Hi. I have a hayward s244s sand filter. I had a tiny bit of sand in the pool and figured I'd bought the house 5 years ago so why not change the sand and lateral assembly. It was a lot of work because of the side mount but I got it done. I used the recommended 300lbs of HTH pool sand. Now when the pump starts in the morning it pushes sand out of both the regular and skimmer return. about 2 cups? But then it stops after a minute until the pump starts again the next day. I did tthe change 4 days ago. It looks like its a little less each day but hard to tell. Does it sometimes take this long for some of the fine sand to leave the filter? I really dont want to dig 300lbs of sand out again to check the laterals. While I suspect its the laterals since it didnt seem to sit in the center and one may have been up a little the fact that it stops pushing sand after about a minute in the morning prompts me to ask some pros before I go in again. Thanks for any direction!
