Installing Above Ground Pool Skimmer and Bonding Pool

In this video, I show you how to install an above ground pool skimmer and return. At the end of this video, I show you how to install a skimmer bonding plate and discuss how to bond the pool.
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[@jameschristian306]

Hey, I did take your advice and bought the inner face plate with the Tupperware style cover for my skimmer. Thanks again for your advice.

[@stevehoch9528]

Excellent video! I have to replace the skimmer and return on my older pool and this is very informative. Thanks!

[@sue1824]

Best Video Ever on the subject !!! I love the hints as : How to align the screws, Hold the inside with one hand and the skimmer with the other hand, Tighten the screws one turn each at the time, not to tight to crack the inside plastic rectangle. A Big Thank You :)

[@mesh6826]

Thanks for the video, very detailed and precise, i have a wide mouth skimmer with a butterfly gasket, and all other videos on youtube showed cutting the liner before installing the face plate to overly the gasket on the liner which did not look very safe for leaking. thank you a ton!

[@russtew1]

Exactly what I needed fantastic video!

[@HomeJames-t3p]

You are simply the best! 💘

[@dougsoerensen1430]

Awesome info! Thank you very much. Doing this today.

[@jasonwiseman202]

Thanks for the info re. the order and placement of return jet gaskets (including the cork one). Tough to find any information where someone clearer lays out the order!

[@generodriguez4318]

Can the cork gasket be replaced with an older rubber gasket , don’t have the cork gasket .

[@generodriguez4318]

Can the cork gasket be brought alone and where can I get ?.

[@sidewinderchip4676]

Thank you for the bonding demo, I'm getting ready to install a New above ground pool and it has to be done like that by NEC!!

[@jamesrjii]

Finally the DETAILS!!! Thank Tom Hanks!!!

[@dogsarefun2]

Thanks! the best video I have seen on installing skimmer and return with detail on correct gasket placement.... Lots of incorrect information on utube how to do this. I'm in process of filling pool after liner replacement. Do you have the butterfly return gasket listed on amazon?

[@shoDOHC]

I did my install..went like this- butterfly gasket going OVER liner in a sandwich style. Interesting here how he doesn't include the liner on the INSIDE of the butterfly gasket. Will we ever have a official answer?

[@nigelbullock9039]

Very useful video as it's start to finish. Thanks

[@jameschristian306]

Hey Great Video, I have a question for you about installing a Hayward Skimmer on an above ground 18ft Coleman, I am wanting to know if I can go ahead and make the screw holes in the liner, then mark the cutout of the skimmer, and cut it out with out having the frame mounted on the pool, (sandwiched)? Will the liner material split out with out being ( sandwiched) ? I want to use the butterfly gasket and not cut it ( separate the two sides), Thanks in advance, I don’t have any experience with this stuff and you obviously do. I just want to do this once.

[@rhdtv2002]

We need a tip on how to do bonding on a Resin pool..

[@addiseatsquaileggs9968]

My swimming pool was bonded, but there’s a small leak near the skimmer where it was bonded. How do I fix it?

[@AJ-hl9ig]

If you add this skimmer do you need the two outlets that are already on the pool? ( an intex pool)

[@RomaNetwork]

I am about to purchase a coleman 20x48 pool. Do I. still need to bond this type of pool

[@subbystyle]

My liner twists as I tighten the return... Can I lubricate the rubber black gasket with white pool lube to avoid the friction against the liner?

[@bighunter2837]

Where can i buy a new return jet setup?

[@teew6635]

If the pool is going about 15inches in the ground can you backfill over bonding wire or is this too deep.

[@xpert1111]

No gasket between the skimmer faceplate and liner?

[@Chris-zx2dz]

My problem is the basket hits the bonding plate what do I do

[@PMDColeman]

My pool instructions say to ground. Can I bond instead or do them both?

[@djlarryb68]

Wished I’d come across this video sooner. Trying to stop leak on out side wall of my skimmer.

[@Chris-zx2dz]

Haven’t drilled any holes yet

[@richwest7873]

My present skimmer has 14 holes. 4 along the top, 3 along the side. Is this skimmer going to replace my existing skimmer and not leak??

[@jibisfat]

Does the copper wire have to be one piece or can you connect 2 with a split bolt?

[@brianlevandowski3167]

I have a question, so on the skimmer outlet hole, the threads that are visible on the outside, What connects to those threads, because I'm looking to Plump my skimmer to motor using 2 inch pipes, but i would need unions that connect to that. I don't want to use a 1.5 inch connection.

[@martinislas1]

Hi, where can I get the butterfly gasket for the return jet ?

[@jeannemalloy3452]

Thanks for the video. Just wondering about taking the pool down for the winter. We have an Intex 18’ X 48” pool which we take down for the winter because of the wind and freezing temperatures. Will I have issues with the skimmer leaking when I put the pool back up? Thx.

