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How do I vacuum my inground pool?
Vacuuming an
Inground Pool
- Clean skimmer &
pump baskets of all debris and backwash or clean filter if need be. If
there is not enough flow through your system, you will not get enough
suction to vacuum.
- If you have a 3-way
valve, turn it to the full skimmer position. Some pools do not have a 3-way valve but
an on/off valve on each suction line.
If this is the case with your pool’s set-up turn all other lines
off except skimmer line.
- Turn pump on.
- Attach vacuum hose to
vacuum head. Attach telescopic pole
to vacuum head handle.
- Submerge head, hose
& pole under water and continue to feed all of hose (hand over fist)
under water. There can be no air in
the vacuum hose otherwise you will get no suction. Holding the free end of the vacuum hose
up to the return jet will also push air out of hose.
- Keeping the free end
of the vacuum hose under water, bring it over to the skimmer.
- The recommended way to attach the hose to the skimmer
is to use a skim vac plate. This is a plate that covers the skimmer basket
so the larger debris will collect there.
You can remove the skimmer basket and simply push the free end of
the hose into the hole at the bottom, but the larger debris will then
collect in your pump basket which is smaller and more difficult to empty.
- You should feel
immediate suction through the hose and vacuum head. If you are lifting the hose out of the
water to put it into the skimmer, make sure that the end of the hose is
not being exposed to air! If you need to, cover the end of the hose with
your hand until it is under water again to keep it as full of water as
possible.
- Now start vacuuming! Once
the pool is clean, turn pump off and disconnect everything.
- Empty skimmer &
pump baskets. Backwash or clean
filter if need be.
- If your pool is
extremely dirty you may lose suction during vacuuming. It will be necessary to disconnect
equipment, empty baskets & backwash several times (they can only hold
so much!).