Recent content by jim1504

Hello Everyone I'm in north texas and had some freeze damage. As a result I'd like to change out all the pool plumbing since I have some cracked valves and broken check valve. I'm trying to get input on the best way to assemble the new plumbing. My plan is to allow a longer length of straight...

Thought I would update that I fixed the leak - it was the spa light niche seal around the cable. I suspected the spa return lines because 1) the spa water level would reduce to just above the return lines and 2) The spa would reduce faster with the pump on. I decided to plug the spa return...

Thanks James. Does anyone know the type of plug I could use that will fit inside a valve. I looked but did not see any 90 degree valves in leaktools' site?

Well now there is a third possibility. Anderson seems to say pressure test with water only and hold for 2 minutes. http://www.leaktools.com/professional/instruction_pressure.php Water Test: The initial test of a line should be done with water. A pressure drop is easy to observe when using...

Now I am totally confused. I would think there would be consistency in the industry. In this case, one is right (test only air or air & water is ok to test) and one is wrong. I have no idea which is correct.

Thanks for the response. I seem to be getting a lot of conflicting info. Would I know in a minute or two if it was a pinhole leak? Any idea on how many pounds of pressure you would lose on a pinhole leak after one minute? I'm just wondering whether this would be registerable on the gauge...

Thanks, that's what I was thinking and was the reason I asked the question. My tests showed it holding for an hour but there was a good amount of water still in the line (so I wanted to confirm). I'm doing the bucket test again since my last leak detector (although not finding the line leak)...

Thanks, that makes perfect sense. Was talking to another company about pressure testing and this is what he said "pressure test with air only. We pressure test a line for 1 to 2 minutes. If there is a leak, pressure testing will show the leak right away." Do you think 1-2 minutes of pressure...

Thanks. Yes they do have air intakes. Would that make the process of detection using a pressure test and a listening device more difficult? I assumed it wouldn't matter since the constant pressure would cause a steady stream of air to leak from the pipe - and the air leak is what you are...

Thanks Bama. My guy said pressure could reduce to near 0 after 24 hours (which is what it did for me). My guy gave emailed me and gave up. So back to square one I guess.

Thanks James. Couldn't find it myself by listening or with the limited detection equipment I had. Pool guy was here for four hours and thought he found it in the spa pressure jets (water was leaking around the outlets). Told him I was losing much, much more water with the motor on so seemed to...

Unfortunately the service people in my area have no reviews. Do you happen to know anyone in the Dallas area? Thanks

Thanks for the info James, I did read elsewhere also that you could sometimes hear the leak trough the concrete. I did check on american leak detection and their reviews on yelp. Also read about an instance when they pinpointed a leak, homeowner dug up the spot and no leak was there. dug