AWESOME design!!! So simple. I’ll be making one of those for my pool this summer!!! I have the i tex one but the bracket cracked and this one just seems so much easier!!! I’d definitely like to see a video of how you built that skimmer!!!
If you worry about evaporation & the skimmer pump sucking in air - use a Hudson valve to replace the lost water; works like a champ on my large fountain that loses water due to splashing & evaporation!
I think it depends on the pool, I don’t think they are all the same set up. I found that I could slip a 3/4” pvc pipe through the factory inlets. I used bilge pump hose I bought at Home Depot from the skimmer to the pvc pipe. On the inside of the pool I had a 1” to 3/4” fitting and the bilge pump hose slipped snuggly on to the fitting. At fist I used a hose clamp but then realized I didn’t need the clamp. I didn’t glue the fitting to the pipe either. It wasn’t necessary. As far as the hose to the container. I found a threaded fitting that used a inside washer which held it to the lid which is where the container was connected to the hose. I did used a hose clamp to hold the hose clamp to the threaded fitting.
People looking to do this have to come to their REALIZATION that No matter how you decide to do this, whether you buy off-the-shelf skimmer or make your own watching DIY videos like these, YOU NEED STRONG SUCTION at the bottom of your skimmer. That's how any skimmers work; *enough SUCTION to pull water away from your pool.* If you don't have enough suction, then you need to either UPGRADE your main pool pump that can provide strong suction or buy a new and separate pump just for the SKIMMER. So, the skimmer will have strong suction to pull water all on its own. This is usually the issue people have with their skimmers. It's not that your skimmer is designed badly or broken. This is what people putting out videos like these fail to mention.
I just let it go to the main filter. However I was going to add one but never go around to it. We don’t have the pool anymore or by now I would have created one. The main filter works fine but you will need to rinse the filter Cartridge at least one a week. Also it you notice a reduction in water flow the inlet from the hose to the pump gets clogged up with larger debris such as leaves. I had actually bought a three pack of sink filter inserts at Home Depot that prevent things to go down the drain and was going to try to use one them. But we moved before I got around to it...
The pump is a 2500 GPH with the “B” size filter cartridge. I had great success with a “good quality” filter carriage which are not that expensive. They last a least a year before needing to be replaced. You can order them online, I don’t remember the brand name but buy one that is made by a company that also makes large “inground” pool filters. This will save you a lot of money! Trust me, the cheap ones wear out quickly. I just rinsed mine out about with a garden hose and nozzle once every week or two. I kept one old filter around and once every couple months I soaked the good filter in a bucket of mild chlorine bleach water. Worked great! I know a lot of people like sand filters but the cartridge filter cleans to a smaller micron...
Can you, please, design a wash machine skimmer so that the grease at the top doesn't get pulled back into the clothes at the top during the first drain then spin and then same for the rinse/spin drain. Seams the old way to spin rather than drain first then spin the less heavy clothes worked better to get the greas away from the clothes?
Sounds like you need something to break down the grease & oil. If you're not breaking it down, it's just going to eventually clog up whatever you're using to "remove" it because grease & water doesn't mix, and the grease will build up. We've used Dawn dish detergent for that . About a teaspoon to a tablespoon, depending on the load size. You don't want so much it'll foam up and have suds overflowing. But with the tea-table spoon method, we've never had that happen. The more grease & oil there is, the less sudsy it will be anyway.
Lol... the principal of how it works is the slots being partially above the waterline suck the surface water catching all the floating debris. Trick is have the slots long enough so the the pump doesn’t suck air after a few days of evaporation... too long or too many and you won’t be getting enough surface water to keep the surface clean. The slots on mine are approximately 4” to 5” long by 1/2” wide and a total of 4 slots.
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AWESOME design!!! So simple.
I’ll be making one of those for my pool this summer!!!
I have the i tex one but the bracket cracked and this one just seems so much easier!!!
I’d definitely like to see a video of how you built that skimmer!!!
Great job! So simple, yet so effective!
Great job. I need something exactly like this. Thanks for sharing.
If you worry about evaporation & the skimmer pump sucking in air - use a Hudson valve to replace the lost water; works like a champ on my large fountain that loses water due to splashing & evaporation!
Nice one. I would appreciate if you can do the full video of how you made the skimmer please. Great job
I would love to get the run down of how this was made in detail please
Me too
Same here!! Especially the pvc re piping for the pumps
Hey great job on the pool and thanks for sharing.
