I closed my pool several weeks ago and placed the winter cover and leaf net on it. I decided to get one more year out of my "solid" cover for another season even though I knew some moisture was coming through from the pool water. Last week I noticed the cover seemed lower than it should have been so I checked out the water level near the skimmer and it looked like I had lost around 2 inches from when I shut it down. I figured when I pumped water off the cover (we have had rain almost every day for a month, which is unusual) I was actually pulling some through the cover, so I refilled the pool to just below the skimmer.
Early this week I thought the cover looked low again, without any pumping water off of the cover, and it was back to several inches below the skimmer - and this was with several inches of water on the cover. I never took physics, but I was thinking the weight of water on the cover would push the water in the pool higher? I even tried the evaporation test and the pool lost around 1/2 inch in two days, while the water in the bucket didn't budge. Either way I am now at the point that I presume I have a leak somewhere. I called the place that I purchased it from in 2008 /installed it and they said they were booked solid for new pools and nothing could be done until the spring due to colder weather setting in. I told them I was concerned that if I kept losing water, the sides could collapse. They said, yep, that was a possibility.
If I continue to lose water, is there anything I can do to try to prevent a collapse before winter weather sets in or should I just plan on the possibility of replacing the pool in the spring? Ugh!
Early this week I thought the cover looked low again, without any pumping water off of the cover, and it was back to several inches below the skimmer - and this was with several inches of water on the cover. I never took physics, but I was thinking the weight of water on the cover would push the water in the pool higher? I even tried the evaporation test and the pool lost around 1/2 inch in two days, while the water in the bucket didn't budge. Either way I am now at the point that I presume I have a leak somewhere. I called the place that I purchased it from in 2008 /installed it and they said they were booked solid for new pools and nothing could be done until the spring due to colder weather setting in. I told them I was concerned that if I kept losing water, the sides could collapse. They said, yep, that was a possibility.
If I continue to lose water, is there anything I can do to try to prevent a collapse before winter weather sets in or should I just plan on the possibility of replacing the pool in the spring? Ugh!
