. That's where you just hook up your vacuum to your hose and put the vacuum in the pool. Then slowly start pushing your hose under water starting with the end that's attached to your vacuum and continue pushing it under water until you reach the very end. Then just use your hand to "cap" the end and toss that end out of the pool. It should create a suction by gravity if done correctly. I hope that makes sense.

@ljones42089 21 күн бұрын

So are you vacuuming with it on the “filter” option and then backwashing and rinsing? Because I don’t have a “waste” option like most people are saying to do to vacuum and I’ve been trying to figure out which setting I need to do to vacuum

@CrushedEMTB 14 күн бұрын

Vacuum on the backwash setting