SALTWATER POOL FILTER BASIC WEEKLY MAINTENANCE - Autopilot Salt Chlorine Generator & Baracuda Use

[@signwithmetod7452]

Great video! Can’t wait to have my husband clean our pool.

[@GarageGear]

Sign with me TOD thank you!!! If he follows these instructions, he’ll spend less time scrubbing and more time swimming! Thanks for watching!

[@jamesspencer3137]

That's exactly what I do to my salt water pool . All season long. Great video. Informational services.

[@GarageGear]

Awesome James! Regular weekly maintenance like this keeps the pool cleaner than a nuns vocabulary lol! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@TheHollywoodHaterTM]

Great video. Clearly laid out. Informative and funny. I like how you take your filters all the way across the neighborhood to spray out the leaves. Lol

[@GarageGear]

Thanks a lot Alan! I tried to show as much as possible with this process. I get a handful of questions about how to maintain a salt water pool. Haha I take the filters just to my curb to spray them down. I could spray them right by the filter system but then that kind of leaves a mess behind! Thanks for watching!

[@michaelsantos4155]

Bro I’m a tech and kudos to you for making his life easier 🙏🏽

[@GarageGear]

No problem my friend! Once I got my pool installed a lot of people were asking how I take care of my pool so I figured I’d make a video. Thanks for watching Michael!

[@aggierowe9574]

You have a dream pool configuration and I love the labeling. My husband is a super neat freak and our house came with a chlorine pool that we converted to salt. We also want to cut down our pool guy coming every week in summer to every other week. Thanks for the helpful info.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Aggie, my wife made the labels! So that one is all her lol! They are helpful! If you follow these instructions you should be just fine without a weekly pool guy. This whole process takes about 10-15 minutes once a week! Thanks for watching! 👍

[@towdjumper5]

Great stuff! Thx4 sharing.

[@GarageGear]

You got it my friend! Thanks for watching

[@bettysera4886]

Just moved into a dope house with a rad pool and realising....how much work is going to be involved from the state the past owners left it in, haha errrr. This was super helpful though as I'm such a novice to pool maintenance! Thanks for the video!

[@GarageGear]

Hey Betty! I’m excited for your purchase! Pools arent complicated and im glad you found this video helpful! Once you do these procedures a few times you’ll have everything under control! Be sure to check my other pool videos for more helpful tips! 👍

[@anthonyguarnieri3596]

I just got a new pool seen so many videos on this and like yours the best, It was so straight forward. Did you do one for testing and adding chemicals, My pool is salt generated also. After your video i feel confident in the maintenance from all I learned so far. Maybe you can make me feel confident in adding chemicals

[@GarageGear]

Hey Anthony! Appreciate the positive feedback my friend! I do not have a chemical video but I can tell you I only check my chemicals once in the beginning of the pool season. I take a sample of my water to a pool place nearby and they test it right away. They tell me what chemicals I’ll need and I put them in. Usually every year is about $50-$75 worth of chemicals to put in. I do this in May and all I do is add salt as need when my pump tells me to add some! Pretty straightforward. Thanks for watching!

[@jordanrochow]

We have a sand filter in our setup but for our spa we have cartridge filters and we use a filter flosser which works really well. Not sure if that would help you with your cartridge because it is so big but it really makes cleaning our spa filters. Great video and I will look in to the barracuda to clean our pool as I have been wanting to get an automatic pool cleaner to make life easier. Thanks for the info 👍

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for sharing Jordan! Definitely look into the Baracuda! I made this video two years ago and still haven’t hand-cleaned my pool lol! Thanks for watching!

[@tonepilot]

Great, easy to understand tips. Thanks

[@GarageGear]

👍 Thanks for watching Tone pilot! I appreciate the positive feedback!

[@stanbarker752]

I'm new to this also, having just bought a house with a pool. Great video....short and to the point. Do you leave your barracuda scrubber on all day?

