Best way to install skimmer butterfly gasket

[gonzo64]

ive searched over this a lot and keep getting all kinds of answers for this......what im thinking is install skimmer..cut liner .then take apart and then put in butterfly gasket...does this sound right....but the different answers i keep getting is where the liner goes....some say liner goes inside of gasket and then some say liner goes on outside....im confused....any help would be great.........

 

[sharpysharp]

Assuming you have an Intex style AGP? I recently installed my hayward skimmer and I cut the butterfly gasket in half so one side is on each side of the liner then attached the skimmer tonthe wall and then cutting the liner.... It's worked like a champ ever since and absolutely no leaks!

 

[gonzo64]

no i have a sharkline pool..it has a hard steel walls...and is above ground pool (agp)..........

 

[kellyfair]

I agree with installing without gasket, cutting, uninstalling, placing gasket, then reinstalling.

 

[jasaxon]

I put the butterfly gasket just over the wall (so it protects the cutout of the wall, not the line). So it goes (from outside to inside):

skimmer, butterfly gasket, wall, butterfly gasket, liner, faceplate

That was based off a recommendation I found in another thread here. I was worried about cutting the liner and then taking the stuff apart to put on the gasket and having things move and screwing up the liner. Doing it this way there is no risk of that and it doesn't leak.

 

[gonzo64]

i know that's the question...i keep getting all kinds of recommendations...its almost like 50 /50...some say do it like you said and then there others that say put liner under gasket....hmmm...what to do... what to do...lol....then really what the point of having a butterfly gasket...i was given this to help with water going on inside of liner...so then i could just use the gasket that came with skimmer....right?? why use butterfly

 

[zea3]

Here is one skimmer install video. He attaches it to the pool starting about 6:30 in. How to assemble and install a pool skimmer - YouTube

 

[phonedave]

I put the butterfly gasket just over the wall (so it protects the cutout of the wall, not the line). So it goes (from outside to inside):

skimmer, butterfly gasket, wall, butterfly gasket, liner, faceplate

That was based off a recommendation I found in another thread here. I was worried about cutting the liner and then taking the stuff apart to put on the gasket and having things move and screwing up the liner. Doing it this way there is no risk of that and it doesn't leak.

That's what I did. Gasket goes on the metal wall, while the liner is still uncut. Then the skimmer gets mounted, then the liner gets cut. This way the raw edge of the pool wall is protected by the edge of the butterfly gasket.