I have had the pool continuously covered for the last 2 weeks with a thermal foam cover that is completely impermeable (i.e. not a mesh cover). The cover is tight fitting edge to edge, covers 100% of the pool surface. Daytime ambient and pool temps are hovering around 50F.
When doing a check today I was surprised to see water level had dropped about a 1/2 inch in 2 weeks. Equates to about 40 gallons of water loss per week.
I was expecting the cover should mean close to zero water loss, but is that realistic?
Also how would I do a leak detection test in this case? I can't really do the bucket test with the cover in place.
When doing a check today I was surprised to see water level had dropped about a 1/2 inch in 2 weeks. Equates to about 40 gallons of water loss per week.
I was expecting the cover should mean close to zero water loss, but is that realistic?
Also how would I do a leak detection test in this case? I can't really do the bucket test with the cover in place.