[@GarageGear]

@@stanbarker752 yep every day all day unless we have a lot of people or kids over in our pool. Appreciate your positive feedback! 👍

[@benjamincolvard2062]

How do you determine the % at which to keep your purifier level?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Benjamin my salt system takes care of that on its own. I get a water sample test done early in the season and they tell me what to set my salt level at and that’s about it! I would consult your pool company with your salt system.

[@kluv2550]

Very neat and organized

[@GarageGear]

Thanks a lot K Luv! Do you have a salt water system?

[@kluv2550]

@@GarageGear I wish I did

[@GarageGear]

@@kluv2550 they are super easy to care for all swim season long. Our neighbors had a chlorine pool and after seeing how easy it was to clean a salt water pool they had their system switched! Thanks for watching!

[@catw6998]

After you rinse out filter, you don’t need to dry it?

[@GarageGear]

No, you don’t need to dry it. It’s just going to get wet again when water runs through it. Hope this helps. Enjoy the swim.

[@michaelspringer8704]

Great video

[@GarageGear]

Thanks Michael! Thanks for checking out my channel!

[@danstegenga4830]

Love the video, very helpful for a newbie!

[@GarageGear]

Glad it helped you out Dan! 👍 thanks for checking out my channel!

[@mariogodoy2837]

Great video. I just had a Secard vinyl pool installed, any tips on the chemicals to use? They were pretty vague when they came out for start up. I want to maintain proper water balance, any tips?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Mario, is your pool a salt water pool or chlorine system?

[@henisr.530]

Should main drain have as much suction as skimmer?

[@GarageGear]

It’s up to you. My main drain is connected to my Baracuda. I want the Baracuda to have all the cleaning power. So I send a lot of the suction to the skimmer. If you don’t have a Baracuda equal suction is probably a good idea. Thanks for watching Hens!

[@08breezy08]

hey love the vid, Im getting a fiberglass pool install with the saltwater system, is it anything I should look for while they installing, im I don't get installer who don't care

[@GarageGear]

Thanks 08breezy! When they were doing our install I was outside a lot watching as much of the process as possible and asking a lot of questions. I was that annoying customer. Lol! Before we paid for ours, we sat down with the owner/head installer and went over every little detail just to make sure we had everything right. After they were done, they supplied us with “clean fill” to fix out landscaping. It was not “clean” there was lots of junk in it. I had a mountain of dirt to sift through on my driveway. If you can get a look at the clean fill prior to them dropping it off I would do that. Unless you paying to have your landscaping done after. We had to do a lot of lawn leveling to get our yard to look right with “dirty fill”. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching! 👍

[@08breezy08]

@@GarageGear thank you so much

[@GarageGear]

@@08breezy08 you got it! Enjoy your new pool!

[@jasonelder2296]

Thank you. Off-topic, but since your filter is by your HVAC compressor, did you consider using the compressor to heat the pool?

[@GarageGear]

Good question! We decided to just go with a separate heating unit. Thanks for watching!👍

[@skychaser59]

You should use a skimmer vacuum plate.

[@GarageGear]

The barracuda does my whole pool. I don’t have to lift a finger! 👍

[@skychaser59]

@@GarageGear The plate goes on top of the skimmer basket and the barracuda connects to the plate. Debris gets caught in the skimmer basket vise risking clogging up suction pipes that are inaccessible.

[@GarageGear]

@@skychaser59 my apologies I thought you were taking about vacuum brush plate attachment. Not a bad idea

[@gramsmartin]

Where do you get that belt Rene over tool?

[@GarageGear]

I have a link for you down in the video description! Thanks for. Checking out my channel Jessie!

[@theresagauthier7026]

we just did a saltwater conversion this week. my question when you go to the Baracuda on Amazon says with or without the disc but it looks the same when you click on both of them so I am not sure what they are talking about. I think this will help us out tremendously our pool is 2800 gallons.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Theresa! Amazon must have recently just added this option. I would go with the $250 option. That’s the one we have and should have everything you’ll need. Additional parts are relatively easy to find for these on amazon if needed. Congrats on the upgrade. You’re gonna love it! Thanks for checking out my channel! 👍

[@Myvirtualbulldog]

Good idea to get the floor cleaner running at night instead so you don’t have to worry about it during the day?

