Assembling the skimmer for the pool with your own hands

Who has built his own artificial pond in the yard of the house, probably thought about how to design and mount a skimmer for swimming pools with his own hands, which will effectively cope with its functions.

Of course, a private pool near the house allows you to spend your free time perfectly, however, in order to keep it always clean and attractive, you need to take care of it regularly.

To maintain the pool in an optimal state, a variety of filtration plants and devices are currently sold, but they are not able to provide the necessary water circulation.

Most bacteria and microorganisms carry out their vital activity in the upper layers of water and it is here, as a rule, the largest amount of dirt and debris accumulates.

Water circulation allows to effectively clean this layer and make the water clear and transparent.

To ensure the circulation of water in artificial reservoirs use a device that is called a skimmer.

Today the skimmer can be easily purchased in a specialized store, and you can do it yourself, which allows you to save a certain amount of money.

Functional features of the

skimmer In natural reservoirs, water purification is performed spontaneously due to various internal processes that cause the water masses to move.

Solve this problem in the pool only if you install a mounted skimmer on the water surface.

It provides the necessary water circulation for the pool, due to which the upper layers are cleaned.

As a rule, not only bacteria, but also various fats, hair, dust are constantly accumulating on the water surface for various reasons, and this is the main reason for the appearance of harmful viruses.

If an attached skimmer is installed, the upper water layer will enter the filter unit through the device for forced cleaning, after which the clean water will return to the pool again.

In addition, with the help of this unit, when people are in the pool, waves will be extinguished.

The skimmer is a small circular device that is located on the water surface.

Its main functions are not only cleaning the entire water surface, but also warming up the water to a comfortable temperature.

In addition, this device can be used as a socket for a manual vacuum cleaner, which is also used to clean the pool, only from debris already in the water column.

The skimmer can also be adapted to the device in which special chemical agents are to be placed, which are used for the necessary treatment of the pool water.

This device has extensive functionality and should be installed in any artificial reservoir.

It has a fairly simple device and can be assembled without any problems.

Design features

In order to assemble the skimmer for your own pool with your own hands, you need to know its design features and operating principles.

This universal device is a tank of small dimensions, made of metal or plastic and equipped with a special water intake pipe.

Inside it is a filtering device designed for rough water purification, on which various large debris, insects, leaves and other things are delayed.

Also included in this unit are special mortgage elements and a basket intended for garbage collection.

Water flows into the skimmer through a damper that holds most of the large dirt and debris, after which it passes through the internal surface of the device and through the special nozzles turns back into the pool.

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Thus, it can be said that any skimmer consists of bottom drain, intake nozzles, which has a specific design, as well as a filtration tank designed for rough cleaning of water streams.

In addition, any skimmer is necessarily equipped with a pump and an automatic control unit.

Skimmers differ among themselves, mainly in terms of power characteristics, and therefore, when choosing them, the dimensions of the reservoir must be taken into account.

For small private artificial reservoirs, as a rule, small hinged aggregates are used, which, with all the necessary material and tools, are quickly assembled by hand.

Assembly stages

Before assembling a floating skimmer for the pool, it is necessary to prepare the appropriate materials.

A plastic or metal container can be used as the housing. To protect the pool cover, the container will need to be equipped with rubber seals.

Next, you need to equip a special funnel in its lower part and equip it with a mesh. Through it, water from the pool will flow into the skimmer and be cleaned of various large debris.

After that, small containers are installed for chemical reagents.

At the final stage, an outlet should be provided, which, through a hose, will be connected to a pump that will ensure the necessary circulation of water masses.

More details on how to build a skimmer for the pool are described in the video below.

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It should be noted that for the pool, several skimmers may be required at once. The number of these devices is determined based on the size of the reservoir itself, as well as the capacity of the unit.

The skimmer should also be cleaned from time to time from dirt and debris that will accumulate in it during operation.

It is even better to design a skimmer at the design stage of the skimmer, which will facilitate access to the device and make it more convenient to care for.

In any case, in order to ensure that the pool water is always clean and transparent, it must necessarily be equipped with a skimmer.