how to vacum a swimming pool?

Answer 1

Attach hose to vac head and pole. Uncoil hose, leaving vac pole and head near a return and feeding other end through the skimmer mouth (remove basket unless using the vac plate) Place vac head over pool return to fill hose with water. When filled, attach other end to vac plate or in back hole of skimmer (inground pool) or the only hole in skimmer for AG pool. Vac slowly, avoiding lifting vac head off bottom and putting it down again (stirs up debris).
If the pool is fairly dirty with a lot of fine debris, instead of vaccing with multiport set to filter, set it to waste or drain. Vac, then set to backwash if needed. Doing a vac on waste or drain requires water from the pool, so start filling before you vac. If you vac'd on filter, you will also need to backwash.

Answer 2

Vacuuming

If the pool is not dirty, simply brush the walls and bottom, skipping the vacuuming completely. If the pool or spa is dirty, however, you have two ways to clean it: vacuuming to the filter or vacuuming with the leafmaster.

Vacuum to filter

Dirt collected from the pool or spa is sent to the filter of the circulation system. This is Vacuuming to filter.

1. Run the circulation system correctly and that all suction is concentrated at the skimmer port. Use your skimmer diverter for this process if dealing with a single port skimmer. If the system includes valves for diversion of suction between the main drain and the skimmer, close the main drain valve completely and turn the open skimmer valve completely . If there are two skimmers in the pool, close off one by covering the skimmer suction port with a tennis ball, there by increasing the suction in the other one. On large pools, you might have to vacuum each half separately.
2. Attach your vacuum head to the telepole and attach the vacuum hose to the vacuum head. Slowly feed the hose straight down into the pool; water will fill the hose and displace the air. When you have fed all the hose into the pool, there is water at the other end.
3. To avoid draining the water from the hose keep it at water level, slide the hose through the skimmer opening and into the skimmer. Attach the hose to the diverter ( with two-port skimmers, insert the hose cuff into the skimmer's suction port). The hose and vacuum head now have suction. The suction port might be in the side of the pool below the skimmer in older pools. In this case you might need to put tennis ball over the skimmer suction port to increase the suction at the wall port. Make sure the hose does not contain a significant amount of air for if air reaches the pump, you will lose prime. If this occurs, remove the vacuum hose, re-prime the pump, then try again.
4. To Vacuum a pool or spa, work your way around the bottom and sides of the pool. If the pool is dirty, vacuum slowly to pick all the dirt, for moving the vacuum head too quickly, will stir up the dirt rather than suck it into the vacuum. If the suction is strong it sucks the vacuum head to the pool surfaces, then you need to adjust the skimmer diverter or valves to reduce the flow. You might also need to lower the wheels on the vacuum head, raising the vacuum head itself. If the suction is weak, you might want to lower the vacuum head or you might need to move the head more slowly around the pool to vacuum it thoroughly.

If the pool is very dirty, strainer basket or filter may be filled. When suction becomes weak, stop vacuuming and empty the strainer basket or clean the filter.

If the pool contains both fine dirt and leaves, the leaves will clog the strainer basket. You can use a leaf canister, which is an inline strainer that collects the leaves and allows fine dirt to pass on to the filter.

If the spa operates on the same circulation system, as the swimming pool, simply lift the vacuum out of the pool and immediately place it into the spa. Do this quickly because while the vacuum is out of the water, air enters the hose, causing it temporarily to lose suction. There should be enough water in the line for it to re-prime itself.
5. When you are finished, remove the vacuum head from the water. The suction will rapidly pull the water from the hose so it is advisable to pull the vacuum head from the pool and the suction end of the hose from the skimmer simultaneously, remove the hose from the water, and drain it on the deck.
6. After removing the equipment from the pool, check the pump strainer basket and filter for any debris. Clean if needed. Replace the skimmer basket.

Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Assuming you have these tools, now if the pool bottom is real dirty, Select Waste on the Filter, Find the long handle pole, fit the Vac scupper onto it, and go at it, once the worst of the debri is up and out, reset the filter on Filter. If you have Leaves, get a Scupper with a mesh Bag, to gather them.

Answer 4

The same way you would do a house except you'd need pool clothes and the vacuum is a little harder to handle and it quicker. They have vacuums that run on their own too. I'd call F&M or other pool store. Tell em yo're interested in buying a pool but they have to show you how to work the vacuum. You'd be surprised how quickly they show you.

Answer 5

With a pool vacuum

Answer 6

You can just use a regular shop vac with a bristle-brush end on. Wet the liner and go to town...be careful as it will be slippery...but have fun with it.