- Apr 8, 2007
- 1,617
- Pool Size
- 17450
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Our 18x33x52 saltwater AG pool is 4 years old. This spring has been extremely early and heated up fairly fast. Last year at this time I still had a lot of snow on the ground and we were just starting to fight our floods in the valley. Thats all done and over for weeks now. While the nights are still often very cold (lower 20s) the days sometimes are getting into the upper 50s and even hit 60. Our 18' round never had odd melts and neither has this pool, but then melt off has always been SLLLLLOOOOOWWWW - like starting to melt at the end of April so there is a single big floating chunk in the center of the pool at the end of the melt. So you are aware - we have a flow through Arctic Armor micromesh winter cover so water can flow through the cover both ways - IT IS STILL ON THE POOL EXCEPT IN ONE CORNER THE CABLE CAME OFF AND IT HAS PULLED DOWN AND AWAY FROM THE SIDE
To make a long story short - my pool was drained about 12" below the skimmer and return last fall so there really only was about 2' of water or so in there at closing. I drained it that low as we often get soooo much snow or ice storms that fill it up and it was quite full in January. WELL my pool has melted IN THE CENTER and left a ring almost 2.5'-3' wide x 3' tall all around the edges - there is only about 3" of water on the bottom in the center - what the ???????? I know it's been really windy and warm during the days - could my water be evaporating out?? Do you suppose there is a leak dead center or somewhere in the middle? I don't see wet areas anywhere on any side of the pool - it's all very dry groiund around. I am at a loss - I've had pools for 16 years and never seen this, but then we have never had a spring like this in recorded history either - any thoughts???? Thanks
To make a long story short - my pool was drained about 12" below the skimmer and return last fall so there really only was about 2' of water or so in there at closing. I drained it that low as we often get soooo much snow or ice storms that fill it up and it was quite full in January. WELL my pool has melted IN THE CENTER and left a ring almost 2.5'-3' wide x 3' tall all around the edges - there is only about 3" of water on the bottom in the center - what the ???????? I know it's been really windy and warm during the days - could my water be evaporating out?? Do you suppose there is a leak dead center or somewhere in the middle? I don't see wet areas anywhere on any side of the pool - it's all very dry groiund around. I am at a loss - I've had pools for 16 years and never seen this, but then we have never had a spring like this in recorded history either - any thoughts???? Thanks