I have a 40x20 pool and I think I have a leak in a water pipe.
During the winter when the filter is winterized, I have to drain out excess water from the pool, so I don't think there is a leak in the liner.
I also used the food coloring test and couldn't find any leaks in the liner.
My installer put a drain pipe that drains any excess water that may settle outside the pool liner.
I have a wall skimmer and 2 drains in the bottom of the pool.
When the top skimmer is turned off and only the bottom drains are sucking to the filter, I loose about 1/4 inch water overnight-- which I keep pool at 85 and still gets cool at night and in the mornings, I see the steam coming off the pool, so I know I'm loosing to evaportation. There is no water draining from the drain pipe mentioned above.
However, when I turn the wall skimmer on, I loose water around 1 inch or more per day and there is a water stream that comes out of the drain pipe mentioned above. So, my common sense would be there is a leak in the underground pipes flowing from the wall skimmer to the filter.
Does that sound right? Or if there is a leak on the floor drains, when I switch to 100% floor drain suction, would that mask a leak on the bottom drains if the pipe were leaking down there?
Any advice would be appreciated in what you think and/or any other tests I may try?
Thank you.
During the winter when the filter is winterized, I have to drain out excess water from the pool, so I don't think there is a leak in the liner.
I also used the food coloring test and couldn't find any leaks in the liner.
My installer put a drain pipe that drains any excess water that may settle outside the pool liner.
I have a wall skimmer and 2 drains in the bottom of the pool.
When the top skimmer is turned off and only the bottom drains are sucking to the filter, I loose about 1/4 inch water overnight-- which I keep pool at 85 and still gets cool at night and in the mornings, I see the steam coming off the pool, so I know I'm loosing to evaportation. There is no water draining from the drain pipe mentioned above.
However, when I turn the wall skimmer on, I loose water around 1 inch or more per day and there is a water stream that comes out of the drain pipe mentioned above. So, my common sense would be there is a leak in the underground pipes flowing from the wall skimmer to the filter.
Does that sound right? Or if there is a leak on the floor drains, when I switch to 100% floor drain suction, would that mask a leak on the bottom drains if the pipe were leaking down there?
Any advice would be appreciated in what you think and/or any other tests I may try?
Thank you.
