[Albert Martin]

Which kind of filter should I get for a 24' round pool?

[RMS]

Which kind of filter should I get for a 24' round pool?

It's really up to you in what you want: filtration, convenience, etc...

Go to:

http://www.clean-poo...ol-filters.html

to get your answers.

[Pool Clown]

Look at the PLM (system 2) series from Sta-Rite. Small, light weight, (when empty) and the perfect square footage for a 24' pool.

[quantumchromodynamics]

Here are two pages that can give you good information to help you make a choice about what kind of filter will work best for you.

http://www.pentairpo...n22/filters.htm
http://www.haywardne...oducts/filters/

[bk406]

Here are two pages that can give you good information to help you make a choice about what kind of filter will work best for you.

http://www.pentairpo...n22/filters.htm
http://www.haywardne...oducts/filters/

Sand filters are more convenient and i think they are less trouble than a DE, actually. Cartridge filters are a pain, IMO.

[floater]

a 20inch sand filter with a 1hp pump would be my choice on that pool, but thats me.

DE filter: best filtration. period. filters down to like 3-5 microns. but you gotta add DE everytime you backwash (your backwashing the DE off the grids in the filter too, not just cleaning the gunk out). DE is also kinda dangerous, a dust mask should be worn, but you aint gonna die if it touches you.

Cartridge filter: filters very well, down to 12 microns. also some versions of cartradges are made out of anti bactirial material, so helps keep the water safe. but i hate cartidge filters. you gotta clean them, you cant backwash the gunk off of them. also the cartadges need to be replaced, and most are not cheap. <10bucks for a bag of sand. 20 bucks for a bag of DE (one bag lasts a while). I've seen cartadges that cost 50, 100, 200 dollars. if your going through a filter a season, and the filter costs 75 bucks, that adds up. Pools are expensive enuf already.

Sand filters: worst filtering. down to 30 microns. horrible right? wait the naked eye cant see particles that are smaller than 30 microns. so they filter just fine. maybe at night, by the light, you'll see somthin small floating, but they filter just fine. this is def the easiest filter. dump some sand in it, and forget it for 3-5 years (I've gotten 8 yrs outa mine before tho). backwshing gets the gunk off the sand bed, without dumping out the sand like what happens in DE filters. a sand filter cleaner doesn't hurt every once in while. Tho not everytime you backwash like some labels recomend. the sand actually filters better when its a lil dirty. and some aluminum sulfate or a fibrous material will greatly increase the filtering capability.


Most aboveground filter packages come with a cartradge filter, but i def recomend finding a sand filter package.

[chem geek]

I have cartridge filters and I agree that they are a pain to clean, but I have an oversized filter and also use a pool cover so I only have to clean the cartridges once a year. That makes it reasonable for me. In my area, cartridge filters are the norm since we are under water restrictions and with cartridge filters you don't backwash so there is less wasted water.