[@GarageGear]

You could do that. You would just have to unplug it and plug it back in. Thanks for watching bulldog!

[@drdrew3]

No. The maximum circulation should be during the day when UV and temperatures are highest. And running the vacuum during the day allows you to make sure ours not hung up or clogged

[@RootsOfEden911]

Liked the rubber cover!

[@GarageGear]

Thanks I actually used an old lawn mower drag flap and some tapping screws for it. It works well to prevent the screen from fading. Thanks for watching Wicked fit!

[@Dakobah20]

@@GarageGear i was just going to ask where you got the rubber flap

[@Michael-vh3tj]

I'm from england & i clean pools in spain. I'd love to move to florida & make a living from cleaning pools, is it a competitive business?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Michael I am not from Florida. I’m in Buffalo New York. I imagine it being a competitive business though! Thanks for watching!

[@Imwright720]

When the filter is out you should wash out the debris from the bottom of the filter housing. . Remove the big plug on bottom of the filter housing. I do the same for the pump filter.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for sharing

[@analorenamonroy580]

Gracias , me encanto!!

[@GarageGear]

de nada gracias por mirar!

[@zachschuster]

How often/how long do you run the barracuda?

[@GarageGear]

We run it 9-5pm everyday during pool season. Thanks for watching Zachary!

[@Bamaoutdoors]

Nice looking place! Have you had or head anything about the salt pools rusting out patio furniture or nuts and bolts that hold the diving board? Or damaging the concrete?

[@GarageGear]

No problems what so ever on my end! I have TREX outdoor furniture! Lasts for decades! I don’t have a diving board but I have not heard anything about bolts rusting from a salt water pool. Zero damage to my concrete. The salt concentration is less than you’d find on your tears. Our pool is four years old now. We love it! If you have any more questions just let me know. Thanks for checking out my channel!

[@thenazguler]

Do you recommend Salt clorificattio?

[@GarageGear]

Do you mean salt clarification?

[@thenazguler]

Well the automatic process of using the salt system to make chlorine. I guess the real question is, is it better a chlorox or salt water system to disinfect the water.

[@GarageGear]

@@thenazguler ah got it! I say salt is the way to go. The regular chlorine eventually fades your liner, fades your swim wear, is not good for your skin and hair, and requires daily work to maintain levels at times. You don’t face any of these issues with a salt system! Good question and thanks for watching!

[@thenazguler]

@@GarageGear thank you.

[@GarageGear]

@@thenazguler no problem! 👍

[@chasealborz1440]

Thank you for sharing , one big issue that I see from professionals is that you're missing the check valve before the Chlorinator. apparently the salt/Chlorine goes back into the line when the pump shuts off, and this damages the copper lines in the gas heater and makes it go bad prematurely. Please correct me if you have more information about this.

[@GarageGear]

Hey Chase, I’m sorry to say I don’t have any additional information on this but I can say I don’t have any issues to report with my set up which has been running fine for 4 years now. Perhaps someone else can comment on this below. Thanks for watching! 👍

[@drdrew3]

@@GarageGear Systems with a chlorine feeder that uses pucks should have a check valve so concentrated chlorine doesn’t continue to dissolve and backflow into the heater. But a salt water cell only runs when the pump is running so there’s no large volume of concentrated chlorine and therefore no check valve needed. The heater should be plumbed such that it can be bypassed during the summer and avoid unnecessary wear and tear

[@GarageGear]

@@drdrew3 thanks for sharing!

[@veganeatstreats25]

Growing up my parents had an above-ground pool we got from Sears but the pump system was so weak. And that cartridge to help filter we also had... I had to clean it every single day! 😤 Then we got either a sand or earth filter I think a sand though.... That thing sucked! We would get this powdered mustard color in the bottom and no matter how much we vacuumed it it just shot right back into the pool by passing the sand filter!!!!!😤 I wonder why? Also why did you pick the cartridge instead of a sand filter? What is your horsepower? I'm jealous I wish I still had a pull especially like your yours! How much was the whole setup?

