We moved in to an old place [23 yrs old] with a 16 x 32 [22,000 gal] pool. Somehow during the
day the water dropped to 6 inches. I was thinking the pool had a leak but when I filled it up
again today [with all 3 skimmers on - top, bottom and side jets] the water fell to only about 1
inch or so... where is the problem actually. Also behind the yard there were quite a lot of sand
[obviously I think from the Pool [hayward] filter. I did not see the sand initially coming. I
had an algae problem and backwashed a few time and also did a rinse for over 2 weeks. Pool is
getting more clearer now to almost as before, I went under did the "dye" test and remained still
but could not find the leak. I may have missed some but in the night I saw no bubbles etc coming
up. I check all the skimmers, piping, etc but nothing amiss. What is happening? Is it a liner
leak, piping, or when I was running the Barracuda G3 all day 24/7 for the past 7-8 days straight
that caused the leak then? It is an inground pool. I topped off water at 7pm and by the next day
after coming back from work at 4pm it drops to about 1-3 inches in a 16 x 32 [22-23,000 gallons]
and the top skimmer is sucking in nothing. It has controls for Backwash, along with rinse,
winterize, etc.
day the water dropped to 6 inches. I was thinking the pool had a leak but when I filled it up
again today [with all 3 skimmers on - top, bottom and side jets] the water fell to only about 1
inch or so... where is the problem actually. Also behind the yard there were quite a lot of sand
[obviously I think from the Pool [hayward] filter. I did not see the sand initially coming. I
had an algae problem and backwashed a few time and also did a rinse for over 2 weeks. Pool is
getting more clearer now to almost as before, I went under did the "dye" test and remained still
but could not find the leak. I may have missed some but in the night I saw no bubbles etc coming
up. I check all the skimmers, piping, etc but nothing amiss. What is happening? Is it a liner
leak, piping, or when I was running the Barracuda G3 all day 24/7 for the past 7-8 days straight
that caused the leak then? It is an inground pool. I topped off water at 7pm and by the next day
after coming back from work at 4pm it drops to about 1-3 inches in a 16 x 32 [22-23,000 gallons]
and the top skimmer is sucking in nothing. It has controls for Backwash, along with rinse,
winterize, etc.
