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@TheDanceluvver

Жыл бұрын

TYyyyyy 4 4 3

@TheDanceluvver

Жыл бұрын

TYyyyyy 4 4 3

I just changed the sand from my pool filter because of YOU sir! Saved more than $250 in service... Thank You so much!

@DIYJIM

3 ай бұрын

Awesome glad I could help. Thanks for watching

this dude is so efficient. millions of ppl like him in this country that works clean and efficient. Without ppl like Jim this country would be in the tubes. If i were ever elected president I would create a program where people like Jim visit all the schools in the country from west coast to east and teach them good common sense instilling honest hard work. too many people look for short cuts. Then scratch their heads when things fall short!

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the nice comment Chris. Hope you are having a good day.

@NicNirvana

Жыл бұрын

too many schools teach NO tangible skills & just turn the kids into lil "emo's".

Good education as a dad I understand the beer measurements. One beer job. Most likely a two beer for a beginner

@DIYJIM

24 күн бұрын

thanks for watching

This video is great.now I know how to change my sand .tks so much

Awesome video! Your voice is definitely radio television level. Anyway somewhere I watched another video, and they put a sock over the center instead of tape. Make sure you take the sock off your foot. Also, big help on using the shop vac thank you so much for that! Also when I had an above ground pool, I purchased synthetic sand from Amazon. It really really filtered my above ground pool, very well. Also it definitely limited my having to backwash. Often. I live in the Southwest and the desert finds its way into your pool. But it's fine. Thank you so much. I liked and subscribed.

@DIYJIM

18 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for subscribing

Thanks a zillion! Your video and instructions were so user-friendly I managed to change my sand that didn't filter anymore and put in some filtration glass that is more efficient and lasts much longer. You are a very good teacher!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Awesome glad I could help

This will be my first time taking the sand out and replacing it. Your video gave me the confidence I needed, thanks for sharing this.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome glad I could help

@NicNirvana

Жыл бұрын

I just did mine for the first time & it wasn't hard but it was SUPER laborious.

Aloha, Jim. Turning 62 in 2 days and going back to cleaning swimming pools. Thank you for the excellent guidance. Will be following your examples. Have A Blessed Life.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Alan

You must be reading my mind. Every video is exactly what I need, thanks Jim

@DIYJIM

11 ай бұрын

Glad to help

Thank you for sharing your experience cleaning the sand filter pool. It is very helpful.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Glad my video was helpful, thanks for commenting

Hey Jim. Just purchased our first family home... Has a pool with a sand filter. In NZD the pool service people want to charge NZD $570 which is USD $390. Thanks for this video mate, saved me $400 NZD doing it myself. Couldn't be happier thanks. PS - I've tried USA beer while traveling there. Here in NZ we would need four of your beers to get close to one of ours :). Thanks again and subscribed.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks Brad you are correct our beer is week but keeps me out of trouble lol.

Awesome info thanks so much!!

@DIYJIM

27 күн бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great job. Watched your video 1st before I do my Sand filter right now. Thanks a lot.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

Thank you for sharing.

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

welcome thanks for watching

Doing this for the first time tomorrow, glad I clicked on your video. Immediate subscriber. Also, if your tutorials are always measured on the number of beers, I'm sold.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing, glad i could help

Put a brick on the umbrella thing when you are adding the sand. Helps keeping it in place and blocks the pipe up

@DIYJIM

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip, thanks for watching

Excellent guide! We are doing this job in the spring. My Son and I will watch this before diving in.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it thanks for commenting

Thank you loved the video it was easy to understand with step by step instructions ❤️.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome thanks for watching

Thank you. You made it very easy for a first timer.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome thanks

Thank you Jim for making this video , I’d rather do it myself .

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

No problem hope it helped

Love the beer tip. That helped too

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for watching

Critical point made at 3:00 - "This job may be like a one-beer job...not too many beers, you don't wanna mess this all up." Thank you Sir, that made this job so much easier! Great video though, seriously - thanks for posting. The tip at 6:55 was a great one, along with the vacuum tip about moving all that sand in one go!

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

glad I could help thanks for commenting

@amphitrichous

2 жыл бұрын

I don't drink beer but I gave the thumbs up at this point in the video!

