Pool pump has no flow through skimmer?

Question

Bought the house 2 years ago. Replace DE filter with Sand. Cover fell in this winter along with a big mess. Pump is very noisy, I went to vacuum and there was now flow. Worked good this past week. Not to sure what is wrong, kinda still new to this. Any suggestions? we used flock too, the pool store said to add it and run filter 24 hrs. I shut off filter for a few hours and now this..

Answer 1

heres a few pump tips: http://www.swimming-pool-information.com...

Answer 2

You said you were new to this, are you sure you have your hose connected to your pump and filter correct, when you swapped out pump.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Our pool filter has another area where there is a filter basket where you twist off the top and clean it out just like the basket in the skimmer.  That may be clogged full of junk about now.

Or, a problem we have seems like we have a loss of air suction in the lines somewhere between the pool and the filter.  We started using the drain filter only and it works fine.

Have you done a "back-flush" to clear out the lines?  That should push water from the filter out the pipes to the sewer system.  Talk to the guys at the pool supply place.  They often know a lot about equipment problems.