Hey everybody,
Thanks so much for all your past help. A recap of our pool:
We are new pool owners - it came with the house, we bought in July and we love having it.
type - inground, vinyl liner - liner is probably 5-10(maybe more) years old
Size - 10x20, 5.5' deep at deepest (pushing towards 6 if the pool is really full)
pump - Hayward 1 HP max-flo self priming.
local - central South Carolina - temps daytime high 60's to 70's, lowest about 45 at night (usually 50's). I haven't switched from AC to heat inside.
Extra background information:
3 weeks ago one of the PVC lines from pump to filter developed a slow leak. We could have added ANOTHER coupler to the joints already in the line - there had been about 6 other repairs made to this line... Instead we replace the entire line - no problem, simple. This leak was masking a funner one coming from under the pump. Upon research, this appeared to probably be the drive shaft seal. BTW - not the drive shaft seal. I'll be overhauling the pump entirely because it probably needs it. So, the pool filter has not been running for the last 10 days - because it wasn't the shaft seal and we had to go out of town and the toilet started running and the bathtub faucet started dripping - the bathtub faucet is officially dead to me for the rest of the day. That's a completely different level of entertainment that if anyone wants, I'll be happy to share that fun. IT SHOULD have been SIMPLE. So anyway, back to this travelogue.
The current question:
About 2 weeks ago the temps finally dropped enough to quit using the pool, even with the solar cover being kept on when not in use. 11 days ago, I added water to the pool prior to checking the pump repair. This brought the water level to a little above the 1st step. For the last 10 days the pump has not been running and the solar cover has been in place. The skies have been a mix of sunny and cloudy during the day with some rain. Several days ago, I noticed some evaporation that I was a little surprised by. I had a sick child and other obligations and didn't pay much attention until this morning when I look out and the water level is to the bottom of the second step! Measuring that distance seems to be about 7" maybe a little more.
So here's my question, could this just be evaporation, or is something more sinister at play here?
Thanks so much for all your past help. A recap of our pool:
We are new pool owners - it came with the house, we bought in July and we love having it.
type - inground, vinyl liner - liner is probably 5-10(maybe more) years old
Size - 10x20, 5.5' deep at deepest (pushing towards 6 if the pool is really full)
pump - Hayward 1 HP max-flo self priming.
local - central South Carolina - temps daytime high 60's to 70's, lowest about 45 at night (usually 50's). I haven't switched from AC to heat inside.
Extra background information:
3 weeks ago one of the PVC lines from pump to filter developed a slow leak. We could have added ANOTHER coupler to the joints already in the line - there had been about 6 other repairs made to this line... Instead we replace the entire line - no problem, simple. This leak was masking a funner one coming from under the pump. Upon research, this appeared to probably be the drive shaft seal. BTW - not the drive shaft seal. I'll be overhauling the pump entirely because it probably needs it. So, the pool filter has not been running for the last 10 days - because it wasn't the shaft seal and we had to go out of town and the toilet started running and the bathtub faucet started dripping - the bathtub faucet is officially dead to me for the rest of the day. That's a completely different level of entertainment that if anyone wants, I'll be happy to share that fun. IT SHOULD have been SIMPLE. So anyway, back to this travelogue.
The current question:
About 2 weeks ago the temps finally dropped enough to quit using the pool, even with the solar cover being kept on when not in use. 11 days ago, I added water to the pool prior to checking the pump repair. This brought the water level to a little above the 1st step. For the last 10 days the pump has not been running and the solar cover has been in place. The skies have been a mix of sunny and cloudy during the day with some rain. Several days ago, I noticed some evaporation that I was a little surprised by. I had a sick child and other obligations and didn't pay much attention until this morning when I look out and the water level is to the bottom of the second step! Measuring that distance seems to be about 7" maybe a little more.
So here's my question, could this just be evaporation, or is something more sinister at play here?
