Hi TFP'ers - We have a 20*40 vinyl in ground pool, replaced the pump 2 seasons ago. Winterized ourselves and opened the pool up Easter weekend this year. Water was high but plugs were in place. Got the system up and running and noticed we were losing about an inch of water a day. Plugged the skimmer line and water held, so we started circulating from the diving well line alone, feeling pretty confident the leak was in the skimmer line vs the box or the liner since the plugged line stopped the water loss. Called a few pool contractors and couldn't get anyone to come.out and pressurize the line/listen for leaks until Tues 6/13. Crazy. Team came.out and found the leak by pressurizing and listening for bubbles. I unfortunately did not watch everything they did. Since they left we cannot get the pump to prime...now more than a week later. We've tried to prime manually, we've tried with both the skimmer and diving well lines open, with the skimmer line closed....nothing has worked. We've tried to communicate with the leak detection contractor to understand what they did but he hasn't returned calls. We've checked the o-rings....everything seems fine. Just cannot figure out how air is getting in the system. Is it possible putting the skimmer line under pressure made the leak a lot worse?
Related - the leak company doesn't want to bust into our deck to do the fix because of the pebble finish....they recommended Leaktronics PipeFuze...any homeowner experiences with that system?
Thanks in advance!
Pictures added. In the pic that shows the spa.....the leak was detected under the stepping stone which is why it's there.
Related - the leak company doesn't want to bust into our deck to do the fix because of the pebble finish....they recommended Leaktronics PipeFuze...any homeowner experiences with that system?
Thanks in advance!
Pictures added. In the pic that shows the spa.....the leak was detected under the stepping stone which is why it's there.
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