Firmly tighten the screws.
Thru the wall pool skimmer instructions.
Fill up the pool.
The thru wall skimmer is also where your vacuum hose hooks up when it s time to clean your pool.
How to install a thru wall skimmer to intex pool easy to follow instructions 1.
Model 8940 thru wall skimmer installation instructions.
The skimmer in the pool.
The eight holes are the ones that are recessed in the extension piece.
With a file or piece of sandpaper remove any metal burrs that may cut the liner or yourself during the assembly.
Follow them to the letter to ensure that you have an adequately attached cleaner.
Here you need to follow several steps to achieve the desired outcome.
Installing thru wall skimmer on intex pool step one.
Place the gasket between the extension and the skimmer body.
Model 8939 wide mouth thru wall skimmer installation instructions 1.
Punch out the two top corner holes using a blunt object.
Find the pre cut area for the return fitting and knock out the cut out.
Preparing the pool fill your swimming pool with water to about 2 feet so the liner can be stretched.
Begin by assembling the wide mouth extension to the skimmer housing using 8 ss philips head screws an d the 8946 gasket.
Now that the pool is in position you can start.
Position the faceplate 20 over the gaskets and insert two large self threading screws 19 into top corner holes and carefully push the screws through the holes which have been pierced in the liner.
Insert two self threading flat head screws provided into the top corner holes of the face plate.
From outside the pool align the skimmer body with these screws.
You would first remove the skimmer basket and place the vacuum plate included with the skimmer on top of the opening.
There are 2 holes on all four sides at the rear of the extension.
Lightly tighten the two screws fig 3.
The last one is the actual installation of the skimmer to your intex swimming pool.
Every brand is different and often provides its assembling instructions.
Locate the wall opening and punch out the twelve 1 4 holes and rectangular cut out.
Install the thru wall skimmer.
Your vacuum hose will connect to this plate and your pump will provide the suction into the filter.
Put the face plate at the skimmer cutout.
If pool wall is factory pre cutfor a skimmer and return fitting follow these instructions otherwise go to step 2 below.
To install the wide mouth extension insert four 4 pan head screws 1 long through the lip of the extension and four 4 through.