Happy land owners have excellent opportunities for outdoor recreation, whether it's barbecue, barbeque, just playing kids or staying under the sun to get a sunburn. In the warm summer months, many people also acquire swimming pools that allow not only plenty of children to frolic, but also adults to cool in the water cool and swim a bit. However, over time, water stagnates and becomes polluted, insects, twigs, leaves and other foreign objects get into it, which makes bathing unpleasant and even harmful in it. A weekly change of water - not every family can afford, and troublesome. Especially for such cases, a skimmer for the pool was created. It is about him and his need and will be discussed.
How does the pool skimmer work?
In general, the skimmer is a device that is designed to take the upper layer of water in the pool and clean it. Regarding what a skimmer looks like, it usually represents a tank of a square or cylindrical shape made of plastic or metal, to the bottom of which a pipe for collecting water is attached. But to its side there is a window, in which a floating damper is installed. The fact is that it is in the upper water layers and on the surface that the largest amount of various impurities, dust, and contaminants accumulates. And the skimmer device for the pool works according to the following principle: contaminated water gets inside the device through the window on the side panel and is cleaned through built-in filter-strainer, on which there are leaves, insects and other small objects. Due to the floating damper, the upper layers of water are separated from the lower ones, not mixing. And because of pollution do not fall to the bottom of the pool. After filtration, the water is sent back to the pool.
What are swimming pool skimmers?
Devices for cleaning the pool are of different types. So, for example, if you just plan to build a pool in the yard with your own hands , it is recommended to provide the installation of a skimmer in the pool, which will become part of the general filtration system. And if the pool is already available, in this case, you will be fine with the bottom skimmer. It must be placed at the lowest point of the bottom of the tank.
But for pools of small size the most convenient and effective way to clean the surface of water is a hinged or floating skimmer for the pool. It is a universal stand-alone device that needs to be fixed on the inside of the rim and used for its intended purpose when required. A drainage pipe is attached to it, through which the purified water again enters the reservoir.
Such a popular hinged skimmer for the pool has a certain feature: for complete water purification it is necessary to count the number of these devices correctly, depending on the area. Usually a good quality skimmer is capable of
By the way, it is usually recommended to install a mounted skimmer on the side where the wind is blowing: thanks to this, all small objects that fall into the water will fall into the device themselves and cleaning will occur faster.
As you can see, the skimmer is a device that is quite necessary for the full operation of the pool.