In this guide, we’ll look at effective ways to remove sediments from the floor of your pool. Pools will always collect dirt from swimmers feet and the surrounding environment. While items such as leave and insects will settle at the top, fine matters will collect and drift to the bottom of the pool. Continuous accumulation of the fine matter will form a layer of sediment, which you’ll have to clean to keep the floor of the pool in good condition.
Removing sediments from the bottom of the pool and keeping the floor clean shouldn’t be difficult. As long as you have the right equipment to do the job, it should take you the shortest time possible to get the job done.
Below are methods you can use to remove sediment build up from the bottom of a pool without necessarily having to empty and refill the pool.
Ways to Remove Sediments from Bottom of Pool
We’ll discuss a few methods to remove dirt and debris from the bottom of the pool. The idea is to enable you pick the right cleaning approach to use, mostly depending on the tools that you have at your disposal.
Method #1: Vacuum Suction and Filter Technique
While a skimmer or an ordinary filter can easily remove floating debris from a pool’s water, they aren’t effective for removing dirt that has already settled on the floor of the pool. That’s why you need a special vacuum cleaner and a powerful filter to get the job done.
The benefits of vacuum suction and filter technique are that it’s not only cheap but also re quires no preconditions to start and it’s effective. Since there are no complex preparations required, you don’t necessarily need the service of a professional pool cleaner. Plus, most of the water goes back to the pool, so there’s minimal wastage.
Here’s how this method works:
First, take apart a standard filter hose from a filter pump. Second, close the outlet of the pool so that water doesn’t get out. Third, connect the cleaning head to the hose and then attach the hose to the water filter. Fourth, direct the output of the filter back to the pool.
With this kind of setup, water easily flows through the suction hose into the filter, which allows clean water to the outlet, which later recycle back into the pool.
This method requires that you move the suction hose slowly to the bottom of the pool. For the best results, ensure you give multiple passes to areas that have dirt and debris stuck hard. And don’t stir the water, as this could mix the dirt with water, make it cloudy, and therefore the bottom of the pool somewhat hard to clean.
Consider using a telescopic pole for pools that are deep and difficult for a standard vacuum head to reach. This will make it easy to reach further down and easily removes sediments from the pool’s floor.
Pool Cleaning Tips to Observe
Consider a filter wash cycle if you have too much dirt at the bottom of the pool. By backwashing, you easily clean the filter and easily restart the process, easily getting rid of sediments and making the water cleaner even faster.
Some dirt may end up dislodging in water as you use the vacuum suction and filter, and you may fall for the temptation to use chemicals to clean up the water. We don’t recommend doing so because it introduces foreign chemicals to the pool, which obviously alters the pH system of the water, which may require a lot of money and labor to balance again.
Method #2: Using a Regular Pump and Filter
The use of a regular pump and filter is a common and easy to implement technique that you can use to remove sediments from the bottom of a swimming pool. The process involves pumping water from the floor of the pool through a filtration system. It’s during the filtration that dust, sand, debris, and all sorts of foreign particle collect at the sieve, with the filtered water pumped back to the pool.
For this method to be effective at cleaning the bottom of a pool so that it’s free from sediments, you’ll need to run the system for at least 10 hours a day. You may notice the filter getting clogged with particles, and that’s something to expect anyway. In such a case, which should be enough to get all the dirt off the filter.
Method #3: Using a Garden Hose
If the sediment stuck on the floor of your swimming pool isn’t too stubborn to remove, then you can clean it off using a garden hose.
To be clear, a garden hose is a good option because it’s inexpensive, not to mention that it’s an ideal option to consider for smaller swimming pools. Again, it’s a simple and straightforward approach that gets the cleaning job done in the shortest time possible.
Start by connecting the telescoping pole of the end head of the vacuum. Connect one end of the hose to its spigot and the other end to the telescoping pole. Take a vacuum bag and connect to the opening side of the vacuum. Make sure the filtration system of your pool is off and then turn on water and out the vacuum into the pool.
Now move the vacuum back and forth on the surface that you’d like to clean. This should remove the unwanted dirt and debris.
Conclusion
Both in ground and above the ground pools are unique recreational spots to pass the weekend and your free time. They’re also the exact spots where dust tends to settle the most. From time to time, you’ll have mud, sand, and particles build at the very bottom from time to time. This has to be removed as soon as possible, so you and your loved ones can enjoy swimming in clean, fresh, skin-friendly, healthy water. The methods we’ve shared above should suffice in keeping the floor of your swimming pool clean all the time.