How Much Sand Pool Filter

Ane of the many benefits of owning a sand filter is that you only have to change the sand every five years or then. Not to mention, replacing the sand in your pool filter is pretty straight-forward. Even so, before beginning this journey, don't forget to ask yourself the earth-shaking question, "How much sand does my swimming puddle filter need?" From our experience, this is one of the most overlooked steps in the process.

How Practise I Decide How Much Sand My Swimming Pool Filter Need?

Replacing the sand in your swimming pool filter should exist an like shooting fish in a barrel task. Still, the stride where most pool owners go wrong is determining how much sand has to get back into the filter tank. It is extremely important to utilise the correct amount of sand. Besides little or likewise much sand can and will negatively affect the filter performance and potentially compromise your puddle'southward health.

There are a few ways you tin can decide how much sand your filter requires.

Owner'south Manual

First, if you are one of the few pool owners who keep all of their manuals in ane place and know exactly where to find them, lucky you lot. If not, you can use the make and model listed on the tank to search for the manual online. A quick, simple Google search has never hurt anyone, right?

The owner's transmission for your filter will contain all the information you need to replace your sand. Below is a screenshot of the manual for the Pentair Sand Dollar and Cristal-Flo Two Sand Filters.

In the instance, you lot can see that the 26″ tank requires 350 lbs of sand. The larger the filter, the more sand it requires.

I Tin can't Locate My Pool Filter Transmission

So, what happens if y'all tin't locate your manual? Don't worry, it'due south not uncommon!

If for whatever reason you lot tin can't locate your concrete transmission and the Internet gods aren't beingness friendly, continue us in mind. INYO understands how difficult it is locating information on an older or discontinued filter. Equally a result, we wanted to create a unmarried, more succinct list of sand requirements for the most popular sand filters.

Using the charts below, yous can notice out how much sand yous demand for your specific brand and model sand filter.

American Products/ Pentair

Make	MODEL	LBS OF SAND NEEDED
American Products	Eclipse 18	150 lbs.
	Eclipse 20	200 lbs.
	Eclipse 22	200 lbs
	Eclipse 26	225 lbs
	Eclipse 30	350 lbs
	Sandpiper xviii	150 lbs
	Sandpiper 24	200 lbs
	Shooting star 18	150 lbs
	Meteor 20	200 lbs
	Meteor 22	200 lbs
	Shooting star 26	225 lbs
	Meteor 30	350 lbs

Hayward

Brand	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Hayward	S140/ S144	50 lbs.
	S160	150 lbs.
	S165/ S166/ S170	100 lbs.
	S180	150 lbs.
	S190	175 lbs.
	S200 Serial	200 lbs.
	Pro Series S210	200 lbs.
	Pro Series S220/ S230	250 lbs.
	Pro Series S240/ S244	300 lbs.
	Pro Series S270	350 lbs.
	Pro Serial S310	500 lbs.
	Pro Series Plus S311	500 lbs.
	Pro Series Plus S360	700 lbs.
	GM140	40 lbs.
	GM142/ GM152	50 lbs.
	GM195	175 lbs.
	GM225	200 lbs.
	GM245	300 lbs.

Jacuzzi

MAKE	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Jacuzzi	Laser L160	140 lbs.
	Laser L190	200 lbs.
	Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation L225	250 lbs.
	Laser L250	350 lbs.
	Sand Tempest TM26	300 lbs.
	Sand Tempest TM31	500 lbs.
	Sand Storm TM36	800 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST24	350 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST27	600 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST33	850 lbs.

Pentair/ Pac Fab

Make	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Pentair/ Pac Fab	Sand Dollar SD35	100 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD40	150 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD60	200 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD70	300 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD80	350 lbs.
	Tagelus TA35	100 lbs.
	Tagelus TA40	175 lbs.
	Tagelus TA50	225 lbs.
	Tagelus TA60	325 lbs.
	Tagelus TA100	600 lbs.
	Triton II TR40	125 lbs.
	Triton 2 TR50	175 lbs.
	Triton II TR60	250 lbs.
	Triton II TR100	450 lbs.
	Triton Ii TR140	650 lbs.

Pentair/ StaRite

Make	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Pentair/ Sta-Rite	Crystal-Flo T170BP	150 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T200BP	200 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T240BP	240 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T300BP	300 lbs.
	HRPB20	200 lbs.
	HRPB30	400 lbs.
	System three S7S50	200 lbs.
	System iii S8S70	300 lbs.

Waterway

MAKE	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Waterway	Carefree FS016	100 lbs.
	Carefree FS019	150 lbs.
	Carefree FS022	250 lbs.
	Carefree FS026	400 lbs.
	Clearwater FS16	l lbs.
	Clearwater FS19	100 lbs.
	Clearwater FS22	150 lbs.
	Clearwater FS26	200 lbs.

How To Add/Replace Sand to Your Sand Filter

The 'how much sand does my filter demand?' question is always followed upwards with, a "How do I replace the sand?" question. To help with the "how", we recommend checking out our how-to video below on replacing the sand in a sand filter.

I Don't Know Which Filter I Have

How can you lot determine how much sand you need if you lot can't identify the make and model of your filter? Bluntly, information technology's a petty difficult. Even so, it isn't impossible. If possible, the very first affair you desire to expect for is an identifying part number.

Typically, you tin can find a role number on any role of the filter. Still, in many cases, y'all may demand to open the filter and examine the internal parts. If in the terminate you still can't identify your filter, we can try and help. Send us a few pictures of your sand filter to UPLOAD@INYOPOOLS.COM and one of our technicians tin take a wait for y'all.