I bought a house in November in Detroit that had an inground all concrete pool. Having never owned a pool before I was stoked to find this site and all the good advice. So far I have figured out how to open it up and am in the process of shocking the ever living Crud out of it and clear up the cloudy water. Per the advice in other parts of the forum I have cleaned out the sand in the old sand filter I have(I have a new Tag filter but I was waiting to clean as much Crud out with the old sand and filter as I could before plumbing in the new filter and filling with new sand) and am running the filters 24/7 while scooping as much Crud that falls in as I can.
This brings me to my major problem: The more I run the filters the faster I am losing water. In the range of 300-400 gallons (about an inch-inch and a half) per 24 hours ran. When I filled the water up and started the pumps/filter it seemed to hold a steady amount of water(I was watching for lost water) but then a couple of days in it started losing noticable amounts of water. The more I ran the pumps the more it lost. Though I doubt it, is it possible that much is simply lost in evaporation? It's a free form pool basically consisting of 1 25' circle 3.5 feet deep and 1 15' circle about 9 feet deep With the water still being cloudy I can't be 100% sure the marcite isn't busted open somewhere but I didn't notice any bad spots when I first took the cover off when I was looking to buy it. Being November in Michigan the water was very clear so I think I would have seen it. If it IS a leak what is an inexpensive fix? I don't have a ton of cash but I'm pretty handy and not afraid of a little hard work. Thanks in advance.
This brings me to my major problem: The more I run the filters the faster I am losing water. In the range of 300-400 gallons (about an inch-inch and a half) per 24 hours ran. When I filled the water up and started the pumps/filter it seemed to hold a steady amount of water(I was watching for lost water) but then a couple of days in it started losing noticable amounts of water. The more I ran the pumps the more it lost. Though I doubt it, is it possible that much is simply lost in evaporation? It's a free form pool basically consisting of 1 25' circle 3.5 feet deep and 1 15' circle about 9 feet deep With the water still being cloudy I can't be 100% sure the marcite isn't busted open somewhere but I didn't notice any bad spots when I first took the cover off when I was looking to buy it. Being November in Michigan the water was very clear so I think I would have seen it. If it IS a leak what is an inexpensive fix? I don't have a ton of cash but I'm pretty handy and not afraid of a little hard work. Thanks in advance.