Recent content by pawlom2

leak was from equalizer line and suction line. time for a new skimmer thank you verybody!!

just blocked off return lines, plugged the skimmer and still leaking:rant:into hole. I guess now there is nothing else to do but to rip out the skimmer?

Ok. I definitely would never have thought of that. But when I run the pump at half horsepower water begins to fill up in the hole. When I crank to full 1hp the leak slows down big time. When I turn the pump off it fills up super fast. Could that be water running back from the return line...

hello kadavis. I don't understand exactly. What does plugging up the return jets have to do with an over excavated area. I thought my return line runs from the shed where the pump is to my jets along the perimeter of the pool. I will try this tomorrow regardless but some more detail would be...

Thank you Triptyx. I think what you are saying makes sense, however I cant locate any leaks in the housing. I tried the die test and am not finding anything. That being said it seems like a safe bet to go ahead and install a new skimmer. The pool tech that came to inspect the leaks found a...

Hello everyone. I sure hope someone can help me. We just purchased a home with a approximately 40 yr old pool....that has a few leaks. I was able to repair the all the leaks beside the skimmer leak. My problem is that the skimmer is encased in concrete so i cant see where the leak is coming...