OMG you guys always have the most awesome tools! That has to be the quietest vacuum I ever heard.

Many thanks! I didn't realize I needed to add water over the fingers before adding sand. Easy peasy.

Thanks a million ❤️🙌 best video, no BS !

I've used a solo cup to cover the pipe before when replacing my filter sand. It worked pretty good.

thank you for making this video, i've never changed the sand before and this helped me out ALOT!!

Thank you for this video, it was the most helpful and informative one that I found when replacing my sand.

Appreciate the video. I have the exact same filter and will be changing the sand today. First time I have ever owned a pool and was a little nervous. Good, straight forward explanation and demonstration.

Good information. Thanks

Very helpful! Thanks! I forgot to backwash after and instead ran in filter mode for 15 minutes before realizing it. Do you think that's OK?

Good stuff. Thank you.

Thank you for a good instructional video. I do wish you would have shown how the fingers attach to the standpipe.

my multi-port valve is a thread on and I can't budge it. Any ideas?

What did he use to cover the sand pipe with to prevent sand from entering?

@jandjhofmann I found the part. It is called a "sand guide." Part number 155051. I picked one up at a local pool supply store for five bucks. Very handy because it keeps the standpipe centered and sand free while you pour the new sand into the filter.

OK I have a question .....when you go to 2:10 you see that black plastic on the top of that tank???? .. I have a leak right underneath where it touches the tank. I don't know how to seal it, do i need a new tank or not??. Is that black clam has a thread ? any suggestions??

can the inch and half pipe that goes to the laterals be just below the top of the sand filter were the 6way valve mounts

What size bags are those and how many should I use. My filter is the same size as this one

Thanks for the vid, What shopvac do you recommend?

Hi! How do I dispose of the old sand? Do i just throw it in the trash?

Same filter I'm working on but the sand is hard as a rock and the shop vac don't work. I'm going to cut the standpipe with a cheese saw🤷🏻‍♂️ I needed to unthread the standpipe to get it out of the way. Design flaw in my opinion. Thx for the video

i noticed that also, bernard, i was wondering if they need that part to go back in there.

Good video, helped alot. Took longer though we actually have sand in our filter!

Hey so I just installed one of these and missed the part in the instructions where it says fill with water first then sand so I did sand first, can I still fill it with water or am I screwed and have to empty the sand first?

Bontrager lives in a perfect fantasy world. lol

Good explanation...I question..what happen if I forget to put the water first...can put it after...the sand..?

OOORRR! remove bottom plug to drain. My t80 has an internal filter, I had to use the back square of the plug to remove it to let the sand out. The vac does not work very well with wet sand. Found out the hard way. After plug and internal filter were removed from the bottom it took one minutes to empty it with a hose to assist.

Thanks for this video. I think there is a better way to drain the sand, though. At least with my TA 60, there is a "sand plug" in addition to the drain plug at the bottom of the tank. (The drain plug actually screws into the larger sand plug on the tank). Unscrew the entire sand plug plug, and a good amount of the sand will flow out with the water. I stick a hose in the top of the filter to help the sand out the bottom. My Shop Vac would have a tough time pulling out the wet sand.

I have this same filter I bought a new head I can't get the seal to set into it.any I deal how to get it to set?

I have everything I need to change the sand in the filter. I am actually going with zeobrite which my friend uses and was very happy last year with the results. My question is this, I have the old style Tagelus TA40 with the TM12A multi port valve on top. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove it. I am afraid to snap something off in the process. Is it a screw in top, a pop in top or any other kind of top. If you can provide the answer I assure you I would be grateful. Cheers.

Where can I purchase replacement fingers ONLY? Richmond VA

@GeneralG1810 If they are the snap in kind you want them down. If they twist in try to get them down. Then there are some that are perfurated all the way around. Just depends what you have.... just need to make sure they are snug.

question why does sand enter thru return for the 1st time when i open up the pool

DO the fingers have to go in any particular way or are they perfurated all the way around?

My filter has all the pipes connected to the top of the filter. So how do you take the top off with all the pipes attached?

Good work by little nugget in the blue shirt

@bocco49 , you need to let the filter Rinse for 1 minutes so the sand settle down ,

At 3:35 in this video a standpipe plug is used to keep the standpipe centered while sand is added. Where can I purchase a standpipe plug ? Looked around using Google, could not find one.

Fill-Dur !!!!

wow.. can that guy come clean my pool! WOOF!!

Did you get any reply?

Where can I get one of them plugs? I'm a pool guy and all i use it tape to cover the pipe. That plug would help a lot.

a very quiet shopvac

I pretty much use what ever is in the back of the truck at the time. lol

You haven’t said anything about that basket that was not on the sexual way valve. It didn’t come out of the tank until after this individual sucked some of the sand out. Why were they detached, because when you re-insert the sexual way valve at the end of the process the baskets already attached to it again.

Hi, Hope u can help . the label on my sand filter is un0readable, how do I find out how much sand is required. Also,the pump is very old, in your opinion is it cheaper to replace the pump or have it serviced? There is hardly any suction at the skimmers, and I can only clean the pool on the waste setting as, there is not enough suction to do it any other way, also have to clean real slow , which uses a lot of water , each clean.. regards RT

@eddyjohn22 Agreed, he must come shirtless and in short shorts however!

Please tell me this "PRO" was kidding about removing sand with vacuum? There is a plug at the bottom that comes out! It is even labeled!