How Do I Find an In-Ground Pool Leak? : Pool Maintenance
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You can find an in-ground pool leak by doing what is called the bucket test. Find an in-ground pool leak with help from a swimming pool and hot tub spa expert in this free video clip.
Expert: Daniel Harrison
Filmmaker: Jose Varela
Series Description: Pools and spas can make a great addition to your home, but it's important that you realize just what a responsibility they really are. Find out about pool maintenance with help from a swimming pool and hot tub spa expert in this free video series. - Jak na to + styl
What kind of rubber plugs do you buy?
Absolutely brilliant video! Great instruction and tech. Thanks.
I can't thank you enough for this informative video.
Excellent advice, thanks!! It’s much appreciated!!
Thank you! Very straight forward instructions
Thank you so very much for this knowledge!
Hi,
Question, currently have a new pool being built. They finished the shotcrete and noticed that one of the umbrella holes is a bit deep where it does not hold water that long, not lasting more than 5minutes telling me that its going beyond the concrete. Should I be concerned and if so whats the best way to fix that with concrete epoxy or just add some more concrete?
Thanks for the info.. it will make it a lot easier for me to find out if I got a leak.. :)
My sand filtier is leaking along the seam towards the top of the filter....is it time for a new filter or patch of patch with what? I've tried silicone etc
Fantastic and so helpful. thanks for the quick video
Thanks Dan
Very good video 👍🏼
Great video!
If the pool is leaking so much that the level is below the skimmer and it continuous to lose below the skimmer...then the leak is not in the skimmer.. Unless you have a leak in the skimmer and some other place below..
Hi Dan, I thought it was the pool liner itself. Now I am hopeful! We have trees on one side of the pool near the pool equipment and I am betting it is the supply and return lines cracked open by roots. Water level stops just below skimmer basket. Getting out my demo hammer now. Thanks enormously.
Thank you.
thanks
Where can I find the rubber plugs
Excellent video
Good video
really good info. i would suggest getting a microphone and a camera wo a digital zoom. also get close up shots of things you are instructing on
My inground pool has a leak and the pool water level goes down and stays steady; hence I figure the leak has to be at the water line. How do I find it ???
We have drained our spa as we are going to re-pebbletec it when our new pool goes in. We have a sprinkler leak in the yard that we can fix. However, after draining our in ground pebbletec/plaster spa and turning off the yard sprinklers, we see a wet patch coming in through the pebbeltec? We are going to have to tell the pool installers but how hard is it to repair leaking through plaster and pebble tec?
I noticed that My pool started to lose water after i changed the whole pool system. The skimmer, the filter and the cell. Could it be related to this change?
My water level will not go above bottom of skimmer frame! Any thoughts
Thank you for this valuable information. I have a 20x40 vinyl lined inground pool with 1 skimmer. Suspect a leak. Will do the bucket test but I have 2 questions if you wound please address:
1. If I allow the water level to drop below the skimmer and the water level stabilizes, would this be adequate evidence to diagnosis the skimmer as the leak source?
2. Given the variables of temperature, wind, dew point etc. Is there a maximum level of water drop which would absolutely indicate leakage vs. evaporation? I live in the Pittsburgh Pa. area and lost 2 inches of water in about 2-3 weeks.
Your question is a little old, today is Dec 9th. Normal evaporation is about a 1/4" a day I'm told. What was the result of your investigation? I'm looking for a leak in My inground. pool. An Inch a day...
I did not see if you plug the main drain? would that be with the jets or the skimmer?
Franco Sanjinez it would be with the skimmer....his was pluged from the bottom
first thing you should check is the backwash line on the sand filter if that is what you have.
Thanks Dan, I was on the right track but know you filled in the blanks, I know it is not evaporation.
Hey Dan, trouble in paradise here in Bali. We have a tile pool with a leak below the light. How would you go about finding the leak. I’ve tried ink and numerous other methods in trying to repair including * relocating the return water.
Mine was leaking at the water fall spout so i had to dig 7 feet down and 10 feet over to get to it. it looked like a cave ...
Should the pool be running the pump while you fill the pool
How about the drains in middle of pool in the ground ?
At 1:32, where I can buy the rubber plugs?
Silly question. I can see two small hairline cracks in the bottom of my skimmer. I have every thing plugged except the light and the drain.
20 by 40 in ground pool, I lose water almost an inch or more in 24/48 hours in plugged state..
I struggle to think those small crack could lose that much water, am I incorrect in my thinking?
