- Jun 8, 2019
- 4,581
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Pulling this out of my intro thread as it probably deserves its own. Intro thread here: New Member / Owner Will summarize here.
I cleaned the sand out in my filter yesterday. I didn't take a note of the water level before doing so, but did on Saturday night around 8pm, and it was normal. By the time I was done with the sand replacement, around 3pm or so, I noticed our pool had dropped by around 8". With the surface being approx 16' x 36', that's around 2.8k gallons gone.
Put in some water from a couple of hoses. It wasn't filling as fast as math said it would, so I filled it up and marked the skimmer around 11pm. Checked on it at 7am, and it had lost ~3.5" of water. Plugged up the returns and main drain (it was already below the skimmer), marked it, checked at lunch around 11:30am, and it was down another 2". So it has to be a leak in the body of the pool itself.
Next step is to put some food dye around the edges of the pool, right? Especially around anywhere the vinyl might be compromised, like the steps, pool light, plumbing lines, etc.? Anything else I can do? By my calculations I'm losing ~3 gallons every minute.
I cleaned the sand out in my filter yesterday. I didn't take a note of the water level before doing so, but did on Saturday night around 8pm, and it was normal. By the time I was done with the sand replacement, around 3pm or so, I noticed our pool had dropped by around 8". With the surface being approx 16' x 36', that's around 2.8k gallons gone.
Put in some water from a couple of hoses. It wasn't filling as fast as math said it would, so I filled it up and marked the skimmer around 11pm. Checked on it at 7am, and it had lost ~3.5" of water. Plugged up the returns and main drain (it was already below the skimmer), marked it, checked at lunch around 11:30am, and it was down another 2". So it has to be a leak in the body of the pool itself.
Next step is to put some food dye around the edges of the pool, right? Especially around anywhere the vinyl might be compromised, like the steps, pool light, plumbing lines, etc.? Anything else I can do? By my calculations I'm losing ~3 gallons every minute.