A fun couple weeks of very cold weather in NC. Long story short, my freeze protection did not work and I had a frozen pool/frozen PVC pipes/pump/filter, etc. Yesterday, the temperature was 66F and everything thawed out. I was finally able to shut the valves off to prevent the water from leaking out of the return pvc pipe where the exposed crack is. (didn't want to do this before in fear of cracking the valves). I lost about 8 inches of water before I was able to leave work and get home to shut the valves off. The water is now well below the skimmer lines. Now, there appears to be another area where water is pooling up about 12ft from the pool equipment. I am also losing about 1inch of water every 8hrs or so according to my measurements. I haven't repaired the exposed PVC crack yet, but all the valves are shut so no water should be coming from there.
Should I:
1) Drain the pool to stop the leak immediately? (I think this might be safe, but then I can't trouble shoot to find the leak)
2) Start digging and try to repair the PVC pipe underground? How can this be done if the water is still flowing from the main drain? Is there a way to stop this flow or plug the main drain
3) Any other ideas?
Should I:
1) Drain the pool to stop the leak immediately? (I think this might be safe, but then I can't trouble shoot to find the leak)
2) Start digging and try to repair the PVC pipe underground? How can this be done if the water is still flowing from the main drain? Is there a way to stop this flow or plug the main drain
3) Any other ideas?