That's spot on I like it.
Nicely done!
Great video. What is the size of the holes?
well god damn thats better than the intex and bestway skimmers by a long way
Yes it is. I bought one for my pool & could not get it to work!
I like the design! how did you hook up the hose to the bottle? or does it "just" fit without any modifications?
I think it depends on the pool, I don’t think they are all the same set up. I found that I could slip a 3/4” pvc pipe through the factory inlets. I used bilge pump hose I bought at Home Depot from the skimmer to the pvc pipe. On the inside of the pool I had a 1” to 3/4” fitting and the bilge pump hose slipped snuggly on to the fitting. At fist I used a hose clamp but then realized I didn’t need the clamp. I didn’t glue the fitting to the pipe either. It wasn’t necessary.
As far as the hose to the container. I found a threaded fitting that used a inside washer which held it to the lid which is where the container was connected to the hose. I did used a hose clamp to hold the hose clamp to the threaded fitting.
@@jaredowens3758 did you cut the hole in the pool for it?
I would love to know how you made it 😊
Hi nice job, can you provide all the parts you used? It appears you used a gallon jug of chlorine and some hoses?
I too would like to know
Did you do a build video?
Curious about how to go about and run the piping also did u have to cut a hole for skinner line?
People looking to do this have to come to their REALIZATION that No matter how you decide to do this, whether you buy off-the-shelf skimmer or make your own watching DIY videos like these, YOU NEED STRONG SUCTION at the bottom of your skimmer. That's how any skimmers work; *enough SUCTION to pull water away from your pool.* If you don't have enough suction, then you need to either UPGRADE your main pool pump that can provide strong suction or buy a new and separate pump just for the SKIMMER. So, the skimmer will have strong suction to pull water all on its own. This is usually the issue people have with their skimmers. It's not that your skimmer is designed badly or broken. This is what people putting out videos like these fail to mention.
Did you add a filter or screen to the skimmer or does the debris just go to the main filter?
I just let it go to the main filter. However I was going to add one but never go around to it. We don’t have the pool anymore or by now I would have created one.
The main filter works fine but you will need to rinse the filter Cartridge at least one a week. Also it you notice a reduction in water flow the inlet from the hose to the pump gets clogged up with larger debris such as leaves.
I had actually bought a three pack of sink filter inserts at Home Depot that prevent things to go down the drain and was going to try to use one them. But we moved before I got around to it...
which pump ?
Soooo... how do you make it?
i just want to know how to make one. i don’t have a pool, no hate though. not at all. i’m actually gonna subscribe right now
Please make video how to make skimmer thanks
What pump are you using?
The pump is a 2500 GPH with the “B” size filter cartridge. I had great success with a “good quality” filter carriage which are not that expensive. They last a least a year before needing to be replaced. You can order them online, I don’t remember the brand name but buy one that is made by a company that also makes large “inground” pool filters. This will save you a lot of money! Trust me, the cheap ones wear out quickly. I just rinsed mine out about with a garden hose and nozzle once every week or two. I kept one old filter around and once every couple months I soaked the good filter in a bucket of mild chlorine bleach water. Worked great! I know a lot of people like sand filters but the cartridge filter cleans to a smaller micron...
Please give more details
I have questions.. follow up please
Can you, please, design a wash machine skimmer so that the grease at the top doesn't get pulled back into the clothes at the top during the first drain then spin and then same for the rinse/spin drain. Seams the old way to spin rather than drain first then spin the less heavy clothes worked better to get the greas away from the clothes?
Sounds like you need something to break down the grease & oil.
If you're not breaking it down, it's just going to eventually clog up whatever you're using to "remove" it because grease & water doesn't mix, and the grease will build up.
We've used Dawn dish detergent for that . About a teaspoon to a tablespoon, depending on the load size. You don't want so much it'll foam up and have suds overflowing. But with the tea-table spoon method, we've never had that happen.
The more grease & oil there is, the less sudsy it will be anyway.
you know, if you could stop moving so fast we all could understand the principle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lol... the principal of how it works is the slots being partially above the waterline suck the surface water catching all the floating debris. Trick is have the slots long enough so the the pump doesn’t suck air after a few days of evaporation... too long or too many and you won’t be getting enough surface water to keep the surface clean.
The slots on mine are approximately 4” to 5” long by 1/2” wide and a total of 4 slots.