Thank you for the great video and explanation. I am having such a hard time getting the air out of my hose. I have used my water hose to fill it and held it under water but nothing seems to work to create suction in the vacuum. I have been working on this for 3 weeks and so frustrated. Can anyone help or provide a video please?
Grab a pitcher and start pouring pool water from the end of the hose. Make sure the other end is already attached to the vacuum. Just keep pouring water until starts overflowing.
You can just fill the pipe with water and throw the lose end over the pool outside and the water from vacuum head will flow out not trough the filter. Yes you will lose some water, but not much.
for your waste/drain outlet, you have the hose clamped onto drain outlet with a metal clamp, but is that an adapter I see between the outlet and that? (at 3:45 in video)
Thank you for your videos. I cannot find 1.5 inch hosing. I have 1-1/4 inch hose with adapters that came with the hose for 1.5 inches, but none of those fit into the inlet funnel shaped piece that you show that gets attached to the inlet valve. Any ideas?
@@Type5Reviews I appreciate your response. Unfortunately where I am, all of my local stores only carry the 1-1/4 inch sump pump hose with adapters that don’t fit the piece that attaches to the inlet. They don’t sell 1.5 inch hose. So that’s where I’m having a problem.
And when you put your vacuum hose in the pool to get the air out,I would have put the end of the hose over the fitting that's pushing water into the pool to get all the air out of the hose and then hook to the fitting that's sucking out of the pool
Good tip on using the pump and water inlet to get the air out of the hose. Normally you don’t have to vacuum to the waste setting, which does waste water, and I vacuum into the filter and have the water return. But if you are starting to get algae I do prefer vacuuming to waste so that all the algae isn’t stuck in the filter sand.
Big wast of water the sand in the filter is there to catch the dirt. Then after your done vacuuming you backwash the filter that will clean the sand. Also if you are having problems with alge buy some algiside to control it.
how do you avoid air being pulled into the line and breaking the prime on the pump? I was trying to get a vacuum working last night, and when I isolated the suction to one line, it started pulling air in though the hose clamp connection. This happened regardless of how much I tightened the clamp.
On mine I have two inlet valves joining together and going to the pump. When I use the vacuum I keep the second valve just slightly cracked open to let extra water through. Otherwise only having one side open can cause my pump to pull some air as well.
Look at all the water you waste by doing it this way,not cost effective, if there was a skimmer that would have helped out a great deal,they do sell battery operated vacuums for around 100 bucks I would use that first to get all the garbage up before I would use up all the water and chemicals I put in my pool
Algae can live in your filter. And battery powered pool vacuums aren’t meant to battle algae, they usually kick up algae back into the pool causing the pool to look worse
Thank you! Finally! Someone showed how to set it up,explain how the process works.
Just tried this out after other ideas flopped and it worked great! Thanks for all of your helpful videos
Thanks to the great idea on the sump pump hose. That saved me some money right there.
good video.
On my filter there is no waste, I have, Filter Recycle, Backwash, Stop, Rinse, Drain. What to use to bypass the filter?
You are my inspiration dude! Copied your setup and I have a pool now for my two year old. Quick question - how long was that sump pump hose?
I think it’s 25’
We appear to have the same pump but mine doesn’t seem to have enough pressure/suction
Question, what if my sand filter pump doesn't have a waste setting on it
Siphon a hose
Thank you for the great video and explanation. I am having such a hard time getting the air out of my hose. I have used my water hose to fill it and held it under water but nothing seems to work to create suction in the vacuum. I have been working on this for 3 weeks and so frustrated. Can anyone help or provide a video please?
Grab a pitcher and start pouring pool water from the end of the hose. Make sure the other end is already attached to the vacuum. Just keep pouring water until starts overflowing.
Use the pool jet!
Where did you get the Vaccum head, or name of it. Thank you for everything! Your Videos are first Class!
amzn.to/3YnMBEP
Where can i get the inlet valves?
