Colour families
We hold no photograph of this finish on one of our own projects, so this page does not show one. Everything above is a colour family, not a picture of a material.
Circulation & filtration
Sand filter
The simplest and cheapest of the three. Coarsest filtration, easiest to live with, and it uses water every time you backwash it.
Essential cost band
The workhorse option. Does the job, lasts, and is what most of a yard is made of.
Colour families
- Filter blue
- Sand
Families, not products. The exact colour gets chosen off a physical sample against your house.
What is true of this material
- Filtration
- Coarsest of the three
- Maintenance
- Backwash; media changed every several years
- Water use
- Every backwash sends pool water to waste
Attributes
- TypeCirculation & filtration
- Do you need itA real choice
- Running costMedium
- Cost bandEssential $
- Hands-on upkeepMinimal