Yup. Those are the steps. There's a set of holes towards the bottom.
That wouldn't get much flow thru though to keep the chlorine up. Might keep algae out of the steps though. I'll remember that.

One thing to question though. If the chlorine attacks the skimmer and makes it brittle, won't it do the same to the steps. I'd rather have a brittle $50 skimmer, then brittle $400 steps.

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