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  1. cancuntom

    Pool Leak

    I have a question that perhaps you could reply to? When the 2 skimmers were originally put in as the pool was being built I noted that there are 2 drop outs of their bottoms. The pool builder tee'd them together just out of the skimmers and I've always thought that one pipe should be go back to...
  2. cancuntom

    Pool Leak

    tstex, Thanks for the reply. We have done the dye tests with no results. The pool pro just left and he will be back on Monday. He is going to run a pressure leak down test on the 3 lights. It means digging the lawn up in 3 spots and if we get lucky and find the one we suspect may be where the...
  3. cancuntom

    Troubleshoot Pool Leak

    We also have a can not find water leak. We've tried the red dye trick at every place the pool walls are penetrated, and no leakage was evident. Our construction is a concrete bottom pad with two drains back to the pump room, concrete cinder block side walls, then stucco covering the blocks and...
  4. cancuntom

    Slow leaking pool

    Our pool is oval shaped and approx. 16' wide and 30' long and a uniform 4'-6" deep. It is 10 seasons old. It was built using concrete blocks which were then covered with stucco and then 1" sq. ceramic tiles. It has 3 lights, 2 skimmers, and 8 jets. It is a chrorine based chemistry. It has...
  5. cancuntom

    Tropical Storm Ida and our swimming pool

    The rains have stopped for awhile now and I was able to pump 7" of water out of the pool. Ida seems to be gaining strength and will possibly become a hurricane again before arriving here in Cancun tomorrow sometime. So I guess this is the calm before the storm. I dosed the pool with a large...
  6. cancuntom

    Tropical Storm Ida and our swimming pool

    Tropical storm Ida is heading towards Cancun where we live. It's been raining sideways for the past hour. The pool is now about to spill over into the garden. I can't pump it's level down again becuase the pump room had 2-3" of water in it and it's at garden level. All the surronding streets are...