@markfieger4370

2 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM I drink root beer; but pretty sure I can get the job done! Great explanations!

Another great video. Thank you so much.

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you so much for this very detailed video! Great work! This was very helpful..

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching

You make it look easy ! Maybe a pain for you to work under your deck , but at least your pool system is not exposed to the elements.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Agree, but not good on my back.

Thanks I think this might cure my son's pool problem he did not cover it for the winter was green with leaves and all kind of debris and I think it more than likely did the sand in

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Hope my video helps you

straight to the point……great job……im gonna go get the beer and knock it out …..thanks

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help thanks for watching

You did good just by yourself! Also you keep all nice under your deck !😊

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😁

Thank you Jim, that's very good food for though. I have been researching sand filters and I like the one you have. Seems like hard plumbing is the way to go. Lord Bless you and your family.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and God bless you also have a great summer

Great job Jim !

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck

Very informative I’m replacing my filter this afternoon due to a crack. I’m thinking this could actually be a 3 beer job

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, have a beer for me

One beer job. Great line sir.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great video! This was super helpful, thank you!

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help thanks for watching

Great job! Thanks

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

nice . thanks for this. you save me a fortune 😊.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Okay, we tried doing it with the water still in there because my husband said it was easier for the sand to travel up the hose and into the shop vac. Unsurprisingly, that just made it fill up with water that we would have to drain probably 10 times more often than we should have.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you got it figured out thanks for watching

Thank you for this video

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

Was just about to zap that channel. Thank goodness you got around to crackin' that can open! Great video, thanks!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome thanks for watching

Thanks. for the great video

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

Thank you for the video

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

Thanks so much. Subscribed. 😊

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for subscribing

Thank you for your help,!

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

The best were the ball style stainless steel filters. It came apart with a threaded top. Tip it over and wash the sand out with a hose. Used muriatic acid to clean the calcium out after sand removal. I would drop a PVC fitting over the center pipe and pour the sand in. Old sand went on to the lawn.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Those are some good tips thanks I’ll try to remember for next time thank you for commenting have a great summer

@natccamp

2 жыл бұрын

I used a spray paint cap to cover the center pipe...easy on, easy off.

One beer 😝 love it

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Good job. Thanks.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for warning

Very helpful 👍

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Great video! I wasn't sure if I could change out the sand when my pool was closed for the winter, but your video solved that issue and I'm going to change it out very soon. Jim, should I change out the O-ring or just re-grease it? Thanks again for a very easy step-by-step video on how to how to do this. Paul

@DIYJIM

10 ай бұрын

If it seems in good shape just re-grease

Thanks buddy , helpful vidro

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

This was really helpful thanks.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Great video

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Thank you very helpful

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad to help

I reused the old sand, I created a little sluice box with my wagon and filled it with water and all the contamination floated to the top, I just tipped it and drained it off, it took about 4 times and about 15 min. Then I scooped the sand back in. Works like a charm.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching

I'm about to do the same job. This was very helpful. Thank you. P.S. having a pool is great but it ain't no Anna Maria Island! 👀😁

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right, I would like to go back

awesome video!

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad I could help

thank you

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

Older laterals unscrew rather than fold-up.

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

thanks for that tip

Great video! Our central pipe is not detaching from valve. Ended up lifting the laterals while trying to just replace o ring. Now looks like we will need to change 20 year old sand, so this vid helps. Any advice on removing valve from center pipe? Thanks

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Sorry not really mine was easy. Hope you figure it out.

@jackpetronas7195

Жыл бұрын

Installer had mangled the end of center pipe, I guess to get it to fit. We used hair dryer to expand the surround and gave it a good pull once removed from filter. All good now. Your vid gave us confidence to change sand ourselves. Thx

Will taking the sand out bust a shop vac or the filter on the vac? Thank you for the helpful video. I'm about to give this a try!

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Just do a little at a time. You don’t want to completely fill your shop vac

Could we just use a small cup to cover pipe when pouring in sand?

@DIYJIM

10 ай бұрын

Sure that would work

Again! Thanj you so much! After changing the sand, i opened the pool this morning and i noticed sand coming into my pool... do you whats probably causing this?

