Please help. Were skimmers set incorrectly?

[abessellieu]

We are the new owners of an older house and pool and are having some major restoration done on the pool. Part of this involved replacing some old and very badly leaking skimmers. The mason jackhammered out the old skimmers and replaced them with new Hayward skimmers. He then tested for leaking and pressure and everything seemed fine. So he proceded to install the new coping and tiles and just yesterday he poured cement around the new skimmers.
When the pool equipment supplier came to assess things, he went down into the pool to look at the returns and while he was down there he said that the skimmers were set way too low - maybe about 2" too low - and he noted that one of them was crooked as well. He said that when we put water in the pool up to the proper level (halfway up the skimmer opening) that there would not be proper flow and they wouldn't work right. Not to mention that they look bad. He said he would definitely have them redone properly.
I know they don't look right, but I am not a pool expert and before I go back to the mason and ask him to fix them I wanted some input from some of the experts on this site. I have attached a photo of one of the skimmers (the worst of the two - the other one is slightly more elevated and straighter), and hope that someone can look at the picture and give me an opinion.

[imfignewton]

From the picture the skimmer looks improperly installed. Every new skimmer comes with an instillation diagram in the box.

1) Skimmer throat plastic should be level with the top of the bond beam.

2) Skimmer should be level front to back and side to side.

3) Skimmer should be tied into the pool shell with epoxy rebar dowels, then rebar tied around skimmer body, then poor concrete around skimmer body. This will tie the new skimmer to the pool shell so the skimmer will not seperate from the pool and leak.

4) Put stainless steel lintel 1/4 inch thick x width of bond beam x two inches longer than skimmer mouth opening in bond beam. Drill hole in each side of the lintel then Tapcon lintel to bond beam. Install linel so it does not stick out at the same level of the tile. The lintel will support any coping material so it will not crack. Hope this helps

[KirstenHW]

Why did the mason install the skimmers and not the pool guys? The mortar job he did is sloppy looking too. Get him back to fix it!

[huskyrider]

The skimmer, although low, will still work.
The installation looks like a hurried affair.
As long as the pool water level isn't over the top of the weir door opening it will surface skim.

See Ya,
Kelly

[abessellieu]

Thank you one and all for your prompt replies. After looking at your opinions I faxed the mason on Sunday, pointed out the problems, and asked him to redo the skimmers. His wife called (she is his scheduler) first thing this morning, and said he is on a job today and when he finishes it, he will be out to remove the skimmers and reset them either tomorrow or Wednesday. This may be an all's well that ends well. I'll keep you posted.

This reminds me of what my husband says whenever we start something like this:

"All projects are either hard or very hard."

[KirstenHW]

This reminds me of what my husband says whenever we start something like this:

"All projects are either hard or very hard."

Is that saying a corollary to Murphy's Law?