I live in Michigan and I was losing a good amount of water over the winter. I had to fill up the pool multiple times on a warm enough day to keep it from getting too low. On my shallow end, the water got as low as 12”.
I suspect there is a leak in the main drain. I have someone coming to perform a leak detection. In the meantime, I was planning on plugging the main drain with a rubber plug. If I notice the water level is holding, then that will confirm a definite leak in the main drain/line.
If that’s the case and the only way to fix it is through digging it up and shelling out thousands to do that…. Can I just keep the main drain plugged permanently and only use the skimmer to filter and circulate my pool? I’ve seen a few other posts about a main drain not being a necessity in a pool.
My other question would be for winterizing, how could I get the water out of the main drain that’s just sitting in the pipe from being plugged in?
I suspect there is a leak in the main drain. I have someone coming to perform a leak detection. In the meantime, I was planning on plugging the main drain with a rubber plug. If I notice the water level is holding, then that will confirm a definite leak in the main drain/line.
If that’s the case and the only way to fix it is through digging it up and shelling out thousands to do that…. Can I just keep the main drain plugged permanently and only use the skimmer to filter and circulate my pool? I’ve seen a few other posts about a main drain not being a necessity in a pool.
My other question would be for winterizing, how could I get the water out of the main drain that’s just sitting in the pipe from being plugged in?
