DIY Pool filter air bleeder, flushing sand filter!

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Жыл бұрын

How to flush a pool sand filter in this episode, plus I also show how I built my own air bleeder for the pool filter head. #poolfilter #sandfilter #poolpump
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@charlesgill8544 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video. Went to Home Depot and got the same exact pieces and it worked perfectly!

@TKCL Ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@jeremiahs45 11 ай бұрын

Nice improvement on the pool valve. Shame it doesn’t come that way like you said

@Wynne-pe4pl Ай бұрын

Great video. Thank you so much.

@TKCL Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@rongray4847 Жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, good information!! Thankyou. 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦

@pampilgrim2274 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Andrew! 😊 Thank you for another great video. See you later today.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ryanzynda5114 11 ай бұрын

Awesome content. Love the channel. 🤠

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching

@samuelschult985 Жыл бұрын

Now you got me thinking about using that exact application to Aquaponics 👍

@bigrockinu 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding, sir. You just answered 2 questions for me thanks

@TKCL 2 ай бұрын

Glad to help

@user-mo3ys6fl3z 4 ай бұрын

The Best, detailed instructional video!😊 Want to get those attachments, but no clue the size I need.?

@TKCL 4 ай бұрын

It varies by manufacturer

@roberthermsen724 Жыл бұрын

You should engineer a sprinkler to water your lawn with the waste water. That would be kinda cool

@CptCrackers Жыл бұрын

Plants don't always love chlorinated/treated water.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

@@CptCrackers very true on the chlorination, but I actually don't add chemicals to the pool other than a few tablets in a floater. We are using a copper ionizer for treatment.

@joebufford2972 Жыл бұрын

The way you can improve on a manufacturer product is just great to me. Let it be known they don't know everything when they build something 🇺🇲

@MikeZMonroe Жыл бұрын

I understand and agree with the comments but the filter still functions without it. Bottom line in manufacturing world is quality, reliability and functionality at a very competitive price.

@hrlee2381 Жыл бұрын

Here...Great informational video as usual.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@PJ-uv9fr Жыл бұрын

Leave it to you to improve on their product LOL! Very informative and interesting vid 👍

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@louisd95714 Жыл бұрын

Nice work on the mod. It is my opinion that the filter had a serious design flaw before modding it. Not sure what they were thinking when it was designed. It's a great filter, but the mod was very much needed.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree

@frijoli9579 Жыл бұрын

Put a sprinkler/fan sprayer on the backwash. Water the grass while cleaning the filter. ;)

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

It only runs for 60 seconds, plus I bet full flow is needed for stirring up the internals. That's just a hunch though.

@kevinfee3132 Жыл бұрын

From personal experience just dont backwash too often. You want the sand to be a little dirty it helps to actually keep your pool cleaner. Believe it or not the dirtier the filter the better it cleans.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

This is my first time in over a month of doing it. Pressure has been great.

@patv3828 Жыл бұрын

❤

@mkestamper Жыл бұрын

Awesome video as usual. You might want to do some research before using carbon steel fittings on your pool plumbing. I learned the hard and expensive way. When those galvanized fittings start rusting on the inside, it will migrate and stain other pool components, like steps and other white plastic stuff. Chlorine is very corrosive to carbon steel, maybe pvc is the best choice or stainless. Just my $.02.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

The good news is this is a mostly chemical free pool thanks to us treating with a copper ionizer.

@mkestamper Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL I will do my homework on copper ionization, we are using salt cell, and have been for 12 years now. So, I am curious if even less maintenance than salt. Thanks for the reply

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Practically no maintenance other than vacuuming out my pool.

@barbaraharrold5361 Жыл бұрын

Very impressive:) do you have a cover for the pool when the pollen is so heavy? Tfs and God bless:)

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Not yet! I'll be looking into one.

@frrapp2366 Жыл бұрын

i use a product called "true blue" safe for water, gas es, anhydrous ammonia(gaseous fertilizer) ( im a farmer ) we just got a little 10 ft nice vid for us newbies

@ronbennett8026 Жыл бұрын

You should build some type of shade structure over your pump components to keep it out of 12 hours of daily sun.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I mentioned that in this video.

@digitaldan8223 Жыл бұрын

Never Back and Forth?!? Crap... I've been doing it wrong for years.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

That's like the number one rule pool service people preach. The keeper on the inside is apparently threaded on and can work loose.

