Swimming Pool Leak Detection

Your pool will naturally lose some water to evaporation, some to splash-out and some to backwash wastewater. You may also gain water from rainfall. My rule of thumb is that if you're routinely adding more than 1.5 to 2 inches of water to your pool per week, you may have a leak. It is worth spending some time and money to repair.

Pools are meant to be watertight but pool surfaces and grout will deteriorate over time, while other parts of your pool shift and settle or just plain wear out. Pools can leak through any of the fittings or accessories, plumbing, or even right through the shell. It is important to repair leaks, not only to save water, heat, and chemicals, but also to prevent undermining pool structural components and washing away fill dirt. The longer the leak is left un-repaired the more the structural damage can progress.

Leak detection is a highly specialized branch of the industry. Ninety five percent of all phone calls I get from worried pool owners about a leak turn out to be inexpensive to repair. So relax, if you can't take care of the problem yourself we provide comprehensive leak detection for your entire pool. This includes testing the entire interior of the pool, all plumbing and equipment. If we find leaks in the pool other than structural cracks we will repair them on the spot for no additional cost.

At a cost of $13.00 per 1000 gallons of water the payback of on most leak detection and repair is less than a year

Bucket Test Procedure, Do it yourself leak test

• Bring the pool water to its normal level
• Fill an empty bucket with pool water to about one inch from the top of bucket. (By filling the bucket close to the top you are ensuring that air movement over the surface of the bucket will similar to that of the pool.)
• Place the bucket on the first or second step of the pool. To keep it from floating away it may be necessary to place a few bricks or rocks into the bucket. (By placing the bucket in the pool water you are ensuring that the water temperature of each will be similar).
• Mark the water level inside the bucket.
• Mark the water level of the pool on the outside of the bucket, on the pool wall, or skimmer face plate or inside the skimmer.
• Operate the pool for 48 hours as it had been operated when a leak was first suspected.
• After 48 hours, compare the two levels. If the pool water (outside mark) goes down more than the water inside the bucket, there is probably a leak.