Following up to a happy resolution.
I called Atlantic leak detection - in the link above - and made the right call. They were excellent and found the leak fairly quickly. A large open seam between the skimmer and the concrete, sucking up the dye ike candy. They epoxied it and it's done - after a whole season of extra water, chemicals, salt, headaches.....
I called the installer and they are paying for the fix. If the epoxy doesnt hold, they will remove the coping stone over the skimmer and be more definitive - although atlantic said it should hold for a good long while.
The owner of my pool company over-trusted his workers who clearly dropped the ball. The most frustrating thing in all this is that they never once believed me when I told them my pool is leaking like mad. The computer program they use to detect tiny leaks has a large margin of error. Atlantic got rid of that system a long while ago, since it never was reliable.
I called Atlantic leak detection - in the link above - and made the right call. They were excellent and found the leak fairly quickly. A large open seam between the skimmer and the concrete, sucking up the dye ike candy. They epoxied it and it's done - after a whole season of extra water, chemicals, salt, headaches.....
I called the installer and they are paying for the fix. If the epoxy doesnt hold, they will remove the coping stone over the skimmer and be more definitive - although atlantic said it should hold for a good long while.
The owner of my pool company over-trusted his workers who clearly dropped the ball. The most frustrating thing in all this is that they never once believed me when I told them my pool is leaking like mad. The computer program they use to detect tiny leaks has a large margin of error. Atlantic got rid of that system a long while ago, since it never was reliable.