[@GarageGear]

Hey Vegan! When we had the pool company over to discuss our layout, I remember telling them I wanted the easiest filter system they had. They told me to go with salt and the system I have now. They gave the cartridge system. I’m not sure what the horse power is. I can get back to you on that. I know the heater was $2000. I’m not sure why the rest of the filter units cost individually. I want to say the pump runs about $800 but I could be wrong. Hope this helps. Thank you for checking out my channel!

[@veganeatstreats25]

@@GarageGear Thank you so much for responding back!!!! Can I ask how much the pool itself was? Sorry I know it's a lot of questions. So why I really love your pool and set up and your channel is amazing!!!!!!! You are so detailed!!!!!

[@GarageGear]

@@veganeatstreats25 Sure no problem Vegan! The pool was just shy of $40k. We saved up for it for a long time and enjoy it everyday in the summer! We had installed in 2018. I appreciate your kind words and for being a fan of the channel. I’m a detail oriented kinda guy! Lol. No stone is left unturned in my videos! Do you mainly follow the channel for pool content?

[@BigDaddysGarage]

I didn’t know that a salt water POOL was a thing! 😆

[@GarageGear]

Flint Layfield hey bud! They’ve been around for a short time now. They are way easier to clean than a chlorine pool. Way less chemicals too! They actually have less salt consistency than your tears would lol I believe. When we got the pool a few years ago I told the installers I wanted something easy to maintain and this was the way to go!

[@kengilmore2563]

As a pool guy I don’t recommend impulse style scrubber/cleaners. The water hammer can break the pvc line on the bottom of the skimmer. This can run up to 3,000 dollars to repair depending on your size. Also hosing your filter on the street can get you in trouble with your local department of water pollution. Don’t do it.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for sharing

[@zippy4185]

looks like NJ

[@GarageGear]

I’m in Buffalo New York! I’m thanks for watching

[@gramsmartin]

I meant remover tool

[@jeanqnguyen4542]

This is advanced class lol

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for watching!

[@linamolano9242]

Beracudas are EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.😅 Still got one...

[@GarageGear]

Worth every penny! Thanks for watching Lina!

[@linamolano9242]

U welcome.

[@glenzee9083]

You do this weekly? Why? Guarantee your washing way too often. My pressure doesnt move for a month and even then I wouldn't wash it. I have 320 square feet of area.

[@GarageGear]

Good question Glen! Every pool and every pool environment is different. Every week all kinds of stuff ends up in my pool. Pollen, leaves, bugs and occasionally a frog or two. Every week my filter has has to be cleaned of all this. Some weeks it’s more, some weeks it’s less. I personally don’t want to be swimming in a pool with rotting frogs in the skimmer baskets so I clean it once a week and it only takes about 10-15 minutes to do. Thanks for watching.

[@glenzee9083]

@@GarageGear Thanks for your reply. We have an auto cover to keep out most of the leaves etc. For frogs squirrels or chipmonks get yourself some Frog Logs. They are awesome for saving the little critters. Have a great day!

[@GarageGear]

@@glenzee9083 we cover our pool almost every nite but stuff still ends up inside. It is what it is lol. We’re planning on getting something like that to help them get out. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@CarbonRobloxide]

That thing in the pool scares me

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for sharing

[@UltraLimitedHD]

Thats a strap wrench.

[@GarageGear]

Thanks had a brain fart while filming

[@rjgmedia6298]

you do all that every single week??? so much for work less, swim more..LOL, sounds like your filter is undersized...I have a 30k pool/spa, and I clean my skimmers and pump basket about once a week, but I dont touch my main filter for usually 6 months. It takes 5 months before I even start to see a loss of water flow....

[@GarageGear]

This whole procedure takes about tens minutes and the water is crystal clear. Thanks for watching!

[@joncruz]

Very lame information, no salt, no chemicals, just see my amazing system 😂 thumbs down 👎

[@GarageGear]

Thanks for watching!

[@drdrew3]

Jealous much?

[@Flip92593]

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[@GarageGear]

Thanks for watching