[geeks] argh

[Brian Hechinger]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:40:51PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> PITA?  ours has been the most painless hassle-free one we've
> ever had.  Whats a pain about it?  Backwash it once a week or
> once a month, put some more DE in on the water intake for the
> pump in the pool.  Thats *it*.  Maybe your filter isnt big
> enough for your pool?  ours is about 2x the size we need for
> our pool (see http://images.sunhelp.org/house/tn/pool.jpg.html),
> so its very low-maintenance.

what do you do with the DE that gets pushed out from backwashing?  do you need
to pull your filter tank apart and clean DE gunk outta the screen-fins thing
that holds the DE in place?

-brian