[@toyuryuz]

I dont know

[@carinacastro1925]

How can I fix the fact that I punctured the nails incorrectly, basically the skimmer would be sideways. I have not cut the liner, just the holes for nails are not lining up correctly. Would the gasket take care of the leak? Should I seal and start in a different area now? What’s can I use to seal properly ?

[@billkohl449]

How do you hook up the Hayward skimmer to the pool pump? do you use a direct line or do you also use the two B suction ports in this hook up? Thanks very much. Bill Kohl

[@billkohl449]

Do You cut apart the Butterfly gasket into two gaskets when installing the skimmer in the pool liner with a metal frame pool when you do not have a steel wall? Thanks very much Bill Kohl

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

No. It keeps water with chemicals from coming in contact with the untreated cut wall opening

[@emtravelrn1]

@@MGKPoolServiceLowell All we could find this summer was an Intex. We got a 12 x 24 XTR. My dad and I installed the Hayward skimmer yesterday. We have not cut the butterfly gasket yet, and we put both wings between the inside liner wall and the faceplate. The liner has not been cut out yet, but the water is already above the lower part of the the faceplate. Now I'm worried about the untreated cut wall opening since that gasket fold isn't going to be covering the edges.

[@krob2357]

If I have a completely resign pool. Can I just bond my water through the skimmer then the copper wire over to my pump bonding lug?

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

Probably have to tag the pool wall. Just do it below the cove

[@wyldanimal2]

Bonding is Done so the Pool and the Water, The Metal Decking, and if it's an Inground pool, the Surrounding deck / patio are at the Same Electrical Potential as the Rest of the Ground. No part of the Pool can be at a different electrical potential than the surrounding Ground. IE, if you are standing on the ground, and you touch the pool, or the water, All must be at the same electrical potential. So in Pool terms, Bonding is synonymous with Grounding. Equipotential Bonding

[@DIYJIM]

i see some of the other video's put a small amount of silicone on the outside part of the gasket on the outside of the pool in between the gasket and skimmer do you ever do this?

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

I did before I knew better. I would buy clear marine waterproof silicone. Cheap insurance for those who do not do it all the time.

[@jeremygifford1705]

I bought a pool from you and didn't get the Aquador faceplate with winter cover nor is there a link in the description for the winter faceplate anywhere

[@dickjolt2892]

🤣........guess he lied!

[@michelleeasley8677]

What can happen if I’m a newbie and cut the hole before putting the skimmer on and cut the vinyl kind of short

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

If you cut to much you can buy a piece of vinyl and a small can of HH-66 glue and patch it. If you do this right it will out live your liner.

[@technicky1]

Great video! I have the widemouth hayward so it sounds like I'm all set with the butterfly gasket for that. Can you list the part number for the butterfly gasket for the inlet?

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

I don't have one actually, they always come with Buster Crabbe pool kits. Not sure anyone actually sells them. I would use enamel paint on the metal to seal it. This is what I do for liner replacements without butterfly gasket.

[@mrwillbur]

I just bought that same skimmer (Hayward SP1091LX) for my above ground. Is it possible to get the winter cover separately? In you mention you have a link in the description that a link will be listed for it, but I didn't see a link. I have searched Amazon and have found 4 or 5 that might fit and work, but would really like to have the one you include with your Hayward skimmer. Thanks

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

It's called the Aquador.

[@mrwillbur]

@@MGKPoolServiceLowell I have found several and they all say different things. I thought maybe you had the link for the actual one you showed in the video. It was in the video named "Installing Above Ground Pool Skimmer and Bonding Pool". You posted it on January 2, 2019

[@technicky1]

The butterfly gasket for the intake for a 2 3/8" hole is Hayward SP1023G

[@timothyliott202]

18 to 24 inches out

[@johngates2997]

Shouldn’t the wall saver gasket go over the liner too? Shouldn’t cut the liner first and install gasket over the liner?

[@hardworkhardplay]

What if the pool is resin, resin bottom rail and top rails but steel posts and wall And it’s sitting on concrete How do you bond it?

[@user-wv5uf1kg8u]

DIRECTIONS SAY THE CORK GASKET GOES ON FIRST. CORK SITS AGAINST THE METAL POOL EXTERIOR. VIDEO SHOWS BACKWARDS.

[@MGKPoolServiceLowell]

if you have an inground skimmer than it is totally different.

[@AV84USA]

27:11 Looks really sloppy

[@MrMpetrie]

Did it wrong liner goes inside butterfly

[@guillermoserrato3952]

look shorter

[@Annonymous0]

Where can i buy the wall saver gasket for the return inlet hole?