Your air leak (if you have one) will most likely be at the pad. If it was underground, you would see dirty water coming into the pump basket.
Plumbing renovation advice
- Thread starter suburbiaboy
- Start date
- May 3, 2007
- 16,954
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I recently worked hired plumbers to check the leaks in my pool, with the help of a sewer inspection camera. They spotted the source of leak and fixed it permanently.
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@Arizonarob @mas985 I started to plan out rebuilding the pad over the weekend. Then I found this note by the previous owner which fills me with dread...
Looks like he was having issues with a previous configuration of the pad (1 skimmer, 2 outlets). He's talking about throttling the output – I can only assume he noticed, as I did the there was no air when the filter is more clogged. In the end it seems he rebuilt the pad and swapped one outlet to an inlet.
He also mentions possible impeller damage – again a sign he was looking for the source of bubbles in the pump – I don't know if he replaced the impeller but I've found other pump parts so I assume he probably did.
Looks like he was having issues with a previous configuration of the pad (1 skimmer, 2 outlets). He's talking about throttling the output – I can only assume he noticed, as I did the there was no air when the filter is more clogged. In the end it seems he rebuilt the pad and swapped one outlet to an inlet.
He also mentions possible impeller damage – again a sign he was looking for the source of bubbles in the pump – I don't know if he replaced the impeller but I've found other pump parts so I assume he probably did.
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I would still proceed as planned. I would plumb that as 2 returns and 1 suction (skimmer). You do not want that return plumbed as a suction port, as that creates an entrapment hazard.
So back to the way it was designed I guess. And then I would just run the vac off of the skimmer?