Towards the end of last pool season, I realized I had a leak somewhere in my pool. After doing some searching, I found a moist spot on the ground, and dug it up. I found that a tree root had partially pushed the main return line out of a rubber connector, which I'm assuming was from a previous repair. I left the hole uncovered for about a week after I fixed the line, and everything stayed dry.
After fixing that line, I noticed that I was still losing water, but I never found anymore moist spots. When I uncovered the pool this year, the water level was down a good bit (partially due to accidentally draining some of the water when I was draining the tarp off.. Whoops), so I filled it to just above the jets, and I let it sit for a few days to see if it would drop down below them. My thought there was if the water dropped below that level, than it's probably leaking in the returns. I also filled the skimmer area up with water to see if it would drop. Oddly, neither areas have lost very much water; a normal evaporation amount at best.
I've tried to look carefully around the vinyl liner to see if I could find any major holes, but I'm coming up short. Maybe the leak is small, and only does so while the pump is running? I would think it would be a somewhat decent leak, as I was having to put water in the pool every couple of days or so, to keep it above the skimmer level. The dirt around my filter and pump is dry, so I don't think it's leaking there. Any other ideas? I'm trying to do as much as I can before I drop a ton of money on a professional company.
After fixing that line, I noticed that I was still losing water, but I never found anymore moist spots. When I uncovered the pool this year, the water level was down a good bit (partially due to accidentally draining some of the water when I was draining the tarp off.. Whoops), so I filled it to just above the jets, and I let it sit for a few days to see if it would drop down below them. My thought there was if the water dropped below that level, than it's probably leaking in the returns. I also filled the skimmer area up with water to see if it would drop. Oddly, neither areas have lost very much water; a normal evaporation amount at best.
I've tried to look carefully around the vinyl liner to see if I could find any major holes, but I'm coming up short. Maybe the leak is small, and only does so while the pump is running? I would think it would be a somewhat decent leak, as I was having to put water in the pool every couple of days or so, to keep it above the skimmer level. The dirt around my filter and pump is dry, so I don't think it's leaking there. Any other ideas? I'm trying to do as much as I can before I drop a ton of money on a professional company.
