We are unsure of the age of the sand in our filter so we think that next year we should change it. It looks as if zeolite could be a sensible option according to the posts we have read on this site.
What have other people asked for, (zeolite presumably?), in what type of suppliers do we get it and what is the probable cost please? We prefer to support local businesses if possible.
Like Mikey I got mine from PoolGuy, and I have noticed a big difference in the clarity of the water, and the other bonus is that one only needs to backwash every 2 to 3 weeks, which saves a fair bit of water.
A big warning though is do not be tempted to use any sort of flocculant as it will block up the filtration medium.
Chocolate wrote:We are unsure of the age of the sand in our filter so we think that next year we should change it. It looks as if zeolite could be a sensible option according to the posts we have read on this site. What have other people asked for, (zeolite presumably?), in what type of suppliers do we get it and what is the probable cost please? We prefer to support local businesses if possible.
Thank you for the replies and especially to Poolguy. The advice he gives to all freely is much valued. However, I was looking for a closer supplier than one in the Charante Maritime if possible.
Is zeolite specially imported and/or only sold by Poolguy's company? It sounds just like a generic substance and hopefully should be available from a number of sources. A 'pool' shop? A specialist grit or gravel supplier? A builder's merchants ( just like building sand or cement) ? Information from a non-customer of Poolguy (my apologies Poolguy. Nothing personal) who lives in the Midi Pyranees would be helpful.
Many thanks in advance.
Chocolate wrote:Thank you for the replies and especially to Poolguy. The advice he gives to all freely is much valued. However, I was looking for a closer supplier than one in the Charante Maritime if possible. Is zeolite specially imported and/or only sold by Poolguy's company? It sounds just like a generic substance and hopefully should be available from a number of sources. A 'pool' shop? A specialist grit or gravel supplier? A builder's merchants ( just like building sand or cement) ? Information from a non-customer of Poolguy (my apologies Poolguy. Nothing personal) who lives in the Midi Pyranees would be helpful. Many thanks in advance.
I'll also go along with what has been said. Andrew delivered to us and we are further than you chocolate. The stuff is very impressive!
The French 'pool shops' even told me that there is no test for total alkalinity? They really know (not) what they are talking about half of the time??
Andrew, does you guy in the Aude live near to us peut etra?
When we came to France, we were advised to try to use local businesses for our needs in order to support the local economy in which we lived. We have done that, and I must say have not come adrift yet. Advice, help, support and products bought have been appropriate for each task we have undertaken and results have been quick and satisfactory.
Whilst I have from time to time read the 'swimming pool' section of the forum, I don't think that information found there has benefited me more than talking to local people, (businesses and other people who have had pools for many years ), once we found the time to persue answers to our problems with them. So far, as I say, we have been very satisfied by local help. We had been advised/thought that it was time to change the sand and I had remembered the zeolite suggestion by yourself to others in the past, came back to the forum and used the search facility. I wondered what advantages zeolite might have when no-one else locally had suggested it to me. Also I Googled after my last post and came up with yourself as the supplier (which is clearly why no-one else had suggested it), and full details of the product and of zeolite in general, which is really what I should have done before I posted here in the first place.
Thank you for your replies, but we have decided that good though others think your product is, we shall for the moment go back down the re-fill sand route.
I am sure that many people have benefited from your expert advice and visits to their pools and will continue to do so.
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