Even if y'all own an automatic pool cleaner, you lot all the same demand to use your manual pool vacuum from time to fourth dimension. If you take a puddle, you need to have a manual pool vacuum. At that place are many problems that your automated puddle cleaner cannot clean—including algae blooms. To successfully treat algae in your pool, you volition need to shock, utilize algaecide, and so manually vacuum your pool.

To vacuum your pool, you will need:

  • A vacuum head. The type of vacuum head you need will depend on what type of pool you accept. See your local pool professional person if you lot need advice on which vacuum is all-time for you.
  • A vacuum hose. The size of your pool will decide the length of the hose you need.
  • A telescoping pole. Most poles are standard sizes and you can hands attach your vacuum caput, a puddle castor, or a internet to it.
  • A skim-vac. A skim-vac is needed with virtually inground and above ground—there are some exceptions.

How do I set up my vacuum?

  1. Attach the vacuum caput to the end of the pole.
  2. Attach the hose to the vacuum.
  3. Adhere skim-vac to other end of hose. (Skip this step if y'all take a Doughboy pool.)
  4. Plough off pump.
  5. Push pole/vac/hose into pool and release all the air out of the hose.
    • If you accept a Doughboy pool, push skimmer chapeau downwardly into the skimmer.
  6. Open skimmer lid and place skim-vac over skimmer/skimmer basket. Do not put vacuum hose directly into skimmer hole—this will harm your pool's plumbing over fourth dimension.

To begin vacuuming your pool:

  1. If you accept a sand filter and are vacuuming to waste, set filter to "waste product" selection. If you do accept this option, it is highly recommended that whenever you have algae, you volition need to vacuum to waste material. This selection allows you to vacuum the algae up and ship information technology out through the backwash line, fugitive getting algae into your filter sand. Withal, you will need to vacuum quickly, as h2o will exist exiting your puddle quickly. Yous should not let your water line autumn beneath your skimmer at whatsoever time. Therefore, y'all will need to put your garden hose in your pool to fill it up equally you vacuum, or add fresh water over again after vacuuming.
  2. Otherwise, get out setting on "filter" and turn pump on to begin vacuuming. You will non lose water this manner.
  3. Vacuum your pool merely as you would vacuum your living room, picking up debris or algae equally you go.
  4. One time you have finished vacuuming, turn off your pump. Accept out all your vacuuming equipment and put them back into storage.
  5. Make sure to empty all skimmer baskets.
  6. If you vacuumed on waste, y'all volition need to plow your filter to the "rinse" setting, turn on the pump and let information technology run for about 30 seconds, and then plough the pump dorsum off. Make sure to set your filter back to "filter" subsequently you practise this.
  7. If you have a cartridge filter you may want to spray the cartridges out with a garden hose and put them back into the filter.
  8. Otherwise, turn your pump dorsum on and you lot're finished!

Remember that is important to manually vacuum your pool from time to time—particularly if you have algae. Besides remember that nosotros are hither if you have whatsoever questions about vacuuming or algae!