pool leak

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JimA

pool leak

Postby JimA » Mon 05 May, 2008 07:41

I am an architect with a client who has just installed a 50x8x4foot deep in-ground, indoor swimming pool. He has determined that he is loosing about 300 gallons per week due to a leak. All the installers we have approached tell us this an acceptable amount. Should we give up trying to find and repair such a leak?


crofty

Re: pool leak

Postby crofty » Sat 10 Jan, 2009 19:57

JimA wrote:I am an architect with a client who has just installed a 50x8x4foot deep in-ground, indoor swimming pool. He has determined that he is loosing about 300 gallons per week due to a leak. All the installers we have approached tell us this an acceptable amount. Should we give up trying to find and repair such a leak?


Just fix the leak no mater how much it cost
the pool owner contracted you to build him / her a pool
and no matter what any one siad if propper care was taken in the construction there would be no leak!!
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Postby muss08 » Wed 21 Jan, 2009 07:57

Are you sure this is a leak and not evaporation? Do you live in a hot or dry climate? If my math is correct the pool is losing a little under an inch a week which can be evaporation. I'm in maryland and during the summer months (very hot) the residential pool will lose 1/2-1in. a week. Have you heard of the bucket test? Fill a bucket with water and place next to the pool. Mark the water level in the bucket and the pool. After 5-7 days check the amount of water loss in the bucket and see if it coincides with the water loss in the pool.
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