Before I start, thanks everyone for any suggestions and ideas you may share.
I am new here, new to owning a pool, and it wasn't the smooth start I expected.
This is the last 3 wks summary, but I will keep it short.
A local company opened our pool, shocked it really good but in about 2 days we lost 2 inches of water. Then the water loss stopped when multiple returns were still under water, one was half way (will later be identified as the leaking one) and below the skimmer line.
This is a salt water pool : vinyl, rectangular, with 2 steps to enter on the side. Hayward salt water filtration, with Hayward EcoStart variable pump. There are 4 returns in the pool. One on the deep end side, 2 where the steps are, 1 across from the steps (basically 3 on the shallow end).
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Basically how it looks like. RF is where they said there is a leak and put a rubber end in it. One of those black ones.
Result : No more leak.
Then we notice : the jet (return) on the deep end doesn't work anymore, no water coming out of. When I put my hand I feel nothing.
Days later we notice : filter pressure gauge reads 0psi in low speed (1750 rpm), 4 psi in high speed (3750 rpm)
We still can see water sucked in from the skimmer and the pump seeming to work fine.
Now we have come to a point, we seem to have lost the return across from the steps as well. We don't feel any water coming out of it.
Pressure gauge is reading 6-8 psi on high speed. (we just recently tried to vacuum the deep end) - maybe we did something?
All in all, we seem to have an extremely low psi reading, only ONE return working.
Is that OK to cap a return like that? Should we expect the other returns to stop working?
is the low pressure reading due to a faulty gauge? (I ordered a new one, will install in a couple days when it arrives)
I am all ears.
Thank you everyone.
I am new here, new to owning a pool, and it wasn't the smooth start I expected.
This is the last 3 wks summary, but I will keep it short.
A local company opened our pool, shocked it really good but in about 2 days we lost 2 inches of water. Then the water loss stopped when multiple returns were still under water, one was half way (will later be identified as the leaking one) and below the skimmer line.
This is a salt water pool : vinyl, rectangular, with 2 steps to enter on the side. Hayward salt water filtration, with Hayward EcoStart variable pump. There are 4 returns in the pool. One on the deep end side, 2 where the steps are, 1 across from the steps (basically 3 on the shallow end).
xxxxxRxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
x.................................x
x.................................R
x.................................x
xxRxxRFxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Basically how it looks like. RF is where they said there is a leak and put a rubber end in it. One of those black ones.
Result : No more leak.
Then we notice : the jet (return) on the deep end doesn't work anymore, no water coming out of. When I put my hand I feel nothing.
Days later we notice : filter pressure gauge reads 0psi in low speed (1750 rpm), 4 psi in high speed (3750 rpm)
We still can see water sucked in from the skimmer and the pump seeming to work fine.
Now we have come to a point, we seem to have lost the return across from the steps as well. We don't feel any water coming out of it.
Pressure gauge is reading 6-8 psi on high speed. (we just recently tried to vacuum the deep end) - maybe we did something?
All in all, we seem to have an extremely low psi reading, only ONE return working.
Is that OK to cap a return like that? Should we expect the other returns to stop working?
is the low pressure reading due to a faulty gauge? (I ordered a new one, will install in a couple days when it arrives)
I am all ears.
Thank you everyone.
