Parent: Pool Maintenance

Procedure

  1. Locate: The skimmer is the round lid near the pool equipment area of the pool.
  2. Open: Pull the round lid straight up off the skimmer.
  3. Lift out: Grab the basket by the handle — it comes right out.
  4. Empty: Dump the basket over the fence.
  5. 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.