Vacuuming Your Pool
Some people are wondering if you can vacuum a pool on a backwash is not an irrational question. If you are new when it comes to pool maintenance, sometimes it can be complicated and hard.

Learning how to vacuum your pool efficiently properly is probably the most important thing to learn at first. a

Do you vacuum a pool on backwash or waste? Yes, you can. But it’ll be nonsense because the water would be pumped back through the filter. It’ll screen much dirt before passing out through the backwash hose. The dirt ends up back in the pool once your pump is back on the filter setting.

In this article, you will find everything you need to know about vacuuming your swimming pool and why you should not vacuum during backwash.

Why Shouldn’t You Vacuum On Backwash
The water flows from the pump when the multiport valve is in the backwash setting. It will go into the bottom of the sand filter rather than going to the top as it usually does.

Then the water will pass through the sand or filter medium to the top and out of the waste pipe. As a result, it takes any dirt that has been trapped in the top layers of sand and expels it, therefore cleaning the sand.

If you plan to vacuum a pool on the backwash, all of the dirt you pick up from the pool will mainly get lodged in the bottom part.

It will stay there, and when you put the multiport valve back to filter, most of the first that had been trapped would be pumped back into the pool.

While doing so, all the water would go to the waste pipe, and it will drastically drop the water level at a very alarming rate. Just as it would when you deliberately vacuum it to waste when the pool becomes dirty.

Settings To Use To Vacuum A Pool
If you want to learn more about vacuuming your pool, you should be familiar with the different settings. There are only two settings to use when you want to vacuum a pool. To pick the right one, you should depend on how dirty the pool gets.

Filter Settings
The filter setting is the most common and generic. It is probably the most used setting for vacuums. You will use this setting for your routine cleaning when the pool is not so dirty.

Once this setting is applied, you will see the dirt is trapped in the sand or whatever filter medium you have.

It will clean the water and return it to the pool via return jets. You might need to backwash the filter often for a short time to clean the dirt before returning it to the filter settings.

Waste Settings
The waste settings are generally used if the pool is filthy. It will be perhaps the time when you do the first clean of the year after a long winter.

Or it might be the time after bad weather when there’s a lot of debris ended up in your pool. This setting will help you get rid of those and make sure your clean is clean and debris-free.

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