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Hi Nina. Without seeing your set up it isn't easy to help. Are the valves on the inlet or outlet side of the pump?

@@EasyPoolCleaning if you got an email or WhatsApp etc I d be very happy to send a photo I m really desperate for the help l d so so appreciate it Thank you for replying to me too

If you go to my channel page and click on ....more in the description near the top, it will open a panel and then you can click on "View Email Address" to get it. I won't put the address in a comment as the spammers will pick it up and I will be inundated in all sorts of rubbish. Do you have a helpful neighbor who maintains their pool as they may be able to help better than I can with just a photo.

@@EasyPoolCleaning no not really no but it's mostly those 2 settings i m unsure of. Certain other things i ll possibly be able to get some help on later. But even if you just help me a little with the setting it's a good start for me

@@EasyPoolCleaning ps my email will start with Nina just so you know

That is odd. I must have used this method hundreds of times and it has worked every time.

It is a vinyl liner. The pressure washer label says it is max 170 bar. The power of the water stream is reduced by pool water to some extent plus the water stream hits the liner at an acute angle rather than head on.

​@@EasyPoolCleaning Thanks!

Glad it helped!

That valve will only release the air that is trapped in the filter housing. Once that has all been expelled only water will come out. Thanks for the comment.

You are welcome

Pretty much! 😊

A self-parking robot! Great idea.

The shallow end is about 3ft and the deep end about 5ft 6"

@@EasyPoolCleaning thanks , we are giving this a try tomorrow .

I hope it helps Ron

You can use flocculant if you need to to make it settle. Then vacuum quite slowly on waste, ideally using a vacuum head without brushes (which stir it up) such as this one www.amazon.com/Fibropool-Professional-Flexible-Swimming-Vacuum/dp/B01JYX4WPW?tag=boogsuk00-20

@@EasyPoolCleaning I have used floc. I will try a vacuum without brushes. Thank you!

I do turn the pump off in the video but having just watched the video again after all these years I can't believe I turned the valve handle straight from waste to filter as I never do that!

That is a problem. All you can do is top the pool up as much as possible before you start, leave the hose running and then work as quickly as you can without disturbing the debris. If the level drops to the bottom of the skimmers before you have finished then you can just stop where you are, switch off the pump and top up some more.

Thank you Sir 😊

I have replaced the valve since I made this video as it was leaking and couldn't be repaired. However I did remove the lid to try and repair it. I seem to remember it was on very tight and needed to be turned about half an inch anti-clockwise to release it. I used a large oil filter wrench to free it in the end.

@@EasyPoolCleaning Thanks - I also came right by using a wood file and hammer which i gently tapped in the grooves to loosen it up. This was my first time doing this (replacing the gasket) so I learned a lot - like needing to scrape out the old ring and use bonding glue when putting in the new one, but im happy to report that the replacement was successful

Well done :-)

I am glad you found it useful

Not crystals I haven't. What sort of crystals? I use glass beads now.

@@EasyPoolCleaning I will find out Monday when the installer comes to add more crystals. When it was first installed the filter pressure went high after each clean forcing me to backwash after each clean. (Didn't need to do that with my old sand filter). That doesn't happen now. After my last clean the pump went off on the timer. Next morning the pool was still clean. 24 hours after the pump came back on with the timer it was dirty like I hadn't cleaned it. Demoralising.

I don't suppose the dirt is dead algae is it?

I don't think so. Just normal calima sand@@EasyPoolCleaning

@@EasyPoolCleaning I used to have a 500mm sand filter. However, the guy who replaced it when it became faulty decided to put a 400mm filter in with crystals. I've never had the pool clean since. Today I'm having it ripped out and a new 500mm filter put in with sand again. 500 euros loss. The initial installer doesn't care my pool isn't clean. He thinks if the pressure gauge is O.K then everything is perfect!

Where does it come out from? The return jets?

@@EasyPoolCleaning no like when im vacuuming the pile at the bottom doesnt stay on the floor but instead poofs up when i move my vacuum head near it. Therefore i only really get like 70% of the pile and then 30% gets poofed up

I understand. It is very light so you have to move the vacuum very slowly. What kind of vacuum head do you have? I find that those with brushes around the edge are not good for this as they disturb the algae dust before it gets sucked up. The best are those with just wheels such as this one www.amazon.com/dp/B01JYX4WPW/?tag=easypoolcleaning-20

@@EasyPoolCleaning yea my vacuum head has brushes around the edge is one of those triangle one

@@TgrjyeI have the same vacuum head and have the same problem! Glad I found your comment! Will be getting a brushless vacuum head today!

Glad it was helpful!

Once you have fed the hose hand over hand until you get to the end you don't let go of it but push it into the skimmer hole. Are you doing something different Frank?

Let me know

@@EasyPoolCleaning , I’m here in the good old floundering United States of America and it’s 7pm and my pool is clean now😀👍🏻I’ve vacuumed my pool and used the return flow inside my pool at least a hundred times to fill my vac hose and for the last 8 years and for the first time, I really couldn’t get prime on my filter pump. Yes…..I put the entire hose on a higher plane on the pool deck and forced every bit of the hose down to the bottom of the pool and after I did that, like you said, there was water slowly coming out of the hose end. I stuck it in the skimmer pot and now I’m finished. Pool is vacuumed! Thanks buddy! Are you a kiwi or an Aussie? Whatever you are, you are my man today! 😀

I am glad it helped. I am neither - I am a Brit.

