Hey folks, details in signature, my pool is losing more water per day than evaporation can account for. Bucket test confirmed it's not evaporation, started leaking maybe 2 weeks ago (not sure if it's related but that's roughly when the weather started getting consistenly colder). I'm in Norcal (easy bay of San Francisco) so we don't get freezing temps, lowest at night now is mid to upper 40s.
I don't know for sure but think I am losing maybe 1-1.5 inches a day. I noticed the water loss and after doing the bucket test I put my pump into service mode to see if it would still leak with everything off and confirmed it kept leaking. After about a week I lost about a foot below the water line and leak appeared to stop, maybe an inch or so above my returns.
Did a dye test on my skimmer basket and surround area and couldn't find any obvious leaking points. Walking around my pool I don't see any obvious signs of wet ground near the returns, my pump/filter area is not pooling water. When I had my pump on, I had some small bubbles in the basket but not large enough bubbles to make me feel like significant air was getting in. I'm kind of at a loss of where else to look, I was thinking maybe doing a dye test around the returns/main drain/light fixtures, but my pool is like 60 degrees so not looking forward to that.
Called 3 companies in my area, all three are booked out for at least a month and are quoting MINIMUM $600 to do pressure/nitrogen line test, dye test and sonar test. I expected a few hundred dollars for an inspection but the cost right now seems insanely high. Is that cost normal or just due to the demand/season? Am I better off waiting a few months (since we're not using the pool) letting it drain then just refill it and get it tested then? Would love any and all advice.
I don't know for sure but think I am losing maybe 1-1.5 inches a day. I noticed the water loss and after doing the bucket test I put my pump into service mode to see if it would still leak with everything off and confirmed it kept leaking. After about a week I lost about a foot below the water line and leak appeared to stop, maybe an inch or so above my returns.
Did a dye test on my skimmer basket and surround area and couldn't find any obvious leaking points. Walking around my pool I don't see any obvious signs of wet ground near the returns, my pump/filter area is not pooling water. When I had my pump on, I had some small bubbles in the basket but not large enough bubbles to make me feel like significant air was getting in. I'm kind of at a loss of where else to look, I was thinking maybe doing a dye test around the returns/main drain/light fixtures, but my pool is like 60 degrees so not looking forward to that.
Called 3 companies in my area, all three are booked out for at least a month and are quoting MINIMUM $600 to do pressure/nitrogen line test, dye test and sonar test. I expected a few hundred dollars for an inspection but the cost right now seems insanely high. Is that cost normal or just due to the demand/season? Am I better off waiting a few months (since we're not using the pool) letting it drain then just refill it and get it tested then? Would love any and all advice.