Rookie pool owner here! I have been steadily losing water in my pool. At first, I thought it was just the NC heat, but have realized it is not. I performed the bucket test with the pump off and I lost about an inch of water in 1.5 days. I bought some dye and went looking in all the common places I had read about. After about 1 hour I went and checked the strainers. I removed the basket and put some dye around the hole, finally noticing some movement.
I don't know if it is the only leak, but it's the only one I found so far. I am not sure what my next steps should be. Can any of you pros point me in the right direction?
18,000-gallon pool
Hayward Omnipro with a variable-speed pump.
I don't know if it is the only leak, but it's the only one I found so far. I am not sure what my next steps should be. Can any of you pros point me in the right direction?
18,000-gallon pool
Hayward Omnipro with a variable-speed pump.
Don't lose hope just yet. Dye falling into the suction line in your skimmer may not actually be a true leak. It may just be sinking into the pipe with no true "break" or crack to cause an active suction force outwards. Just saying it's possible. At some point a pressure test would be a more reliable way to know if you have a true break in the line. See my experience below with pressure testing and a IDY manifold.
