The other day, I worked with my son, wife and father in law to vacuum the pool out very well.
We already put the flocculant in the pool to make sure all the debris floating around sunk to the bottom for easy vacuuming.
Now we don’t have some super advanced air filter, it’s merely a sand filter with a 50 lb tank for the sand. Don’t get me wrong, it does its job, but we can’t use the sand filter to vacuum the pool. Anyway, we discovered a great way to vacuum and that’s by hooking up the pool vacuum to the shop vac! After using the shop vac on the pool, we were able to get the pool entirely free of dirt and debris, though it did take a few hours because there was so much build-up. On top of that, it was a very hot day in the 90s. We honestly should’ve got the pool ready back when the temperatures weren’t so overheated. After a few hours of working out there, I had to get back inside the house to relax with the air conditioning for a little while. On top of that, I had to get to work in my office. We don’t have central air conditioning, but we do have a ductless mini split system that works very well. Basically to make my office cool, I have to leave the door slightly open so the AC can make its way inside of there. The air conditioning felt great and I was happy we were basically finished with the pool vacuuming. Now the water is crystal clear, the PH is balanced perfectly, and there is an ideal level of chlorine in the pool. The kids were so happy when they were able to jump in the pool.