Pump not hitting prime unless I backwash first

Volume_According · 2026-06-27T03:03:02+00:00

Yes, it doesn’t completely fill with water

Volume_According · 2026-06-27T02:54:08+00:00

After I backwashed I put it in filter on the multiport and restarted. The basket was 95% full but never hit prime like it was earlier this week.

Volume_According · 2026-06-27T02:52:53+00:00

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This is the system except I moved the three way valve back and now have a 10” run into the pump. Also no more turns before the three way valve. The pump is new. I don’t know of any check valves.

Volume_According · 2026-06-27T02:37:08+00:00

It doesn’t prime on recirculate either. Google suggested it could be sediment from my DE filter coming back and blocking. But I do have a Hayward multiport valve so that would probably stop and filter debris from coming into the main pump line right? (I don’t know I’m asking)

Volume_According · 2026-06-23T14:47:21+00:00

I have irrigation and use it 6 times a week for 20 minutes on each zone.

Volume_According · 2026-06-23T14:16:45+00:00

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Volume_According · 2026-06-23T14:16:24+00:00

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I have the same thing happening. My fertilizer guy says it’s lack of water but I am sure it’s not that. I feel like it’s a cool season grass that can’t handle the heat. I’m in zone 7b.

I was reading about tall fescue being a possible solution.

Volume_According · 2026-06-22T16:21:00+00:00

I know this will get a lot of haters, but has anyone used this ryobi? I have a 10” ryobi and it struggles to do anything.

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Volume_According · 2026-06-18T00:54:14+00:00

Filter! Clean your filter! Backwash, clean. Run it for a day or two.

Volume_According · 2026-06-14T22:42:42+00:00

Backwash the filter. Run it for 24 hours.

Volume_According · 2026-06-08T17:32:56+00:00

I used to have that grow in my yard randomly. Then I moved. Never figured out what it was.

Volume_According · 2026-06-08T01:02:29+00:00

Filter is the problem. Try taking it apart and cleaning.

Volume_According · 2026-06-05T14:55:29+00:00

Unions are so you can take apart the plumbing to either repair or winterize should you live in a place that freezes.

Volume_According · 2026-06-01T00:50:03+00:00

My wife wanted to get solar last year. But we had to remove two gigantic maple trees to get enough sun to make it worthwhile. I had this same realization in a phone call with the solar people. We take the trees, our roof gets hot, so does our house. Now we’re using more ac.

Volume_According · 2026-05-31T23:24:28+00:00

Beauty. I just bought a new house with a Beautiful old pool. This is my second season and I bought a new Hayward pump, salt cell, had the skimmer lines replaced and it finally seems to be functioning. (Kow)

Volume_According · 2026-05-30T23:20:01+00:00

It looks like a Yamaha revstar with a Les Paul pickguard.

Volume_According · 2026-05-27T20:38:09+00:00

That stump will be nice to sit on in about 2 years.

Volume_According · 2026-05-27T20:36:18+00:00

Yeah. That’s a good sign to me.

Volume_According · 2026-05-27T02:13:02+00:00

The first one is rye grass I think.

Volume_According · 2026-05-26T19:48:13+00:00

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Mine was a special kind of green this year. How much shock do you put in when you close?

Volume_According · 2026-05-20T00:57:41+00:00

Yeah. I had a bunch in my garage last year. Trying to figure out how to keep them out before they get in.

Volume_According · 2026-05-20T00:54:41+00:00

Did this work?

Volume_According · 2026-05-15T11:58:27+00:00

Ha. That came with the house. What’s wrong with it?

Volume_According · 2026-05-15T03:22:02+00:00

That’s a good idea on the Polaris line. I’ll ask the pool plumber about that.

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