I assume you mean you can't pull it out from the hole at the bottom of the skimmer. Try switching off the pump so there is no suction.

I am glad it helped. Thanks for the comment Kristen.

I am glad it helped Andrew

I didn't in this case and don't normally

yes you can, but depending on how dirty your pool is, it may mean a lot of trips back and forth cleaning out the robot. I prefer the method in this video.

Agreed. When a pool is this dirty the filter in a robotic pool cleaner simply couldn't cope. Plus a pool robot moves quite a lot of water as it goes so it is likely to disturb much of the dirt which will go into suspension and then settle back on the bottom some time afterwards.

The water level will always go down when you vacuum to waste as the water is not recirculating to the pool. To vacuum to waste you need to top the water level up first and then work quickly. Obviously, if you vacuum on the filter setting the water level will not go down.

@@EasyPoolCleaning I think I can close one Valve for not go water down I see 2 pipe to go to the filter before the bump

@@EasyPoolCleaning have you one email? I will send some pics from bump and pipe system

You can find me on the about page and send a Facebook message

You do get a little more suction as the water isn't having to pass through the filter. You can plug the hose directly into the hole at the bottom of the skimmer without using a skimmer plate. Thanks for the question and for watching.

It depends on your situation. I run out my backwash hose into my front garden. You could divert it to a convenient drain perhaps.

@@EasyPoolCleaning please are you on WhatsApp

Moron. Clearly you don't use a solar blanket to "save water" you do it to prevent the water level dropping too much due to evaporation meaning you don't need to top the pool up too often. And the main function of a solar cover is to retain heat anyway.

@@EasyPoolCleaning I think I hit a nerve.I’ll make sure your award is awarded braincell.

Idiots never hit a nerve with me. I just feel sorry for them.

Good tip David. Thanks.

@@EasyPoolCleaning you’re welcome

It won't be easy but you can do it. The best I can suggest, if your pool is very dirty, would be to manually vacuum on the filter setting (clean setting on your valve) but stop every few minutes and backwash before the filter becomes clogged and dirt starts going back into the pool. Good luck.

No problem 👍

Then you are not vacuuming on waste Tracy. On waste the water bypasses the filter and is ejected from the pool system; it doesn't go back into the pool. Where does the water go when you backwash?

@@EasyPoolCleaning it is going out the waste hose, but while vacuuming on waste it is going out the waste hose AND blowing back into the pool..

Without seeing your setup it is difficult to say. If water is coming out of your backwash/waste hose and also going back into the pool it may be a problem with your multiport valve, perhaps a faulty gasket, that is allowing water to go to the waste and back to the pool.

@@EasyPoolCleaning ok I just replaced the whole valve and spider gasket, It filters fine, but for some reason it is blowing back in and out the waste at the same time..when on waste..thank you so much

I hope you get it sorted. It still sounds like some water is leaking between the waste section in the valve and an adjacent section.

Sorry Margaret, I am not entirely sure what you mean. Do you mean you do not have a dedicated vacuum port so you plug the vacuum hose into the skimmer? To stop the waste going through the filter you need to select waste on your multiport valve.

Dirt and dried chlorine/chemicals, correct

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@@EasyPoolCleaning thanks

That certainly seems to happen for no apparent reason as I have had it too. I tried going out every 30 minutes/hour and just manually moving the vacuum head to another part of the pool which did seem to help a bit. Since then I have bitten the bullet and bought a Dolphin robotic cleaner so haven't used the automatic cleaner since.

You connect the hose the same way as you do when you vacuum the pool - normally into the hole at the bottom of the skimmer. You can fill it with water as I show in this video - czcams.com/video/Z5gyOMjwnH4/video.html

I hope it helps

Although water will be expelled from the pool when you use backwash or rinse they will not do the same as waste as the water will pass through the filter instead of going straight out of the pool. Do you have a valve that allows you to drain the pool (without the water passing through the filter)?

​@@EasyPoolCleaning can I still do it if it passes through the filter

@@larios86 That would defeat the purpose. You vacuum to waste to bypass the filter so it doesn't become clogged due to the amount of dirt you have to remove.

I hope it helps

It was an experiment with the CZcams shorts, which it seems is a waste of time anyway

@@EasyPoolCleaning I would HIGHLY recommend setting up your phone in landscape mode for videos. (Long side horizontal). I suspect that many people, including myself, when they see the vertical orientation, will just skip to the next available video.

CZcams shorts had to be in portrait mode and be less than 60 seconds long

@@EasyPoolCleaning Ooooh. I see. That right there would keep me from ever using that format. Video should always be recorded in the same format as you would watch on computer or TV.

@@EasyPoolCleaning you did nothing wrong filming in this format. It baffles me when people who are watching your content FOR FREE complain about your methods of filming and what you shared. Great video!

Good idea Dave

Did you work it out?

Good luck

@@EasyPoolCleaning aren't you kind.

Hi. You clearly don't have any suction. If you vacuum on filter does it pick up? If it does then it sounds like you may need to open a valve on your outlet pipe so that the water has somewhere to go.

@@JPinFuerteventura thanks for responding. It does have a suction on filter but I was told to vacuum to waste. But what do you mean open a valve on outlet pipe? I have an above ground pool and its not set up like your filter system. I only have a 4 way valve

@@behindthesoldsign What are the 4 settings you have on your valve?

Good luck