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Finally got a break in the rain and worked on the skimmer and hard plumb project. Settled on 1 intake and 1 return. The fountain works great, I have to dial back the return a little to get the fountain to make it to the middle of the pool but that is no problem at all. Skimmer is working...

Finally found some time to get started on my hard plumb project. Didn't get far but did get a couple of connections made up. Will be trying to do the return side and fountain tomorrow afternoon. Looked all over the place to find some flat rubber washers to go in the custom fittings just for...

I am planning to work on mine this weekend. I have been back and forth over exactly how I wanted to do it. I was actually planning to cap the original intake using the screw on cap from the waste port on my sand filter. After looking at the way some other folks have done this I thougt about...

Shoes8163, Good luck to you as well. Right now it looks like I am only going to have one existing "port" that will not be used. For me that will be the original intake. Since I leave a hose attached to the waste port of my pump, I have the cap available. My plan is to use the rubber gasket...

I got the Heritage wide mouth skimmer from WalMart online. It has a threaded female connection in the bottom of it. I went to Lowes and bought a threaded male to 1 1/2" slip connection. I'm thinking it should plumb right in. There are several posts in the "above ground pool" forum that explain...

The skimmer is here, made one more trip to Lowe's for what I hope is the last PVC fitting I will need. (yeah right) Got two of the custom fitting made up today. Here is a photo of the "before" with some lines drawn to show planned placement for skimmer and pvc plumbing...

I agree. I'm going to get mine as high as I can to maintain water level too. Might be able to avoid replacing the return eye. Should all work out fine, at least thats what I keep telling myself.

Ok, going to try and attach the pic again. This is the "before" pic with the plan for the skimmer and the plumbing in red. 1. Skimmer 2. Return 3. Fountain with 3/4" pvc reduced from 1 1/2" pvc from the return line The black lines are where I am planning to place the valves. Planning to cap...

Skimmer came today. Re-thinking my plans. Originally planned for dual intakes and possibly dual returns. Been doing some additional research and reading and now see no reason at all for either. Tried to attach "before" photo but get message saying image was invalid. Now planning to install...

Got the PVC and all the fittings lined up. I was drawing up my plans and have come up with a concern. It is one that I have seen mentioned in some of the other posts on this forum but have not been able to find very much information about it. It concerns the install of the new skimmer and the...

Angie M. Thanks for the vacuum pics. My wife likes Dave, may have to get one now. I ordered my through wall skimmer yesterday and will be visiting the hardware store this week to get the stuff to build my custom fittings and to get all the pvc. Should have some pics coming soon for the...

Looks like it might make the plumbing a little easier too. Thanks for the info. Still hoping to also get some info on best ways to vac the pool. Skim vac or plumb in old intake and use it for the vac. Looking forward to getting the project started. Appreciate any additional ideas and advice...

Angie M., Thank you!! I think I am going to give the wide mouth skimmer a try. Another thing I thought of in reference to the through wall skimmer conversions is that I notice on most of the pics I have seen, the through wall skimmers are being added very close to the return. (Closer in...

New member. Love this forum!! I have a 20' X 48" Intex Ultra Frame above ground pool. We replaced the pump last year with an Intex 16" sand filter pump. After browsing this forum I have decided to install a through wall skimmer and hard plumb the pool. I am curious as to which through wall...