Choosing The Best Filter For Your Swimming Pool
How do you choose the best filter for your swimming pool? Get more information about the filters available and how to select the right one for you.
How do you choose the best filter for your swimming pool? Get more information about the filters available and how to select the right one for you.
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CHOOSING THE BEST FILTER<br />
FOR YOUR SWIMMING<br />
POOL
When it comes time to deciding what is the best filter for your swimming pool, there are many<br />
different factors that go into making that decision. <strong>The</strong> most common filter today is the sand<br />
filter and It would be easy to install one on every swimming pool but there are a variety of<br />
factors that go into which filter is the best for your swimming pool. This can be broken down<br />
into the following categories:<br />
<strong>Your</strong> interior finish<br />
How many trees, bushes and other vegetation is around your swimming pool<br />
Surface area of the pool<br />
Water conservation factors<br />
Ease of use
Ultimately the goal of each filter is to keep your swimming pool<br />
the cleanest! With that said, we hope this blog post is<br />
informative on the best type of filter for your pool, when they<br />
should be backwashed and what to look for when they need to<br />
be cleaned or replaced. In the swimming pool industry there<br />
are three different types of filters; sand, cartridge and<br />
diatomaceous earth (D.E.). First, we will highlight the pros and<br />
cons of each and then discuss what makes it work for your<br />
pool.
Sand <strong>Filter</strong><br />
Pros<br />
Easiest of all the filters to use<br />
Most common filter seen in swimming pools<br />
<strong>Filter</strong>s down to 20 microns<br />
Easy to backwash when pressure rises to set backwash number<br />
Cons<br />
Requires replacements of sand every 5-8 years or when laterals break which takes the most<br />
amount of time out of all filters.<br />
Not recommended for pebble tec pools or pools with lots of vegetation due to high micron<br />
number. It can struggle when pool is super dirty.<br />
Can take much longer to clean up a green pool with this type of filter
Cartridge <strong>Filter</strong><br />
Pros<br />
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Cons<br />
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Simple to maintain<br />
<strong>Filter</strong>s down to 10 microns which is better than the sand filter<br />
If you are in an area where water is a concern this is the best filter because it doesn't require backwashing.<br />
<strong>Filter</strong>s better in large surface area pools<br />
Most expensive of all filters to purchase<br />
Cartridge replacement can be more expensive
D.E. <strong>Filter</strong><br />
Pros<br />
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Cons<br />
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<strong>Filter</strong>s down to 3 microns<br />
<strong>Filter</strong>s the largest surface area and keeps the pool the most clean<br />
<strong>Best</strong> for pools with lots of vegetation<br />
Requires the most amount of maintenance especially after backwashing
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