How to backwash and rinse your sand filter?

As your media inside your sand filter catches debris and contaminants, the pressure will increase in your sand filter. Learn how to release this pressure by Backwashing and Rinsing your sand filter.

[marietjievanderwesthuizen]

This was very helpful, thank you so much! I can't tell you how happy I am now

[heatherp]

Initially, this did not get rid of my problem, but the reason that I was not getting any results because I wasn’t turning off my pump in between handle changes then the green water came out, and my pump psi went down dramatically. Lesson learned not only will damage your pump, but it won’t clean properly.

[nonconsensualopinion]

A perfect tutorial; clear and to the point. Thank you so much!

[jonrutherford]

What about the valves for the skimmers etc? Do you move them?