Filter Connection Hose

[techguy9707]

I am looking for alternatives to the plastic filter connection hoses for my above ground pool.

I like being able to simply connect the return to the skimmer to keep the water in the pool during filter cleaning.

So what are my options?

[CarlD]

If what you are saying is what I think you are saying, the easiest thing to do is put plugs in the return and skimmer while opening the filter, which I'm guessing is a Cartridge or DE. Standard expanding rubber plugs are available at almost every pool store and look like high school chem class rubber stoppers, only wider with a butterfly nut in the middle.

Or you could plumb in ball valves just before the return and just after the skimmer and use them to shut off the water. I have ball valves at my pump's entry, and I can put a screw-in stopper in my return (the same one I use in winter). I do this to clean the pump's skimmer basket. Or I can just shut the ball valve at the pump and put the Multivalve to "Closed".

Carl