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I have a vinyl inground pool that is closed for the winter. Unfortunately, it has a leak and I'm losing about 1/4" a day. How low can I let the water get? I'd like to keep letting it go as it might help identify where the leak is. I've already been able to rule out returns. I'm honestly not all...

Hi all, I replaced my housing gasket on my Hayward SP2607X10 pump hoping that it would fix a small leak, but it didn't. Still getting a small leak. However, the leak is between the "motor mounting plate" and "seal plate" where there is no gasket. See the picture below, the leak is on the...

Hi all, Not sure the correct terminology here. I have a small-medium air leak. Using bubbles and a hose I was able to find where it was coming from. It's the threaded fitting that goes into my pump basket. Unfortunately, I don't see a way to tighten this without cutting PVC. I really want...

Thanks for the reply. Let me try tightening them and see if that helps. Unfortunately, I don't have a 9/16" socket (which is what I think I need 1/2" is too small), so I need to make a quick hardware store trip!

Just opened my pool for the year and unfortunately, I have a leak. Not sure how this happened. When I closed the pool, I removed the drain plugs from the pump. I thought that was enough, but perhaps I was wrong. Anyways, is this something I can fix? If I take the bolts off and pop off the...

Thanks! Ultimately, I think you're right. I'm limited with what I can do at this point. I have a strong feeling it's leaking in the main drain pot/gasket as I temporarily fixed it last year (a permanent fix will happen when we replace the liner). I'd preferably wait until the Spring and just...

Hi all, We closed our pool back in late September. I've noticed overtime that the water level was slowly going down. We're losing about 1/8" a day. For a while, I thought it might have just been evaporation. We have a mesh safety cover. I did a bucket test and the pool is consistently losing...

Hi all, Another evaporation question! I have a mesh safety cover (Looploc). I closed my pool a bit earlier this year. The weather has been pretty warm. Mostly in the 70s with a few days in the 80s, but I still went ahead and closed the pool. I check the pool chemicals about once a week and...

Hi all, My pool is winterized with a mesh safety cover. The water level in the pool was very high after some snow and rain we had. I threw in a pump and pumped out a couple thousand gallons to drop it about a foot. Unfortunately, I didn't extend the hose far enough away from the pool. Only...

I'm pretty certain I know exactly where the leak is, only because the dye is making it very obvious. If I put the dye right by the that screw, all of the dye is getting pulled in pretty forcefully. It's not doing it anywhere else. It's the same as it was the last time I had to fix this leak. If...

Thanks for the reply! It looks like the SPX1039Z18 is actually a #12 screw. I went to the hardware store and got a #12 screw that had a similar number of threads (stainless). I was actually able to cut it to length with a bolt cutter. I cut it to the same height as the ones that the installer...

Hi all, A few months ago I was brushing my pool when I hit the main drain cover pretty good. A few days later I noticed how much the pool had lost water and quickly found the leak down at the main drain. One of the screws that screws the gasket down to the main drain pot had come a bit loose. I...

I see on the pool calculator it has an input for baume. I was planning to go up to the hardware store and buy some muriatic acid but it doesn't have the baume listed. It says Hydrogen Chloride - 31.45%. Is that 20 baume...

Any way I could tell? Would it come off by brushing or feel different?

Hi all, My chlorine level was a bit high around 10 PPM. My CYA is around 30. It was around 10 for a few days and I sort of just kept it high because the pool was not in use and I wasn't able to check the chlorine level every day. We run our pump about 8 hours a day, but one day it was left off...

Thanks for the reply. I talked with a couple companies that said I shouldn't try larger screws as I have already stopped the leak and using larger ones could crack the drain (as you mentioned). So I figured I'd just use what I have now. I was able to stop the leak, so hopefully it holds. Looking...

Thanks for the help. I got a set of the SPX1039Z18. I used some flexible sealer on the screw just to give it some more grip. A local supplier had recommended it. Out of the 8 wrong screws, 3 were stripped with one of those contributing to the leak as it was not tightened enough on the gasket...

Thanks. Any options to get it to catch better so it will tighten? More Teflon tape?

Hi all, I had a leak in our main drain pot. I found one of the screws was loose and it was causing us to lose 1.5" a day. The hole must be too large as the screw was just spinning. I took it out and put some Teflon tape on it and put it back in. It still would not catch, but fortunately, the...

It's the screws shown here in the picture. I thought about trying a slightly larger screw but was a bit concerned about possibly cracking something.

The source of the leak appears to be a screw that is not catching. It's just spinning in there. I took it out, wrapped it up in Teflon tape and put it back. It's still spinning, but it stopped the leak at least. Not sure how long that will hold though. What easy fix can I do? Should I try...

Thanks for the help! Yes, I'll definitely plan on getting this fixed permanently with the next liner install. If I could hold off, that's the plan. I'd say my biggest concern is that if the leak happens again in the winter and the pool drains. I'll probably plan to keep a good eye on it and take...

It's possible the liner could float a bit, but I fortunately don't have to worry about the lift like a fiberglass or gunite. I haven't seen the liner lift yet. I'm not sure if it is as simple as replacing the gasket in this case. I wouldn't think so since I think the substrate being rugged is...

I have a paver patio on the other side of the pool, so can't dig there. However, I think I found the leak! Unfortunately, it's in the main drain gasket :( . Inside the main drain pot where the main drain pipe connects to the "pot" (or whatever you call it), up and to the left of that, the dye...

Thanks for the replies! The hydrostatic valve is plugged, a dye test helped confirm it was leaking their either. No pool light or steps either. I've been looking for a tear like crazy, but still can't find anything. I do have a leak detection company coming out, but they're booked up for the...

Hi all, I've been trying to find this pesky leak for a few days now. On Saturday, I noticed the water level seemed to be dropping quickly. Sure enough, we were losing about 1.5" inches a day. It seems as though we are losing the same amount of water regardless of whether the pump is running or...

Hi all, I posted about this in another thread about trying to find a leak, and now I have sort of found it. I gently dug about around some of the plumbing and hit some standing water about 16" below the surface. This is right under my concrete pool deck. The concrete pool deck is only 3...

I did check there. I didn't notice anything and no dye pulled there. I'm starting to get a bit skeptical that the leak is actually in the return line. It's possible that I don't have the threaded plug in tight enough. I just did it hand tight. Still seems like the water level is dropping. It's...

Haha yep! The water level in that hole is staying at a consistent level. When I vacuum it up, it just fills to the same height. So it's making me believe that the leak has got to be right around where that level is at. What makes it difficult is that as you remove some pea gravel, more of it...

If the plug doesn't work, it should drop below the skimmer here shortly. I did do a dye test around the skimmer and didn't notice anything. I feel like it would have pulled the dye if it were leaking there given how much water I'm losing. I did do some digging this afternoon and I think I found...