Hi there,
{sorry this is so long!}
I've posted in the past before, regarding possibly putting in a pool in our home in CA, and that's probably scrapped for now, but still have our inground spa...
I'm hoping that someone can help me with an issue we are having with our house in South Florida. Our house is vacant right now (trying to get a new tenant) and I have a pool guy and use a property manager from a real estate company. It seems that lately, even with no rain, the pool has been increasing water, to the point of overflowing, and there's water flooded all over the place:
- Pool guy thinks it's a broken sprinkler. Says there is no automatic or manual fill valve on the pool.
- Lawn guy checked sprinkler, thinks part of problem is where gutter downspouts are positioned.
- Water company definitely shows major increase in water usage. (2000 gallons, then 6,000, then 15,000 over the past few months with the house empty)
- Property manager and my real estate agent do not want to mess with turning off the water valve outside the house, since it's rusted and they are afraid of breaking it
- Plumber can't arrive until Monday, pool guy can't go back until next week
Here is my thought, but the pool guy said he's pretty sure this is not the case:
- Here in CA, our inground spa has a manual fill valve, a round valve that fills the spa if you open the valve, right next to the garden hose bib; it is not located near the pool equipment.
- Through my research on a new pool, discovered there is such a thing as an automatic fill valve
- In all the years we lived in our house in FL, 2005-2013, we had a pool guy, and occasionally my husband would have to drain the pool using the waste hose at the pool equipment. We cannot recall ever having to fill the pool manually, whether by turning a valve or adding water from the garden hose
- One time here in CA, I was wondering why our spa was starting to take on water, when there was no rain. Pool guy said there was some play in the round valve to fill the spa, and it was not entirely closed, therefore was slowly trickling in water.
I am thinking what is happening in FL is similar to my discovery in CA, that if the valve is not fully closed, it will slowly add water.
I asked the property manager to take some pictures of the pool equipment, and I am hoping someone here can identify if there is, indeed, a manual fill valve. Unfortunately she did not get an overall pic, but took some closer ones of where she thinks there might be a valve that is the culprit. The pics here are what she sent me, including a pic that shows the coping is wet, but the surrounding pavers are not, which has to mean it's coming from the pool, not something else overflowing into the pool.
One other thing: The pool guy mentioned something about having one or two of those round skimmer type covers, and I forget what he said they mean, in terms of whether there is a fill valve. Now that I saw the pics, it shows two covers, near the pool planter area.
Unfortunately, I do not have the specs for the pool or the pool equipment. I can probably get pics taken that show model numbers.
If anyone would kindly let me know if they think any of these levers can add water to the pool, it would be so greatly appreciated!
Thank you!!
Cindy
{sorry this is so long!}
I've posted in the past before, regarding possibly putting in a pool in our home in CA, and that's probably scrapped for now, but still have our inground spa...
I'm hoping that someone can help me with an issue we are having with our house in South Florida. Our house is vacant right now (trying to get a new tenant) and I have a pool guy and use a property manager from a real estate company. It seems that lately, even with no rain, the pool has been increasing water, to the point of overflowing, and there's water flooded all over the place:
- Pool guy thinks it's a broken sprinkler. Says there is no automatic or manual fill valve on the pool.
- Lawn guy checked sprinkler, thinks part of problem is where gutter downspouts are positioned.
- Water company definitely shows major increase in water usage. (2000 gallons, then 6,000, then 15,000 over the past few months with the house empty)
- Property manager and my real estate agent do not want to mess with turning off the water valve outside the house, since it's rusted and they are afraid of breaking it
- Plumber can't arrive until Monday, pool guy can't go back until next week
Here is my thought, but the pool guy said he's pretty sure this is not the case:
- Here in CA, our inground spa has a manual fill valve, a round valve that fills the spa if you open the valve, right next to the garden hose bib; it is not located near the pool equipment.
- Through my research on a new pool, discovered there is such a thing as an automatic fill valve
- In all the years we lived in our house in FL, 2005-2013, we had a pool guy, and occasionally my husband would have to drain the pool using the waste hose at the pool equipment. We cannot recall ever having to fill the pool manually, whether by turning a valve or adding water from the garden hose
- One time here in CA, I was wondering why our spa was starting to take on water, when there was no rain. Pool guy said there was some play in the round valve to fill the spa, and it was not entirely closed, therefore was slowly trickling in water.
I am thinking what is happening in FL is similar to my discovery in CA, that if the valve is not fully closed, it will slowly add water.
I asked the property manager to take some pictures of the pool equipment, and I am hoping someone here can identify if there is, indeed, a manual fill valve. Unfortunately she did not get an overall pic, but took some closer ones of where she thinks there might be a valve that is the culprit. The pics here are what she sent me, including a pic that shows the coping is wet, but the surrounding pavers are not, which has to mean it's coming from the pool, not something else overflowing into the pool.
One other thing: The pool guy mentioned something about having one or two of those round skimmer type covers, and I forget what he said they mean, in terms of whether there is a fill valve. Now that I saw the pics, it shows two covers, near the pool planter area.
Unfortunately, I do not have the specs for the pool or the pool equipment. I can probably get pics taken that show model numbers.
If anyone would kindly let me know if they think any of these levers can add water to the pool, it would be so greatly appreciated!
Thank you!!
Cindy