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Following up on this thread... I had my original pool builder open the pool and they confirmed the leak and the same behavior. Water was flowing up from the ground about 3 feet from the edge of the decking. It made about a 6 inch high fountain when the return lines were in use. In addition -...

I didn't notice any water loss before the technician came and closed the pool. Now the water level is below the returns and appears stable.

I recently had my in-ground concrete pool closed and during the process the technician discovered a leak in the return lines. When he pressurized the return lines, air and water came up from under ground about 3 feet from the edge of the concrete decking (which is 4ft wide). When I got home I...

Update: The pool company came out today and repaired the area and according to them it wasn't rebar - it was a small fragment of metal that likely got embedded in the concrete when the pool was shot. They said they see this problem occasionally. They said they chiseled out all the...

My pool company inspected the stain yesterday and confirmed it is rebar. The guy also said "good thing you have a 3 year plaster warranty which will cover it". The pool has a lifetime (for original owner) warranty for the shell and plumbing. Seems like claiming this is a plaster problem is...

Yeah - this is not a good problem to have. Everything is under warranty still so I should only have to pay for refilling the water and chemicals to rebalance afterwards. So far my builder hasn't been overly responsive though. Even if they do repair this one spot, it seems like something I'll...

Update: I got in the pool today and examined more closely and there is definitely about a dime size hole in the plaster at the center of this stain! How is that possible? The pool is only 3 years old and the plaster otherwise looks great. I can't tell if it's just concrete in the bare spot...

Sorry for not getting pictures originally! You can just see the small blue/black part of the stain just above the center of the main rust/brown stain.

Just recently I had one very distinct brownish stain show up on my wall about 2 feet below the surface in the deep end. It's got a really dark center about the size of a quarter with 3 streaks about 3-6 inches long coming out of it. In the same area there are also a couple small dark...