@digitaldan8223 Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL I switched out our sand filter with a big cartridge filter a couple years ago when I replaced the pump with a 2 speed pump. I never had a problem with the sand filter and still use it with the old pump as a "vacuum station" that I run a few days a week. I've replaced the 150 lbs of sand in the filter twice, and never noticed anything working loose. If I ever replace the sand again, I'll take a good look. I just read my entire Aqua Pro Sand Filter Manual and it doesn't mention anything about this. It makes sense, but if this is really an issue, they should print on the top label "Rotate Clockwise Only"

@digitaldan8223 Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL I just came in from several hours of mowing, and "That's like the number one rule pool service people preach" bothered me the entire time I was mowing. I couldn't even enjoy the podcast I was listening to, thinking about stupid multi-valves on even stupider sand filters. I turned to Google and started doing what I do... Wow! Did I find some funny threads that eventually turned to name calling and physical threats. LOL! I even went to the website of the company that I purchased our pool from, read everything I could find about operating sand filters and multi-valves and there's nothing about rotating the handle only clockwise. "Of course not, Dummy Dan... they want to sell you a multi-port value every couple years." 🤣 I never knew this controversy even existed before now, but I'm firmly in the "as long as you turn off the pump, it doesn't matter which way you turn the darn handle" camp. 😉

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

I have friends with these units and ones who install pools for a living. Plus the majority of the videos I've watched on YT also mentioned the one way rotation rule. I've heard it enough I believe it lol.

@gisellemcmahon2464 10 ай бұрын

Can you do a video on how to remove air from the pool pump. I have air in mine and I am not sure how much is normal and how much is too much.

@TKCL 10 ай бұрын

My particular pump has not experienced any Airbound or airlock. The few that I have seen experiencing this typically has their pool several feet lower than their equipment so it sucks air anytime they service it. I've seen those people cracking a air bleeder valve like this as soon as they turn on the pump, and close it off as soon as the air is exited and water is shooting out of the air relief valve.

@CptCrackers Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure you just back the threaded pressure gauge out the same way as the plug.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Plug has a specific groove for ventilation and a o ring. Pressure gauge does not have either and needs pipe tape. You'd wind up with leaking almost immediately if you unscrewed your pressure gauge.

@CptCrackers Жыл бұрын

@@TKCL you really gotta wonder how this stuff gets designed

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

@@CptCrackers engineers don't engineer anymore.

@CptCrackers Жыл бұрын

@TKCL I usually figure the engineer drew it up correctly and then some penny pincher decides to save a half cent in plastic or mold/tooling.

@radmilamiljanic5977 Жыл бұрын

As our appliances are getting smarter, we're getting less so. You're showing everyone what using God given common sense with basic technical knowledge achieves! A man is created to think, adapt, overcome, otherwise would have been extinct thousands of years ago.

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words

@5150cash Жыл бұрын

Here

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Got it!

@CrystalParanormally Жыл бұрын

there

@5150cash Жыл бұрын

@@CrystalParanormally LoL 😜 I ain't afraid of no ghost 👻

@CrystalParanormally Жыл бұрын

@@5150cash Sure Cash. Whatever. Just watch out for the flat tire. 😫

@5150cash Жыл бұрын

@@CrystalParanormally 😲😲

@mattanddeborahcocchiaro8165 Ай бұрын

Can you send a link for pieces?

@TKCL Ай бұрын

I bought the parts at a local ace hardware store, sorry no links.

@boogermeats Жыл бұрын

What's that box on the inlet of the filter? Chemical treatment maybe?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

That's on the outlet, it's a copper ionizer for treatment of our pool without chemicals.

@pacificadventures9919 11 ай бұрын

So when you bleed your pump should there be no water, a straight flow or something else??

@TKCL 11 ай бұрын

There should always be straight water, air is no good. It causes bubbles, filter head issues, lack of pump prime ect. If your pool is a lot lower than your equipment, it can suck air anytime you flush or clean your basket. Sometimes you need to bleed that air out.

@richardscarlett7942 Жыл бұрын

dont know how you feel about electrolisis, but, you might want to change those galvanized rust prone fittings out for brass or Dielectric. Qlthough I dont know how these react with pool water and pool chemicals?

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

Very little chemicals in our pool. Using a copper ionizer.

@michelleorlando5133 Ай бұрын

Does your filter have the air breather tube inside of it???

@TKCL Ай бұрын

Yes the rubber hose with a filter

@Sylvan_dB Жыл бұрын

Ugh, galvanized... I'd have used brass or stainless steel for those few little pieces. (The well guys in my area used to use brass, but stainless steel is often cheaper these days and that's what they used for the new well I had done in April.)

@TKCL Жыл бұрын

If I see any corrosion I'll look for those in stainless.