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I have a 38ft * 15ft rectangular pool and the largest solar cover I could get was 35ft long so I had for a while a gap at the end of the pool. It still saved a heap of water evaporation and heated the pool by 9F. I found the biggest things with the solar cover was the ease of getting it on and...

I have a similar problem with fine particles and I find a combination of 1) vacuum on waste, which is good for an intense workout given a large pool and rapid water loss, but can stir things up a bit and 2) I vacuum a bit at a time, which is frustrating but saves water and keeps my pool warmer...

Thanks, I think the leak was more with the pump on. I'll check around the skimmer box mouth again with the food colouring, but last time this happened it went well below the skimmer boxes and still lost water. I have turned all the valves off and blocked the inlets. the water level is just on...

Thanks, It's mid summer here. Water temp is 28c/83F with a solar pool cover. I think I have 2 problems or 1 that varies a lot. I have been constantly losing a bit of water over and above evaporation, but sometimes I lose a heap of water overnight as in this case. In this case, I had the pool...

I have a major leak in my pool 20,000 gallons in ground concrete with vinyl liner 40ft * 19ft. Last night I lost nearly 650 gallons in 15 hours (with bucket test, so this is above evaporation of about 132 gallons) with the pump off. Help ! water level is still in skimmer boxes. This sort of leak...