can you recommend a tool for this?

[archer636]

there is a PVC fitting screwed to the bottom of my skimmer (see picture below). I am trying to remove it but it is impossible to hand-remove. there are hex sides at the bottom of it but I cannot think of a wrench or socket that will get in there around it. Some kind of T-shaped tool maybe?

 

[Mr Bruce]

Do you care if you damage it? I would drop the water an inch below the top of the fitting and file or angle grind a slot in it and then use a screwdriver in the slot to turn it.

 

[JamesW]

I'm guessing that it might be an mta. Maybe just push a piece of pipe into the socket and unscrew.

Don't force it because it might be glued.

Don't lean the pipe because it could crack the skimmer.

 

[TexasTraveler]

Probably late on this, but looks like a basin wrench is what you need... see example Milwaukee 2.5 in. Basin Wrench-48-22-7002 - The Home Depot

 

[aussieta]

tube spanners
come in all different sizes
5pc Mixer Tap tube Spanner Set 250mm long water sink plumbing | eBay

 

[kcindc]

I wonder if a hot water heater wrench would work: Camco 5 in. Screw-In Element Wrench-09883 - The Home Depot