Insert, but DO NOT GLUE a short piece of pipe (4” or so) into the open end of the elbow.
Use this pipe to determine the exact location to pierce the liner with the bulkhead. Cut a 3”
hole in the liner at that location. Install the bulkhead with the rubber gasket inside the pond
and the friction washer and retaining nut outside. Once completed, insert a 2” MTA in both
ends of the bulkhead. Measure and cut the correct length of pipe to join the MTA on the
outside of the liner to the 2” elbow. Glue the pipe in place.
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Thread the intake screen onto the 2” threaded street 90° and place the screen in its desired
location. Measure for the correct length of pipe to join the 90° to the MTA that you installed in
the pond side of the bulkhead. Cut and glue the pipe into both fittings.
Thread the pipe nipple into the bulkhead inside the skimmer box. Slip the gate valve onto
the pipe end of the nipple. DO NOT GLUE this connection. Not gluing this connection gives
you the ability to remove and service the gate valve if necessary.
Cover the drain pipe inside the pond with stone and gravel to complete installation.
– FRICTION WASHER
– RETAINING NUT
– 2” MTA
– 2” PIPE
– 2” PIPE
– 2” MT
A
– RET
AINING NUT
– FRICTION W
ASHER
– RUBBER GASKET
– 2” BHF
– 2” MT
A
– 2” PIPE
– 2” 90° SLIP X MPT
– 2” STRAINER
– 2” 90°
LINER
Figure 18.