Build Your Own Pool Filter Cover

Use a pencil and a tape measure to measure out how long you need your cover to be.

Build your own pool filter cover.

Dirt will be trapped by the sand saving you the trouble and expense of replacing the paper. You want one piece to be used every 10 feet in spacing. In this video i show you how you can make your own pool cover. The size of your pool pump cover will need to be larger to accommodate the increase in the size of the equipment necessary to maintain your pool.

My pool is quite square so this design works well. Most pool pumps are. This will be the back. It s easier than you think.

Next measure how tall you need the pool pump cover to be and mark that spot too. First i will show you how to choose a suitable material and design for pool enclosure. This is especially true if you have a separate pool and hot tub. Cut the pieces of 1 inch pvc pipe for the width of the pool.

For example if the pool was 60 feet long then use 6 pieces to cover the area from one end of the pool to the other end. This ultimate guide covers everything you need to know when building your own pool enclosure. You should have a large rectangular shape. By filtering the water through a sand filter first you ve cleaned the water of impurities so that when it goes through the regular paper filter it s already clean.

Anyone with basic plumbing skills and access to pool sand can accomplish this in a matter of hours. Of all the components to an above ground pool s mechanics the one that anyone can build is a filter. The main dimensions are you will have to a. A pool s sand filter works by trapping contaminants and particles between the grains of sand as the water enters the filter then preventing their release into the swimming pool.

If you have a large in ground swimming pool you may find that a simple wall or box isn t enough. Then i will outline a step by step process of installing the pool enclosure. Making your own pool sand filter will save a lot of money.