Been in the house for 20 years, and periodically have had to patch up small cracks around the skimmers as they pull away from the gunite, so I know I have a settling problem. But this time, I keep leaking from somewhere else even after repair
I did some pressure testing today by closing off one or the other drain at the bottom of each skimmer, and I am able to draw air into the system from Below one of my skimmers, so I know the pipe running from that skimmer to the pump must have a crack.
This is consistent with my understanding of how this usually goes, as the ground settles, but skimmer is largely fixed to the pool, the pipe is pulled away and cracks, almost always very near the skimmer.
Will this require removal of my concrete deck in that area for Access and repair? Is there such a thing as an internal patch, especially if on fiber optic inspection there is not significant pipe displacement across the crack, ie, it is still largely planar?
Or is that wish for a minimalist repair just a "pipe" dream?
I did some pressure testing today by closing off one or the other drain at the bottom of each skimmer, and I am able to draw air into the system from Below one of my skimmers, so I know the pipe running from that skimmer to the pump must have a crack.
This is consistent with my understanding of how this usually goes, as the ground settles, but skimmer is largely fixed to the pool, the pipe is pulled away and cracks, almost always very near the skimmer.
Will this require removal of my concrete deck in that area for Access and repair? Is there such a thing as an internal patch, especially if on fiber optic inspection there is not significant pipe displacement across the crack, ie, it is still largely planar?
Or is that wish for a minimalist repair just a "pipe" dream?