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

Not sure maybe something is broke in your filter. If you figure it out let me know what happened.

Liked ur vid.....I hope u were drinking good beer cause this job. Almost had me going to jack daniels!🤪

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Sorry I have got better at this KZread thing

my pipe that connects to my laterals is cracked is that just a pvc pipe or do i have to buy a whole new lateral assembly

@DIYJIM

10 ай бұрын

Sorry I’m not 100% sure I did replace my lateral once, and it really did not cost that much. Hope you get it figured out. Thanks for watching.

Could you do a video on hooking up a sand filter system

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

I could try to do that it might take a couple weeks.

The blue plastic flat looking tubing, where do you find that? I could use that to replace a hose that doesn’t fit right onto my power pump but I have never seen that thin looking blue tubing

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

I would try a pool store. Measure what size you need.

Our filter kicks sand back in pool. Bought new filter and sand and it still kicks sand in pool. What could be wrong. Great videos by the way. My daughter is trying to take care of pool since my husband passEd away this year. Pool place suggested filter needed replaced Which we did but still have same problem.

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Could be something broke in your filter. If your laterals are cracked you can replace. If there good you might need a new filter.

@patwillbanks9093

3 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIM I just bought new filter and sand.

@cuzimadapapushkian799

2 жыл бұрын

@@patwillbanks9093 If you already changed out the laterals and filter, you might not have the right type of sand. You need specific filter sand. Otherwise, maybe your new filter is defective. I can't think of any other problem that would cause sand to kick back in.

@ProudlyConfused

Жыл бұрын

@@patwillbanks9093 If you replaced the filter and the sand and are still getting sand from the return jets into the pool, it is likely that you have an underground leak in your plumbing that is pulling in sand as it leaks water

After you fill with sand do you need to fill with water of will the filter fill up when doing rinse????

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

When you open your valves back up it will fill up if you have a above ground pool. Hope this helps

Same filter. My guage snapped off leaving the threaded end inside the hole. Any suggestions on getting it out. When it snapped ,it snapped completely flush

@DIYJIM

2 ай бұрын

maybe something like this would help. Not sure if this is small enough amzn.to/3QWWiaM

Wish I watched this b4 I manhandled my filter to empty it 😂

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Maybe next time, thanks for watching

Our older Hayward filter does not have a clamp ring holding the valve to the filter. How is the valve secured to the filter and how can it be removed to replace the sand?

@DIYJIM

25 күн бұрын

Sorry I’m not sure, hope you get it figured out.

@PDNH

23 күн бұрын

Success! Being an old Hayward model 710 valve assembly, it unscrews CCW from the top of the Truflo sand filter. It took about eight turns to get it off.

Hi Jim. Did you put a specific type of filter in your vac? I tried a contraption similar to a dust collector to hook up between my shop vac and the sand, but I'm thinking that is going to take a long time. I have 300 lbs of sand to get out. I might just go straight shop vac like you, but I don't want to chance having sand going into the motor.

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

No just don’t vacuum to much at a time it’s heavy.

@cuzimadapapushkian799

2 жыл бұрын

@@DIYJIMAbsolutely. I did find a filter sock to cover the shop vac filter. That should keep the filter and motor protected. Thanks again!

And if I don't find sand in my filter what would this mean ??? And can i put any kind of sand ???

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

You need pool filter sand I bought my sand at Lowe’s hardware store. Or go to a pool store

I noticed some of that pool sand is expensive, like 25 dollars for a 25 pound bag and I need 200 pounds

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

I bought my sand a Lowes I don't remember it costing that much but everything is going up.

And if I don't find sand in my filter what would this mean ???

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Something is broke maybe your laterals

You should use pressure fittings for pool Supply and returns not DWV

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, what is the reason for pressure fittings?

First comment besides you

@DIYJIM

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

Are there really ANY one beer jobs anymore?

@DIYJIM

2 жыл бұрын

Good question, not sure how my work will turn out if I get into to many LOL

Great job! Thanks

@DIYJIM

Жыл бұрын

Welcome

@mikemorrisey3085

Жыл бұрын

@DIY JIM your filter was almost the same set up as mine. It took 300 pounds.