I know I am probably being pretty paranoid, but I am worried I have a leak again in my pool I had my pool resurfaced about 2.5 years ago. However, my solid safety cover filled up with water the other day because my pump broke leading to 2 straps to rip on my tension cover . Fortunately there was enough strap left on both to put the cover back on.
I noticed right before this happened the pool cover was sagging way to far down and you could hear a dripping/trickling sound or a sound like a frog swimming in the water. I live in NC and we had 2 very large snow/ice storms almost back to back which is unusual for here and caused the cover to sag down really far. Is it possible all the water loss was caused by the weight of the cover forcing the water out of the pool? I feel like I lost 2 to 3 feet of water after this. I lost enough water that I was able to fill my pool up for 24 hrs straight today with a hose and the water is still not back up to the bottom of the skimmer basket yet. Just as an fyi I have a 20 by 40 ft pool which holds about 38,000 gallons when full. It has an 11 ft deep end, in it.
I say all this to say under my pool tension cover when you go outside at night now you can hear a dripping/trickling sound even after filling up the pool back near the bottom of the skimmer. The weird thing is, is it isn't a constant dripping sound it is sporadic, but if you stand outside long for about 3 or 4 minutes you will hear the sound like 2 or 3 times. I just had my pool resurfaced about 2 to 3 years ago and my system was pressure tested by a leak detection company and it wasn't leaking. Is my pool leaking again? A sound of water dripping randomly under the safety cover isn't normal right? It literally sounds like if you had a sink full of water and you hear a leaky faucet dripping a few times every now and then into the water. I am afraid a pipe busted. I was told by 3 different companies not to drain below my skimmer baskets just put a milk jug in the skimmer and no need to plug the returns that in North Carolina it doesn't get cold enough to bust the pipes.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on? This pool has become a money pit!
I noticed right before this happened the pool cover was sagging way to far down and you could hear a dripping/trickling sound or a sound like a frog swimming in the water. I live in NC and we had 2 very large snow/ice storms almost back to back which is unusual for here and caused the cover to sag down really far. Is it possible all the water loss was caused by the weight of the cover forcing the water out of the pool? I feel like I lost 2 to 3 feet of water after this. I lost enough water that I was able to fill my pool up for 24 hrs straight today with a hose and the water is still not back up to the bottom of the skimmer basket yet. Just as an fyi I have a 20 by 40 ft pool which holds about 38,000 gallons when full. It has an 11 ft deep end, in it.
I say all this to say under my pool tension cover when you go outside at night now you can hear a dripping/trickling sound even after filling up the pool back near the bottom of the skimmer. The weird thing is, is it isn't a constant dripping sound it is sporadic, but if you stand outside long for about 3 or 4 minutes you will hear the sound like 2 or 3 times. I just had my pool resurfaced about 2 to 3 years ago and my system was pressure tested by a leak detection company and it wasn't leaking. Is my pool leaking again? A sound of water dripping randomly under the safety cover isn't normal right? It literally sounds like if you had a sink full of water and you hear a leaky faucet dripping a few times every now and then into the water. I am afraid a pipe busted. I was told by 3 different companies not to drain below my skimmer baskets just put a milk jug in the skimmer and no need to plug the returns that in North Carolina it doesn't get cold enough to bust the pipes.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on? This pool has become a money pit!