{"product_id":"flopro-wide-mouth-skimmer-faceplate-gasket","title":"Waterway FloPro Wide Mouth Skimmer Faceplate Gasket, 711-0070","description":"\u003cp\u003eWaterway 711-0070 is the replacement faceplate gasket for the FloPro wide mouth skimmer. It is the flat seal that sits between the face plate and the skimmer body, and it is what stops water finding its way out around the plate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy it fails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaskets in a skimmer throat spend their life compressed, wet and in the sun at the water line. Over a few seasons the material goes hard and takes a permanent set, and once that happens it will not spring back to seal again after the plate has been unbolted. A skimmer that seeps behind the face plate, or a wall that stays damp under the skimmer, usually points here before it points at the skimmer body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFitting\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wide mouth face plate uses its own gasket pattern, so it is worth laying the new gasket against the old one before you start. Clean the sealing faces on both the plate and the skimmer, seat the gasket dry unless the manual says otherwise, and pull the fasteners down evenly rather than tightening one side at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waterway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48634822000852,"sku":"WWP-251-2092","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/9568\/2516\/files\/default_64796ef7-7653-4bfc-b500-a33d0d590e06.jpg?v=1788837812","url":"https:\/\/www.activepoolsupply.com\/products\/flopro-wide-mouth-skimmer-faceplate-gasket","provider":"Active Pool Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}