How To Change From Sand to FilterBalls

today's problem to fix is changing out the dirty stand in this swimming pool filter I will be replacing out the sand with filter balls yeah look how easy I'm afraid it's a little bit more involved than that according to their website filter balls are made from recycled proprietary thermoplastic fibers they are appropriate for use in pools and spas and are fully back washable and recyclable they are designed to replace sand made in the USA what caught my eye one pound bag of filter balls replaces 100 pounds of sand let's do this this is the filter that I'm going to be replacing the sand off if you look at the top under model number media required is 250 pounds of sand so if this sand filter requires 250 pounds of sand and one pound of filter balls replaces a hundred pounds of sand this filter needs two and a half bags of filter balls or during the filter Boz was easy and receiving them even easier you know what I mean if you've ever had to haul sand around or pay extra for weight as you can see they are small and they're firm and they seem to hold their shape really well this piece of paper came with each order and on the back it has directions for stardom only six steps I had a little bit more than that if your filter uses this type of under drain then you can't use the filter balls you have to have the laterals six steps is what they list well let's get on with my steps here are the supplies that I needed for this project oh come on you knew this was coming safety first you do not want it to come on while you're working on it at the bottom of the tank locate the drain cap turn it counterclockwise a half turn this is to release any pressure that still may be in the tank then take off the cap completely if you can unscrew your waste hose go ahead and do that now I didn't have to do that with this one it's attached so of course I'm gonna leave it next unscrew the unions that connect the piping to the ports if you don't have unions you're gonna have to saw through the piping to cut it off sorry been there who do you think put these unions on this pump take your screwdriver and lefty loosey the two screws from the clamp or a collar keep track of the screws bolts and the vinyl protector caps put them someplace safe if your screw is stuck try spraying it with wd-40 and then tap it with the handle of the screwdriver hopefully the wd-40 and the tapping will loosen all that corrosion okay now that the unions are loosened and the clamp is removed we can now gently and I mean gently twist the multi-port and then pull up now don't pull too fast or too hard or you're going to break the laterals at the bottom of the tank [Music] remember that Frasier episode twist and then pull stop here you see these black rings you don't want to lose them they tend to pop out there's one on each Union and there's a valve Oh ring on the tank right here here's a better picture of it so while the water is draining from the tank now is a good time to give the control valve a good cleaning to remove all the hard water stains and green mess I just used a little bit of vinegar in a bucket of water and a scrub brush with the o-rings off clean the area with a small brush remove all the old teflon tape and replace it with new tape I've read that the filter balls will last as long or longer than sand so now would be the time to replace any damaged Oh rings give all the over ins a nice coat of oil ring lubricant this is a good one that I use you may have to replace all rings that are cracked damaged or just stretched out I had to do that with this one for my Sai class luckily I got the o-ring that I usually replace on my hot water hose and it fit perfectly this is the next day I knew I needed to be well-rested to scoop out all that ugly wet sand be sure to wear gloves there are contaminants in this used up sand at this point I was going to suggest using duct tape to cover up this hole but don't bother the tape falls off and there's really no reason because this is how the filter works the way this sand filter works is the red arrows that's the unfiltered water from your pole it goes through the sand filter through the media which is sand or the filter balls gets cleaned then it goes through the laterals up and out comes the clean filtered water scoop after scoop that's the way I did it if I got any sand in that pipe well I'm gonna remove that and clean it out anyway but I really didn't get that much in there I removed several buckets of sand hopefully for this filter this will be the last time using sand what would have made this job a lot easier you got it a wet/dry vac with most of the sand scooped out you'll eventually see the tops of the laterals carefully pull up the pipe then using a garden hose rinse all the arms of the laterals so this is how it works carefully rotate the lateral up the pipe if you can't rotate it and it probably needs another rinse to remove some of that sand once you lift the pipe out give it another good rinse in fact I gave everything a really good rinse and then let it dry in the Sun [Music] using your small brush go through each lateral and try to brush off as much sand as you can but really you're not going to get a hundred percent of the sand off check for any breaks and if they're really bad now's a good time to replace it so rotate everything back up okay now that everything is clean time to put this thing back in its tank with the clean tank back on its support stand and the drain cap back on next is to replace the pipe and laterals back inside the tank [Music] carefully rotate the laterals to their down position [Music] finally we're here the fun part [Music] so place the plastic bag over the sand pipe you don't want them clogging your plumbing then start tossing those filter balls in so much easier than pouring bags of sand in that's for sure after placing two bags of filter balls in the tank I marked it on the outside how high it was and then the three of course reflects three bags this is what it looks like with three bags of filter balls in this tank in this video you can see that I pushed some of the balls up against the tank that's how I can film it easier but after each bag I did properly mark the outside of the tank so let's replace the top multi-port valve remove the plastic bag make sure that the o-ring for the tank is on and lubricated connect the opening in the valve to the top of the pipe okay we all saw it the o-ring falling off if your tanks oh ring looks like this it's time to get a new one so the black one the new one is on the left and the old ones on the right that's how stretched out it was the new one didn't look anything like the old one but it still worked this is how an o-ring is supposed to look and sound I went ahead and replaced the pressure gauge to G's okay where were we then I reconnected the two unions with their new teflon tape when you replace the collar be sure to position it around the edge of the multi-part valve and use the two bolts to tighten it into place as you do this alternate between each of the bolts to make sure that the pressure is equally distributed around you a collar tap it a few times this helps to seat the clamp properly you know making sure it's on there right attach the backwash hose okay we're almost there we're almost done almost turn the circuit breaker back on but don't turn on the pump yet not yet according to the directions we're gonna rinse the filter balls for two minutes turn the valve to the rinse setting turn on the pump and let it run for two minutes with the pump turned off I'm now going to change the valve to the backwash setting I'm gonna turn on the pump and backwash for two minutes okay everybody this is almost the last step but the most important I'm gonna switch from backwash to filter now don't forget it you don't want to wake up in the morning and have all the water running out of your Pole I'm not saying it's happened to me just don't forget it now this really is the last step with the filter turned on note the pressure gauge reading this is your filters clean normal running pressure I just took a photo of it when the pressure increases five to seven psi it's time to backwash thanks for coming along with me on this DIY

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Length: 13min 13sec (793 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 24 2019