Pool with safety cover - vacuuming frequency

[eric.cooper]

Hello, I just bought a house with a pool, 20,000 gallon kidney shaped, and I bought a safety cover because I have young children. I have found that each week I need to vacuum, there is a visible layer of dirt on the bottom. Is this normal, I thought the cover would help keep the pool clean? I live in the San Francisco area.

Any advice on which type of automatic pool vacuum to buy, given I would like it to run under the pool cover and would hope I don't need to inspect it often. I bought a used Kreepy Krauly but it doesn't move around well.

Lastly, how frequently should my filter be backwashed.

Thanks in advance,

Eric

[tom]

Eric wrote:Hello, I just bought a house with a pool, 20,000 gallon kidney shaped, and I bought a safety cover because I have young children. I have found that each week I need to vacuum, there is a visible layer of dirt on the bottom. Is this normal, I thought the cover would help keep the pool clean? I live in the San Francisco area. snip

Welcome to the world of pool ownership! I leave my vacuum going all the time the filter's running. The safety cover will interfere with most vacuums' hoses, so the go-around is to remove that cover for a portion of the pool's operation. Mind the kids. Like I said, Welcome! Pools are a lot of work.

snip Any advice on which type of automatic pool vacuum to buy, given I

would like it to run under the pool cover and would hope I don't need to inspect it often. snip Nope Lastly, how frequently should my filter be backwashed.

When it reaches around 10 lbs. above the pressure noted just after backwashing.

Thanks in advance,

Eric

You're retroactively welcome. Tom

[Richard J Kinch]

Polaris 180, 280, or 380.

[SteveB]

Hayward Ultra

[Bob G.]

I expect that the cover is a mesh cover....BUT Ghee the Smog must be bad in Kalifornia for the bottom to be visibal;ly dirty...

I like Polaris automatic cleaners...Mine is pishing 20 years old and sitll works just fine...

Just after you backwash the pool notice the pressure ....NOW when that pressure increases by 8-10 pounds backwash the pool again...

Bob Griffiths