Leak becomes a trouble that often happens in the swimming pool. The trouble is so annoying for the owner because it is a hard job for you to repair it. Perhaps, you can do it by yourself but it depends on the point of the trouble, it’s hard or easy. So, if the trouble is hard, actually you have to call the pool professional to fix the problem.
Of course, before you call the pool technician, it is better for you to detect the leak by yourself.
How to get it?
Now, we are going to explain about the tutorial of swimming pool leak detection that might happen in your pool. Furthermore, we show the two tutorial videos to detect the leak.
DIY: Underwater Leak Detection
This shows the tutorial video about detecting the leak using the blue food coloring that enables to find it in the swimming pool.
The things you need:
- The extend tip from a superglue bottle
- An aquarium air pump for the length is based on your pool depth
- one 10ml. injection syringe or larger
- one small bottle of food color, blue recommended
- Any kind of PVC pipe to pin-point the suspicious spots in the pool
The Instructions
Step 1
Connect the extend tip and the injection syringe to the air hose ends
Step 2
Push all of it through the pvc pipe with the extend tip just emerging in its length
Step 3
When you are pushing very slightly on the injection syringe, actually the food color exits through the extend the tip at the end.
Step 4
Watch carefully if the color is sucked in between the pool tiles
Step 5
Repeat the procedure at any suspicious spot such as the main drain or any other opening in wall or pool floor
Step 6
If you find the leak, actually, you should repair it by yourself or pool professional. Certainly, it’s better if you find the trouble that can you do it.
DIY: How to Find In-ground Pool Leak?
The video will give you a guide to finding a leak in the ground that detects the leak from the pool liner, skimmer liner, and jets. Let’s check it out!
The things you need:
- A bucket
- Black plugs
- Marker
The Steps
Step 1
Fill the bucket it with water and then you take a black magic marker. Then, you mark on inside of the bucket for how much water is in your bucket. And also mark the outside of the bucket with the marker how much water is in your pool.
Step 2
Then, you let that sit turn the pull off, wait 24 to 48 hours go back to the bucket if the water is the same in the bucket as out of the bucket. So, it’s just evaporation that you might want to install a pool water level or a pool auto-fill in that situation. But if you think you have a leak, you have to indicate the water in the bucket is higher that the water in the pool. Finally, you can determine that you have a leak in your pool.
Step 3
After you know that the pool is a leak. Now, we have to detect the source of the leak. Generally, the leak is caused by skimmer lines, jets, or pool liner. Then, you try to check each other to find where the leak is.
Step 4
After you found the leaks place, start to take a little black plug these rubber plugs and in all of the return jets in your pool. Remove the eyeball fittings and put these rubber plugs in all of the return water from the filter system back to the pole again. Actually, you have to wait for 24 to 48 hours and go back out and you can see the water go down. But in half the situations, it’s not the return lines. Perhaps, it is caused from skimmer liner. Then, remove the plugs from the return jets and take those same plugs and put them in any skimmer that you have around the pool. Wait again 24 to 48 hours and see does your leak stop now.
Step 5
If you have gone through this much trouble shooting and your leak stops. It’s in that skimmer line if that’s the case. So, it’s really not a do it yourself project, you cannot repair it by yourself. Certainly, you have to pressure test that line. There is some kind of a specialty in the pool industry to do that. So, you are going to call in a pool professional.
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