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