That particular one comes with the intex skimmer
You can just fill the pipe with water and throw the lose end over the pool outside and the water from vacuum head will flow out not trough the filter. Yes you will lose some water, but not much.
Where did you get that blue piece? That’s what I’m looking for
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Are you using the water from the pool to make the vacuum work??
@@Ama_kesh Yes, the suction from the pump pulling the water through the hose makes the vacuum work.
for your waste/drain outlet, you have the hose clamped onto drain outlet with a metal clamp, but is that an adapter I see between the outlet and that? (at 3:45 in video)
Yes it’s an intex type A adapter. amzn.to/3WDS0Hv
Thank you for your videos. I cannot find 1.5 inch hosing. I have 1-1/4 inch hose with adapters that came with the hose for 1.5 inches, but none of those fit into the inlet funnel shaped piece that you show that gets attached to the inlet valve. Any ideas?
I’m using 1.5” black sump pump hose. You can find it at your local hardware store like Ace hardware, Menards, Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc.
@@Type5Reviews I appreciate your response. Unfortunately where I am, all of my local stores only carry the 1-1/4 inch sump pump hose with adapters that don’t fit the piece that attaches to the inlet. They don’t sell 1.5 inch hose. So that’s where I’m having a problem.
Does ppl dont know how to use amazon anymore? Plenty of 1.5 hose 😂😂😂
@@nateg5915 I’m trying not to spend $40-$50 on vacuum hose. That’s what I see on Amazon.
It goes on the hole blowing water into the pool or the hole sucking out?
Sucking water out to suck the debris into the pool filter.
Thank you so much.
So did you turn on the filter?
And when you put your vacuum hose in the pool to get the air out,I would have put the end of the hose over the fitting that's pushing water into the pool to get all the air out of the hose and then hook to the fitting that's sucking out of the pool
Good tip on using the pump and water inlet to get the air out of the hose. Normally you don’t have to vacuum to the waste setting, which does waste water, and I vacuum into the filter and have the water return. But if you are starting to get algae I do prefer vacuuming to waste so that all the algae isn’t stuck in the filter sand.
What do you do afterwards to your pump? Do I rinse?
yes
How did you attach the T on the outside of it? I’ve been trying to figure that out for years now
I used what’s called a Type B adapter to be able to attach the plunger valve on the outside if that’s what you’re referring to. amzn.to/4dujhU3
Big wast of water the sand in the filter is there to catch the dirt. Then after your done vacuuming you backwash the filter that will clean the sand. Also if you are having problems with alge buy some algiside to control it.
If I don’t see any algae on the ground.. can I turn it to filter and do I have to get the cap off from outlet ?
How big is this pool? 12 ft x 24 inch?
@@nateg5915 12x30, but the water level is closer to 24” when full.
What size is your waste out hose? The discharge hose. Thanks!
1.5 inch.
how do you avoid air being pulled into the line and breaking the prime on the pump? I was trying to get a vacuum working last night, and when I isolated the suction to one line, it started pulling air in though the hose clamp connection. This happened regardless of how much I tightened the clamp.
On mine I have two inlet valves joining together and going to the pump. When I use the vacuum I keep the second valve just slightly cracked open to let extra water through. Otherwise only having one side open can cause my pump to pull some air as well.
Dang that pvc looks sketchy. I sprung for the metal frame and it is flexing more than i want.
It works great actually
Smallest pool ever?
The surprising part is that the filter is for a much larger pool haha
Look at all the water you waste by doing it this way,not cost effective, if there was a skimmer that would have helped out a great deal,they do sell battery operated vacuums for around 100 bucks I would use that first to get all the garbage up before I would use up all the water and chemicals I put in my pool
Sometimes if you have fine particles, like dead algae, you have to sweep to waste, no filters or sweepers can filter out very fine particles.
Algae can live in your filter. And battery powered pool vacuums aren’t meant to battle algae, they usually kick up algae back into the pool causing the pool to look worse
Yeah the vacuums don’t really get the microscopic particles & algae, just spreads it around and makes cloudy water.
When you have algae you def want to vacuum to waste