How To VACUUM A POOL (Above Ground and Inground) | Swim University

A couple of things to add: 1) turn off your pumps before changing positions on your filter valve. Turn off pump, change valve position, turn pump back on etc. 2) turn off the main drain and only use the skimmer drain while vacuuming or else you will lose half of your pool water to waste.

Yes I have a Hayward vl40t30 pool pump and it doesn't have a waste setting .

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This video kinda sucks, you didn’t even shown where to install and how to for the vacuum. Terrible video

Please make a video about how to vacuume to waste for above ground pools with no skimmers.

Wait when u hook up the vacuum, u said to make sure pool pump is running, do we have it on waste? Or filter?

Shouldn't you put your system on "waste" so that the stuff you vacuum goes out, not back into your filter?

I don’t get it I put my sand filter on waste and the jets stopped working…

So what if you have an above ground pool with no skimmer??? I need an end to hook the hose to in the pool for the water to go to the pump… do they make a double ended male piece for above ground pools

Thank You!!!!! I finally figured out how to flood my hose from this video and vacuuming was a breeze after that!

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I have an above ground pool and the skim vac plate has a sideways opening so we must insert hose through the weir door opening. The problem (or rather a usage discrepancy) is whether the weir plate goes out into the pool flat or try to insert hose and use the weir door to keep the skim vac in place. I've yet to find clarity not even from mfg. Help!

Thank you finally found a video that works on my Hayward sand filter

Why does this say for an above ground video and show inground 🙄it is definitely not the same similar but definitely not the same

Can you provide videos on Ozone Pools as their maintenance differs a bit from a chlorine and salt pool? Thank you.

This would not work for my above ground pool. 😢

Does your course cover pools treated with Aqua Silk instead of Chlorine? We do not use Chlorine in our above ground pool.
I would like to buy if it covers pools not using Chlorine too.

When I do this my pool pump shuts off due to SVRS. Is there something I need to do so I can vacuum with an SVRS pump?

Thank you so much! I have struggled with this every year and never thought of using the outtake to blow out the hose. It's usually just these silly little things.

Where is the info for the above ground pools? We don’t all have skimmers like that! 🤷🏼‍♀️

Which will be a good vacuum machine that will take out dust from the pool? I don't have leaves in the pool. The pool has a screen enclosure.

We had to help my mum clean her 4yr neglected pool. Following advice we did everything successfully flocked and when we went to vac no matter the setting it kept coming out the jets. Turns out there’s no to waste. Now we are using a sump. Have not been able to get a proper pool cleaner to help at all so it’s been extremely difficult and then the recent storms we keep getting set back. And it’s a salt water pool. These videos have helped a lot. Currently we have been doing what feels like mission impossible. We are slowly getting somewhere

Yes but you do not explain how to do this with an above ground pool. I have all of that I just need to figure out what to attach to my pool.

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Thank you!! You guys have the best videos for first time pool owners!!

Would be nice if you included visuals for above ground pools.

I followed all your steps and no matter what I do my water comes out brown.

Okay but my air pump is pushing out dirty water while I have it on filter mode. What am I doing wrong? We can’t get rid of our cloudy pool for almost 3 weeks

What if you don’t have a skimmer ? Where do you put hose ?! No one has this answer

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I can't stand all of the noises on these videos!

I keep scrubbing the bottom of the pool and there is stuff that won't vaccuum or come off the liner on the bottom of the pool. Even if I vaccuum to waste it doesn't come off.

Manual vacuuming the same for cartridge filter?

Only suggestion, explain to us newbies what the "return jet" is. For anyone that doesn't know, if you are using a sand filter, the "return jet" is the "pool jet" that is what is normally pushing the water out into the pool while the pump is normally running, not the normal suction inlets. It's the same for cartridge filters, if you haven't upgraded to a sand filter.... DO THAT FIRST!! LOL

My hose is not attaching securely to bottom of skimmer where suction hole is. How do I know what size to adapter to get? And which store ? Thank you

I have a 16' × 32' above ground pool that my husband always maintained and he passed away on 10-17-2021 so I'm having a hard time trying to figure this all out until I came across this video I hope this weekend I can do...wish me luck, thank you

Great idea I was attaching the hose to a cap on the skimmer basket.

This was lovely as we just moved to a new house where the previous home owners left some of the pool kit for us but left out the vacuum. And the whole process was very much needed

Hi, quick question. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why my pool vac has no suction. There is definitely suction where the hose is connected to the skimmer, and there is plenty of pressure through the return. But when I feel under the vacuum head while still under the water there is no suction there. My pool is equipped with a Hayward EC40 DE filter and 1 hp pump. I never had this problem until recently, so I have no choice now in spending money on a pool robot and battery operated pool vac . Can you offer any suggestions?

Tried 20x today and couldn't get any suction out of the end of the vacuum. Help!?

What if we don’t have a skimmer?

I have a above ground pool…

does that vac plate allow a 1 & 1/2 inch vac hose to be accommodated in a 1 inch skimmer downpipe?

So you need two hoses ?

What if you sand pump doesn’t have a waste setting? Which setting can I use in substitute for it?

If you have a round above-ground pool you can walk in circles to create a slow whirlpool. All the debris ends up in the middle of the pool and is much easier to clean.

Recently got a job as a pool tech. My jaw dropped when I saw you put the hose in front of the return jet to fill the hose. It’s literally the definition of work smarter not harder!

I have 2 skimmers and would like to seal one when I’m vacuuming to create maximum suction. Do you recommend plugging one of the skimmers? If so, any suggestions on a plug?

I have been using the BBB method and doing good so far. However, cannot seem to get Alkalinity up. Only have a 10' rnd above ground Intex and according to calculator, measuring for 1200 Gallons Started with 6 oz of BSoda. 12 hrs later no change. Added 6 more oz. No change. First was diluting before putting in, then decided not to dilute still doing 6 oz every 12 hours. I use strips to test and it just never gets above 80 ppm. What am I doing wrong? Please help?