EDIT - SKIP THIS FIRST POST - I THINK A GROUT LEAK - SEE SECOND POST.
I have been in discovery mode to find an autofill leak and finally had leak guy out. We shut off the line incoming line before it splits in two (pool and spa) and that stopped that leak. The line didn't hold pressure and there was a visible puddle near the pool equipment. He was unable to find the exact spot that day and ran out of time. It could be that it's too small and too deep for him to hear it.
Turning that off seems to have identified a spa problem in that it was dropping an inch a day and a bucket test confirmed the leak. I believe it's in the jets/bubbler system and not the filter system. My spa has 5 jets and in the image below you can see the the flow coming from them. Until I can get help with this I was going to close the entry points. They appear to be 2" Pentair (the jet directors were removed and not present when we bought the house) so maybe the interior is 1.5" which is the size I see most for plugs but it really looks more like 1.75 to me. Does that look right from the images below? The purpose of closing the five jets is merely to stop the leak which amounts to 30-40 gallons a day of 800-900 total. I understand I won't be able to use it and that's fine until I get this sorted out. This is my biggest question of the moment - any harm in doing that?
The last image is of the skimmer set up I think I have. Two drains in the spa. Trimmer plate is wide open at the moment.
I am left with a curiosity of whether I have two leaks or one related one.
What questions or insights might you all have? I am not well versed in this stuff so happy to provide images or answer questions.
Thanks in advance, Michael
I have been in discovery mode to find an autofill leak and finally had leak guy out. We shut off the line incoming line before it splits in two (pool and spa) and that stopped that leak. The line didn't hold pressure and there was a visible puddle near the pool equipment. He was unable to find the exact spot that day and ran out of time. It could be that it's too small and too deep for him to hear it.
Turning that off seems to have identified a spa problem in that it was dropping an inch a day and a bucket test confirmed the leak. I believe it's in the jets/bubbler system and not the filter system. My spa has 5 jets and in the image below you can see the the flow coming from them. Until I can get help with this I was going to close the entry points. They appear to be 2" Pentair (the jet directors were removed and not present when we bought the house) so maybe the interior is 1.5" which is the size I see most for plugs but it really looks more like 1.75 to me. Does that look right from the images below? The purpose of closing the five jets is merely to stop the leak which amounts to 30-40 gallons a day of 800-900 total. I understand I won't be able to use it and that's fine until I get this sorted out. This is my biggest question of the moment - any harm in doing that?
The last image is of the skimmer set up I think I have. Two drains in the spa. Trimmer plate is wide open at the moment.
I am left with a curiosity of whether I have two leaks or one related one.
What questions or insights might you all have? I am not well versed in this stuff so happy to provide images or answer questions.
Thanks in advance, Michael
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