Skimmer-Ectomies™ (page 2)
Replacing Obsolete Pond-side Skimmers with Remotely Installed HydroClean™ Skimmers
Continued:
- Place a liner patch over the skimmer intake and screw holes.
- Mark an area away from the pond in which you wish to install the HydroClean™ pond skimmer.
- Excavate in new hole in the earth for the new skimmer.
- Use the soil from the new hole to fill the old skimmer hole.
- Excavate a trench between the HydroClean™ skimmer and the pond liner for the extension pipe.
- Attach extension pipe to the HydroClean™ pond skimmer.
- Level the extension pipe, and backfill with soil and compact.
- Attach the patched liner to the the HydroClean™ skimmer's extension pipe.
- Backfill behind the liner.
- Install rocks and gravel over the extension pipe to conceal and create an uninterrupted pond edge.
- Start filling the refilling the pond.
- Install the pump and overflow plumbing.
- Install the optional auto fill valve.
- Install the net and brushes, and place the lid on top and turn on the pump when the pond is full - you're done!
