Pool Leak

[David Link]

So this year when I pulled off my winter cover I notice that the water level was lower than what is usually is previous years. I just presumed it was due to evaporation and filled the pool up to the recommend level. I noticed over a few days the water level was dropping, there are no leaks in the plumbing or equipment, also I have looked around the outside of the entire pool and cannot find anything suggesting a leak, but when you are loosing 6+ inches over a 24hr period you know that there has to be a leak. I have done the bucket test and the bucket barely lost any water where the pool did. This pool is only 5 years old. What is the best way to find the leak. Do you let the water drain down and hope it stops at some point to help dial in where the leak may be coming from?

 

[zea3]

Do you have a main drain in the floor of the pool? If so that would be one place to check. You can also get leak detection dye or food coloring and squirt some in slowly around the perimeter and watch to see if the dye migrated to a specific spot on the pool wall. That is probably were a leak is located. How low was the water when you opened?

 

[David Link]

No main drain in pool. I always lower the pool level at the end of fall 6" below return. When I pulled the cover off I would estimate the water depth was roughly 2 to 2 1/2 feet

 

[Richard320]

Start looking for the leak at the level you found it at. If it was on the floor, you'd have opened to an empty pool.

 

[David Link]

true, but of course during the MN winter most of the water was ice

 

[zea3]

6+” in 24 hours is a pretty significant leak. If you cannot see a tear in the liner on the side wall, let it leak down until it stops and then check the liner.