I'm struggling with an inch water loss in 24 hours and then it stops just above the skimmer entry point. I have been using a+ B epoxy putty everywhere and it hasn't resolved the issue but the stuff sure works, so I would recommend buying some and sealing those hair cracks just for the hell of it. It won't hurt anything and it's super easy to do.
What if it’s none of those an no visible cracks?
all the water leaked out of my in ground plaster pool , about 20 gallons left in the basin ....what to do? almost ready to fill it in $ $ $ Help! any suggestions ?
Hydrostatic valve failed or drain pots/pipes busted
Thanks for sharing I think I have a pool leak 😢
where does one get the plugs? thanks
good question as he didn't say WHERE to get them from, only to use them
Thanks for the info but my leak ended up being the kids
Yea babe
An interesting discovery I use to get bubbles in my returns but the other day I was away for a few days so i filled pool up to bottom of the bull nose above the tile so pretty high up and just above the mouth of the skimmer. Noticed no bubbles in my returns or in the pumps basket unbelievable but how?
when you put plugs in skimmer you you shut off pool pump while testing for leak
And still, if you plug it up you still have water in the pipe :/ so the leak can continue
the profile pic looks like a guy doing charades
How the heck do I get the bucket to stay on the step? My bucket floats off....I tried rocks...still floats away.
your rocks were NOT heavy enough, use more rocks or a BRICK ...
3 minutes of ads to watch your video? No thanks!
But what if it is neither of those!! We just bought a house with a concrete pool that has a leak and it seems to be in the concrete seal but it’s difficult to say for sure.
I hv same problem with my pool. I hv concrete pool. I by my own got it constructed before one year. Its now leaking from somewhere, dont know from where.
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Pool light is another point of leaking!
Yes that’s right.
Ahhhh interesting
In my own testing and experience i have found that the bucket does not need to be in the pool lul
So basically, here's how you find if you have a leak, and if you have a leak, call someone...maybe I expected more of this video than what I should have.
riighht! lol
Man don't use a bucket.!!! Just mark the water line.
Do you ppl really expect to get FREE advice? The guy did you a favor by doing this video, but not to hang out here all day answering your questions.
Of course people expect free advice. Talk is cheap and there’s no liability.
I do this for a living and this guy's info is off..
1. the bucket should be filled almost to the top.. if not then the amount of evaporation can be skewed... also the pump should run on its normal cycle and not be left off for 24 hours..
also the skimmer line and return lines are not the most common leak areas.. they are prone to leaks but there are other more common leaks..
That doesn't make sense, and you make a living doing this? Does the bucket or jar know it's almost full to the top or just half way? Quantity in bucket is immaterial it's the amount of latent evaporation in 24 hours!
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wind speed is why the bucket should be filled. A half full bucket us not getting the same evaporation rate as the pool.
1) His comment DOES make sense. What DOESN'T make sense is trying to determine the amount of something that doesn't even exist. There is no such thing as "Latent Evaporation"; but assuming you meant "Latent Heat of Vaporization" I still don't understand how that would apply.
2) The bucket doesn't need to "know" Physics for the matter inside to adhere to the applicable theory / law. Must a tree know Newton's law of universal gravitation for it's apples to fall to the ground?
3) The "quantity" (a.k.a. "volume") in a bucket IS MATERIAL. That is because the rate of evaporation increases when the surface area increases. It's all relative, so describing a surface area as large or small, is a comparison between the "exposed" water, and the "total" water.
4) So...
Quantity is Volume.
Volume is material to Surface Area.
Surface Area is material to Evaporation.
Evaporation IS affected by Quantity.
Yes I do leak detection in pool plumbing & structures. The bucket test that was explained to me yrs ago has worked without fail. I explain to use a 5gal bucket mark a line bout 2/3 & if you have steps sit it there I do this because water in the bucket becomes the same temperature as the pool’s; I have my reasons. For the pool water level it has simply been 1/2 way up the skimmer throat but if ya wanna use tape fine. Now you can start by running your system bout 12 hrs. After 12 compare. Now refill as before & don’t run the system; again after @ least 12 compare again. The rule of thumb is if it lost more on than off it points to the return side. Conversely more off than on the suction side & if the loss, again the rule of thumb, would indicate a structural flaw. The variables that exist re: these results are numerous, that’s where I tell my customers to start. FYI, Don’t think the hotter the weather the loss of water to evaporation is more; it ain’t. Go to pond or small lake after the sun has been on it all day during the fall or cooler weather & go back @ nite & watch the steam rise. Comprehend?
You need to do BOTH on and off...2 SEPARATE tests
My inground pool has a leak and the pool water level goes down and stays steady; hence I figure the leak has to be at the water line. How do I find it ???