Parent: Pool Maintenance
Procedure
- Locate: The skimmer is the round lid near the pool equipment area of the pool.
- Open: Pull the round lid straight up off the skimmer.
- Lift out: Grab the basket by the handle — it comes right out.
- Empty: Dump the basket over the fence.
- Replace: Drop the basket back in and set the lid back on top.
Step photos
1. Locate — the round skimmer lid near the pool equipment area.
TBD photo — shot: the round skimmer lid set in the deck near the pool equipment area.
2. Open — lid pulled straight up, basket visible inside.
TBD photo — shot: lid lifted off, looking down into the skimmer at the basket. (Z has this one coming.)
3. Lift out — basket lifted out by the handle.
TBD photo — shot: basket held up out of the skimmer by its handle.